Protest CPI-M ‘atrocities’ in Hooghly, urges union minister

October 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress leader and Union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy Monday toured the violence-hit Arambag-Khanakul area in West Bengal's Hooghly district and called for protest against the "atrocities" of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) cadres. "I urge the people to be united and protest against the CPI-M-sponsored atrocities in Hooghly district.

October 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday charged West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee with orchestrating attacks on her party supporters in Hooghly district and demanded his immediate arrest. Banerjee, also the country's railway minister, called up union Home Secretary G.K.

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September 17th, 2009 Caesars Palace dealers to protest on Vegas StripLAS VEGAS — Dealers negotiating a union contract with the Caesars Palace hotel-casino for almost two years are planning to protest outside the Las Vegas Strip resort. Transport Workers Union officials say the Thursday demonstration outside the flagship Harrah's Entertainment property will highlight lack of progress on a deal.

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Describing as "shocking" the low conviction rate in cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said such cases should be pursued on priority. Emphasising that the first task should be to provide "physical security" to these disadvantaged communities, Manmohan Singh noted that reports of atrocities against Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and senior citizens were appearing all over the country with disturbing regularity.

August 5th, 2009 Calif. nurses protest lack of swine flu equipmentLOS ANGELES — A union says some California hospitals aren't adequately protecting nurses from swine flu. The California Nurses Association plans to protest Wednesday in San Francisco in the wake of a Sacramento nurse's swine flu death last month.

July 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - As the three-day shut-down called by People's Committee against Police Atrocities began on Sunday, normal life was severely affected in three districts of West Bengal, officials said. The bandh is being observed in Jangal Mahal region comprising tribal areas of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts.

July 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and her government have come in for criticism from the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, which said it has the "most dismal record in tackling atrocities against Dalits". Commission chairman Buta Singh said the Mayawati government's move to arrest Congress leader Rita Joshi Bahuguna for her remarks against Mayawati was "a little far-fetched".

July 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - Hundreds of activists of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) staged a demonstration here against the alleged atrocities by security personnel in Lalgarh and also against the recent fuel hike by the Central Government. Shouting slogans against the Congress Party, they demanded roll back of fuel price hike.

June 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's principal opposition party Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee "is a bigger Maoist" and threatened a stir if allegations that her party had links with leftwing rebels were not withdrawn. "We will wait for 48 hours.

May 3rd, 2009 AMBALA - Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday critcised Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for not taking any action over the atrocities committed on Sikh community in Pakistan.

April 27th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi began a hunger strike here Monday, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka, party sources said.

February 10th, 2009 KOLKATA - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Suhrid Dutta and party activist Debu Malik, who were last year sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Tapasi Malik in Singur, were Wednesday granted bail by the Calcutta High Court. A two-member division bench comprising Justice Pranab Chattopadhyay and Justice Asim Roy sanctioned the bail plea but asked Dutta and Malik to furnish two sureties of Rs.10,000 each and barred them from leaving Singur police station area without the court's permission.

February 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Four people died Friday while cleaning up a gas chamber at an abandoned paper mill in Kolkata's neighbouring district Hooghly, the police said. 'Four workers died late Friday evening when they were cleaning up a gas chamber at an abandoned paper mill at Dankuni in Hooghly district,' Hooghly district police superintendent Rajiv Mishra told IANS.

January 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two teenaged boys were abducted by identified men when they were returning form a religious rally in Kolkata's twin district Howrah Monday morning, officials said. The boys were rescued by the police later in the day.