-NDTV Shiladitya Chowdhury, the farmer who was arrested for asking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a question at a public meeting at Belpahari on 8 August, has been released on bail today. Mr Chowdhury was briefly detained on August 8 after Ms Banerjee claimed he was a Maoist. Police arrested him On August 10 for allegedly disrupting the chief minister's public meeting. Ms Banerjee addressed a public meeting in West Midnapore, once...
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Farmer in jail for questioning Didi
-The Times of India MIDNAPORE: A farmer from the former Maoist stronghold of West Midnapore village landed in jail on Saturday for putting uncomfortable questions to chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting at Belpahari. Hours after the meeting, police charged him with non-bailable offences such as criminal intimidation, the maximum punishment for which is death. Police started sniffing at his "criminal intent" when the bus conductor-turned-farmer, Shiladitya Chowdhury, broke through...
More »Teachers step out of class to turn new leaf-Naresh Jana
-The Telegraph Salboni, June 13: Teachers of a school in West Midnapore’s Jungle Mahal have been visiting the homes of students who are irregular, mainly because of poverty-related reasons, and motivating them to attend classes every day. The 25 teachers of Moupal Deshpran Vidyapith in Salboni have split themselves into two groups and are touring the 22 villages in the area from where the students come. The drive, in which the teachers...
More »A lesson in rural schooling for state-Antara Bose
Jamshedpur, June 10: For a people who have clung to next-door Bengal for healthcare for years, setting up a self-run school — English medium, no less — may well be just another way out of elusive state welfare measures. The 700-odd population of 19 villages that make up Gopalpur panchayat, 80km from Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum’s rebel-hit Baharagora block, have made up its mind to do just that. The primary schools, at...
More »Action glare on Nandi officers-Monalisa Chaudhuri
-The Telegraph The CBI has sought the government’s permission to prosecute two IPS officers for alleged involvement in the 2007 Nandigram police firing in which 14 persons were killed. The investigating agency has also recommended disciplinary or departmental action against nine other officers, including one from the IAS and three from the IPS. A letter dated May 23, 2012, (memo number 2242A) and undersigned by CBI deputy inspector-general Arun Bothra reached the office...
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