Junglemahal

BJP MP demands separate state out of West Bengal's Junglemahal region, other districts

Over 1.54 crore voters in the eastern states of West Bengal and Assam will exercise their franchise in the first phase of polling to decide the fate of key candidates and whether the former Maoist-affected area of Bengal, known as Junglemahal, will transfer its loyalty to the BJP.

Two helicopters will be used by the Election Commission to monitor security arrangements during polling in the Maoist-affected Junglemahal area of West Bengal.

The remote areas in Junglemahal will get satellite phone terminals for the first time during Lok Sabha elections, an Election Commission official said today.

Residents of a remote village in the former Maoist stronghold of Junglemahal were today taken by surprise when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee drove in with a convoy unannounced.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said though her name topped the Maoist hit-list, she would keep visiting their former stronghold of junglemahal as she was unafraid of them.

After weeks of legal wrangling, the panchayat polls have finally begun in West Bengal. Today, polls were held in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur districts, together known as Junglemahal which was a hotbed of Maoist terror till Maoist leader Kishanji was killed six months after Mamata Banerjee became chief minister.

The six interlocutors, who were appointed by the West Bengal government to hold talks with the Maoists in Junglemahal, were today directed to continue their parleys by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

West Bengal is under heightened security as the seven-day deadline laid down by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Maoists to lay down arms ends today. As a retaliatory response, the Maoists have called for a day-long bandh in the Junglemahal area - considered to be one of their strongholds in the state.

Security has been heightened across Junglemahal with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline to Maoists for laying down arms coming to an end on Saturday and the ultras calling a 24-hour bandh in defiance.

As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline for Maoists to lay down arms nears its end, the Left ultras today rejected her ultimatum, instead, calling for a bandh on Saturday, October 22 - the day the deadline expires.

Maoists and interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have laid out their preconditions for a ceasefire in Junglemahal in West Bengal.

Maoists and interlocutors appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have issued a joint press release saying "if the government agrees to stop joint force operations in Junglemahal, in letter and spirit, then, Maoists will cease the use of arms for one month".

Making good her promise of a special package for three Maoist-hit districts of Junglemahal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today arrived in Nayagram bringing a slew of development projects and an appeal to Naxals to fight for the country."There will no longer be bloodshed and gunbattles in Junglemahal. If those fighting with guns agains...

Is there any stopping to Mamata Bannerjee hitting out at her own ally- the Congress?Ahead of elections in West Bengal, Mamata in a rally criticised the Prime Minsiter, the Home Minister and the Finance Minister and warned the Centre to withdraw joint forces in 'junglemahal'.Banerjee expressed her frustration that all her demands were falling on dea...

BJP MP demands separate state out of West Bengal's Junglemahal region, other districts

Over 1.54 crore voters in the eastern states of West Bengal and Assam will exercise their franchise in the first phase of polling to decide the fate of key candidates and whether the former Maoist-affected area of Bengal, known as Junglemahal, will transfer its loyalty to the BJP.

Two helicopters will be used by the Election Commission to monitor security arrangements during polling in the Maoist-affected Junglemahal area of West Bengal.

The remote areas in Junglemahal will get satellite phone terminals for the first time during Lok Sabha elections, an Election Commission official said today.

Residents of a remote village in the former Maoist stronghold of Junglemahal were today taken by surprise when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee drove in with a convoy unannounced.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said though her name topped the Maoist hit-list, she would keep visiting their former stronghold of junglemahal as she was unafraid of them.

After weeks of legal wrangling, the panchayat polls have finally begun in West Bengal. Today, polls were held in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur districts, together known as Junglemahal which was a hotbed of Maoist terror till Maoist leader Kishanji was killed six months after Mamata Banerjee became chief minister.

The six interlocutors, who were appointed by the West Bengal government to hold talks with the Maoists in Junglemahal, were today directed to continue their parleys by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

West Bengal is under heightened security as the seven-day deadline laid down by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Maoists to lay down arms ends today. As a retaliatory response, the Maoists have called for a day-long bandh in the Junglemahal area - considered to be one of their strongholds in the state.

Security has been heightened across Junglemahal with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline to Maoists for laying down arms coming to an end on Saturday and the ultras calling a 24-hour bandh in defiance.

As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline for Maoists to lay down arms nears its end, the Left ultras today rejected her ultimatum, instead, calling for a bandh on Saturday, October 22 - the day the deadline expires.

Maoists and interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have laid out their preconditions for a ceasefire in Junglemahal in West Bengal.

Maoists and interlocutors appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have issued a joint press release saying "if the government agrees to stop joint force operations in Junglemahal, in letter and spirit, then, Maoists will cease the use of arms for one month".

Making good her promise of a special package for three Maoist-hit districts of Junglemahal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today arrived in Nayagram bringing a slew of development projects and an appeal to Naxals to fight for the country."There will no longer be bloodshed and gunbattles in Junglemahal. If those fighting with guns agains...

Is there any stopping to Mamata Bannerjee hitting out at her own ally- the Congress?Ahead of elections in West Bengal, Mamata in a rally criticised the Prime Minsiter, the Home Minister and the Finance Minister and warned the Centre to withdraw joint forces in 'junglemahal'.Banerjee expressed her frustration that all her demands were falling on dea...