Two tribals die in West Bengal clash

September 21st, 2009 KOLKATA - Hundreds of villagers clashed with armed Maoist rebels in west Bengal's trouble-torn West Midnapore district Monday night, police said. "We've got reports that a section of villagers clashed with Maoist rebels at Inayatpur area of West Midnapore district," West Midnapore police superintendent M.K Verma told IANS by phone, adding a police contingent has been rushed to the area.

July 21st, 2009 MIDNAPORE - Dozens were injured as security personnel caned and fired tear gas at tribals who staged a protest against the use of an institute as a camp by security forces in Dharampur region of Midnapore district in West Bengal on Monday. Officials tried to negotiate a peaceful settlement but talks failed, resulting in clashes prompting the police to resort to baton-charge.

July 3rd, 2009 BAGDOGRA - Hundreds of tea garden workers in Bagdogra region of West Bengal took out a protest march after the authorities closed down the Singhia Jhora tea estate without notice. When the workers reported at the tea estate, located in Siliguri district, for work on Thursday they were shocked to find the gates locked.

June 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - A senior adviser to West Bengal's Left Front government resigned Saturday to protest against the "torture" of tribals in the state's Lalgarh area that has just been cleared of armed Maoists who had declared it a "liberated" zone. "I have served this government with all sincerity.

June 19th, 2009 LALGARH - The West Bengal Police supported by Central Paramilitary forces launched "operation Lalgarh" to clear the areas in and around Lalgarh from Maoist captivity in West Midnapore district. The security forces are facing tough time in clearing the human shields, consisting of women and children put up by ultras on the way leading to Lalgarh.

June 18th, 2009 AGARTALA - Maoist violence and the ensuing tension in West Bengal should be dealt with administratively, ideologically and politically, said Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who is also a senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader. "The Left movements in Bengal and across the country are matured enough and have full strength to tackle the Maoist hostility and associated enmity in Bengal," Sarkar told newsmen here Thursday before leaving for New Delhi for a CPI-M politburo meeting.

June 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Members and supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) staged a sit-in demonstration in national capital on Thursday to protest against the violence by the Maoists in the West Medinipur ditrict of West Bengal. "As far as Maoists are concerned these are gangs who believe in violence.

June 9th, 2009 MEDNIPUR - Tribals in Medinipur district of West Bengal gathered in large numbers at Lalgarh on Monday and blocked the National Highway 6, connecting the state capital Kolkata with Mumbai. Under the banner of People's Coordination Committee against Police Atrocities, the tribals said that they had resorted to this blockade as a matter of protest against the discrimination of administration and the police towards their community members.

May 10th, 2009 SILIGURI - Tribals held a rally at Siliguri in West Bengal, protesting against denial of basic facilities, contrary to the promises made in the Constitution. The rally was organised by the Akhil Bharaiya Adivashi Bikash Parishad of the Terai Doar region.

May 3rd, 2009 SILIGURI - There was tension at Jaigaon, close to the India-Bhutan border in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, after the recovery of a youth's body Sunday triggered a clash, leaving at least eight people injured, a police official said here. 'Trouble began after the body of the youth, allegedly kidnapped Saturday, was found this morning,' Inspector General of Police (North Bengal) K.L.

March 15th, 2009 SILIGURI - More than 300 members of a tribal body in West Bengal Saturday set out on a 150-km motorcycle rally to press for their demands, including the reopening of the tea gardens in the northern part of the state. The rally was organised by the tribal group Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Bikash Parishad (ABABP).

February 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - At least five people were killed in a clash in a West Bengal village Saturday, a police official said. While some reports said it was a clash between supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and rival Trinamool Congress, others said one or two 'criminal gangs' were involved.

February 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday accused the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) of hatching a conspiracy to kill her, while the ruling Left Front said she was just trying to create fresh trouble in West Bengal's Lalgarh region where she addressed tribals. Banerjee attended the funeral of three tribals who died in a clash with CPI-M supporters Monday and told the people that the government did not want her to stand by them.

February 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Tribal groups Tuesday blocked several roads in West Bengal's Maoist-dominated West Midnapore district, protesting the death of two tribal activists in a clash with Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters Monday. 'Activists of Police Santras Birodhi Janagan Committee (Anti-police atrocity committee) blocked several areas today (Tuesday) morning in and around West Midnapore's Lalgarh locality,' West Bengal Inspector General (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told IANS.

February 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - Four people were injured in a clash between activists of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and tribals in a West Bengal district, the police said Monday. The clash broke out between the CPI-M activists and Maoist-backed tribals over the death of CPI-M leader Nandalal Pal.