Maoists blow up railway track in West BengalPURULIA - Maoists blew up a railway track on Saturday, causing suspension of train services in West Bengal’s Purulia district. Python rescued from fishing net in West BengalPURULIA - A 13-feet long python was found trapped in the fishing net in the pond of Panbazar village in Purulia district of West Bengal. An elephant calf drowns in PuruliaPURULIA - An 18-month old elephant calf was found drowned in a pond inside Panchet forest in west Bengal’s Purulia district. Combined forces begin combing in Purulia’s Maoist-dominated areasPURULIA - The combined security forces commenced the anti-naxal operation on Saturday in West Bengal’s Purulia district from Kerua Ghatbera. Two injured in landmine blast in Purulia on polling dayPURULIA - Two Central paramilitary force personnel were injured when Maoists exploded a landmine near a polling booth in Biramdih in West Bengal’s Purulia District on Thursday. Polls around, but no ‘muri-gur’ treat for Purulia tribalsPURULIA - Panmoni Mandi, Satimani Murmu and Shambhu Hansda are among the 4,000-odd voters in the 76 villages and hamlets of Ayodhya Hills who will be missing out on a feast of ‘muri’ and ‘gur’ this time. Poverty-stricken Purulia grittily awaits another electionPURULIA - For 57-year-old Sheikh Babua, a rickshaw-puller in West Bengal’s Purulia district, the Lok Sabha polls hardly hold any importance. He believes there will be no change in his near ‘primitive’ existence irrespective of who comes to power. But he is determined to vote nevertheless. With hope in their hearts, Purulia people charmed by RahulPURULIA - Seventy-eight-year-old Kalachand Mahato woke up before dawn Friday and walked almost 20 km from his home in Bhuari to see Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi despite his failing health. A tribal of Purulia district, Mahato goes back with a feeling of fulfilment as he not only saw Rajiv Gandhi’s son, but touched him too. Fight against underdevelopment more important: Rahul GandhiPURULIA - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the fight against underdevelopment in the country is more important than fighting terrorism. Rahul attacks Bengal’s Left Front for lack of developmentPURULIA - Launching a blistering attack on the Left Front government, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday accused it of failing to provide basic facilities like health and education and not utilising central funds for welfare schemes. |