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CPI-M, Trinamool clash in Nandigram

by Indo-Asian News Service June 30, 2008 India News

Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Trouble has broken out in West Bengal’s Nandigram area with clashes between the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the main opposition Trinamool Congress.
“The two groups hurled bombs and fired at each other,” said Nandigram police station officer-in-charge Debasish Chakraborty after the violence Sunday night.
“There are no reports of any [...]

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Polling begins in Nandigram amid ‘booth jamming’

by Agencies May 11, 2008 India News

The CPI-M cadres were alleged to have blocked supporters of Trinamool Congress from casting votes at three villages of trouble-torn Nandigram, while polling in the first phase of civic elections was peaceful in four other districts on Sunday.

“CPI-M cadres have jammed booths in the villages of Takapora, Kamalpur and Sonachura. Voters are being intimidated so [...]

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Fresh violence in Nandigram, two injured in clashes

by Agencies May 5, 2008 India News

Fresh violence has been broke out on Monday in West Bengal’s embattled Nandigram between supporters of the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC), which is opposing land acquisition for industrialisation, and activists of the ruling CPI-M.

Sources said both sides exchanged fire and hurled bombs at each other at a new area in Nandigram, where two BUPC [...]

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Nandigram shuts down over fresh firing, clashes reported

by Indo-Asian News Service March 3, 2008 Breaking News

Nandigram, the trouble-torn West Bengal region which flared up again Sunday, was shut down Monday in response to a call by the Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) to protest an attack on their men by the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters. Reports of sporadic clashes poured in from Monday morning.
However, East Midnapore Superintendent [...]

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SC restains CBI probe against WB police

by Agencies December 13, 2007 India News

Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court order directing CBI to initiate criminal proceedings against the police officials for the 14th March Nandigram firing in the court.
The court said that for the time being it was staying the Kolkata High Court order directing the investigating agency to initiate criminal proceedings against the police officials.
However, a [...]

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I regret Nandigram remarks, says mellowed Buddhadeb

by Indo-Asian News Service December 4, 2007 India News

A softened West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Tuesday said he should not have made his controversial remarks on the Nandigram violence that villagers allegedly targeted by his party cadres were “paid back in their own coin”.
“I had said the people have been paid back in the same coin. I should not have said it. [...]

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BJP, CPM clash over Nandigram in Rajya Sabha

by Agencies November 22, 2007 India News

Seeking to kill two birds with one stone, the Opposition sought to put both CPI(M) and the Centre on the mat in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday over the Nandigram issue and demanded that President’s Rule should be imposed in West Bengal.
The CPI(M), which is in power in the state, hit back at the [...]

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Nandigram a turning point for CPI-M: Advani

by Indo-Asian News Service November 21, 2007 India News

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Describing violence in Nandigram as a “turning point” in the history of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani Wednesday called for invoking Article 355 of the constitution in West Bengal.
Participating in a discussion in the Lok Sabha on Nandigram after a two-day standoff that led [...]

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Army out in Kolkata after widespread violence, arson

by Indo-Asian News Service November 21, 2007 Breaking News

Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The army was called out in Kolkata Wednesday after large-scale violence and arson erupted during protests over atrocities in Nandigram and the stay of controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen in India.
Several policemen were injured in violent clashes with the protesters in the centre of the city. Many vehicles were set [...]

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