Leftist activists stage protest in Kolkata

September 9th, 2009 PATNA - Women activists under the banner of Durga Dusta organised a protest march in Patna on Wednesday, demanding a ban on the sale of liquor in the state. he activists raised slogans and held a protest march with the aim women aware of the social evils of alcoholism.

September 4th, 2009 PATNA - Members of the Rashtriya Mahila Brigade (RSB) on Friday took out a sword march on Patna streets to protest against the increasing crimes against women and to press for their demand for a complete ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks in the state capital. Carrying swords in their hands and raising slogans, the women activists held the protest march with the aim to to put an end to the increasing crime against women that often go unreported.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hundreds of left-wing activists protested against the ongoing ministerial meet of key World Trade Organization (WTO) member states aimed at breathing fresh life into the stalled global trade talks here today. Carrying banners and placards slamming the global trade body, activists of the Left-wing Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) shouted anti-WTO slogans.

September 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Members of the West Bengal state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, staged a mass protest against the risen prices of essential commodities here. Over 500 protestors took out a procession holding banners and raising slogans against the State government.

August 11th, 2009 IMPHAL - Activists of Apunba Lup (the apex body of different militant groups leading an agitation against Armed Forces Special Power Act in Manipur) along with members of Joint Action Committee (JAC) and women demonstrators defied the curfew orders to stage a protest march in Imphal. Carrying banners, they marched to the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum to Gurubachan Jagat, the Governor of Manipur demanding action in a shootout case which they have termed as a 'fake encounter'.

August 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - Two Trinamool Congress activists received bullet injuries when they were attacked by a group of unknown assailants Saturday in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district, police said. The incident sparked tension in the area as irate Trinamool Congress workers staged a road blockade before the local police station demanding the immediate arrest of the offenders.

July 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - Clash erupted between policemen and Congress party activists here on Tuesday while they were demanding action against police officials allegedly involved in a recent attack on party deputies in Mangalkot region of Burdwan district of West Bengal. Eight party legislators were injured on July 15 in an attack allegedly by activists of Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M), in Mangalkot.

July 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - The West Bengal unit of the Congress Saturday said it will continue the state-wide agitation protesting an attack by supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on its legislators in Burdwan district last week. "We have taken a decision in our core committee meeting that Congress would launch a state-wide protest by organising rallies, meetings and sit-in demonstration from August this year," West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee working president Subrata Mukhopadhyay told reporters.

July 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal Assembly on Friday witnessed uproarious scenes and walk out by the opposition over Wednesday's attack on Congress Legislative Party workers near Mongolkote in Burdwan District. As soon as the House assembled this morning, the opposition Trinamool Congress and Congress members demanded discussions on the issue and sought statement from Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee.

July 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - A day after violent protests by Congress Party workers, Kolkata on Friday observed a shutdown in protest against the attack on party workers allegedly by Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres. Congress workers accused CPI (M) activists of attacking their party legislators and workers.

April 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - Sourav Ganguly's fans are outraged over their favourite cricketer's replacement as a captain of Kolkata Knight Riders' team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament with New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum. Ganguly was the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2008 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

April 4th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Trinamool Congress Saturday claimed that its chief Mamata Banerjee's convoy was stopped by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists in West Bengal's Bankura district. The police have denied the party's version of the incident.

January 10th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday took out a rally in Kolkata to protest the sale of poisonous country-made liquor that claimed several lives here last week. 'The West Bengal government should give compensation to the families of each victim who died after consuming poisonous country-made liquor at Khidirpore port area in south-west Kolkata,' Banerjee said.

January 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Hundreds of opposition Trinamool Congress workers led by Mamata Banerjee put up a road blockade near West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's residence late Friday night demanding release of 18 agitators arrested by the police for indulging in violence to protest a court ban on two-stroke public transport vehicles. Police stopped Banerjee and other Trinamool activists about 500 m from Bhattacharjee's Palm Avenue residence, prompting her to organize a sit-in demonstration at the spot.

January 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - Agitated auto-rickshaw drivers set ablaze a government bus here Friday, opposing the court ban on two-stroke public transport vehicles in the city, while the opposition Trinamool Congress stepped into the protest and called for a 12-hour auto and taxi strike Saturday. Auto drivers at Hazra Crossing in south Kolkata's Bhowanipore area refused to show registration documents of their vehicles and started protesting when the police tried to seize five two-stroke auto-rickshaws.