-BBC Seven men who were held in connection with a blast in the Indian state of Maharashtra have been released on bail, five years after they were arrested. The blast in Malegaon town killed 37 people and injured 125 others. Investigating agencies did not oppose the bail pleas of the seven Muslim men after a Hindu holy man was arrested last year in connection with the blast. Swami Aseemanand allegedly confessed to the bombings,...
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Ramesh to visit Jungle Mahal by Basant Kumar Mohanty
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh will visit Jungle Mahal on Saturday and meet Mamata Banerjee in Calcutta on Sunday to finalise a development package for the Maoist zone. The idea is to take up Jungle Mahal as a test case for the two-pronged approach of development and police action to rein in the rebels. The state government recently decided to resume counter-Maoist operations in the region. Ramesh will visit West Midnapore...
More »Doctor who was Saint of Smiles by Jaideep Hardikar
A life bound to a wheelchair, with speech inability and two heart attacks, would not seem like much of a life. But doctor Sharadkumar Dicksheet proved it wrong. In over four decades, Dicksheet performed over 2.5 lakh facial reconstructive surgeries for free. Until this winter, that is. He died on November 14 in Brooklyn, US. He was 81. Dicksheet has two daughters and a son from two marriages, neither of which lasted. What...
More »Surrendered Maoist couple meet Mamata, to get rehabilitation package
-The Hindu State to take care of education and other needs of their son till 12th standard Two hardcore Maoists, one of whom was reportedly involved in the Silda camp killing in 2010, called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the State Secretariat on Thursday after surrendering before the police. Congratulating the duo, who met her along with their child, Ms. Banerjee said the government would examine the legal cases against...
More »Mamata now blames Maoists for Jnaneswari sabotage
-The Hindu In a volte-face that has created ripples in political circles here, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said it is now a “proven” fact that it was the Maoists who were responsible for the Jnaneswari Express sabotage. She had earlier accused the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of being behind the derailment of the TRAIn in Paschim Medinipur district on May 28, 2010, in which nearly 150 people were...
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