Kolkata

KOLKATA - Swami Agnivesh, who is acting as a peace negotiator between the government and Maoists, has said the killing of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad is a setback to the peace process.

KOLKATA - All police stations and security camps in three Maoist-hit districts in West Bengal are on "high alert" ahead of the 48-hour shutdown from Wednesday called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), police said Tuesday.

NEW DELHI/ PATNA/ LUCKNOW/ PUNE/KOLKATA - Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and Left Front on Monday staged protests at different places across the country to criticise the Congress-led Government at the Centre for its policies that have led to a steep hike in prices of petroleum products.

KOLKATA - The dreadful scenes of people jumping to their deaths and mangled and completely charred bodies - mainly of youngsters - being taken out in heaps from the gutted floors of Stephen Court are still fresh in public memory. A hundred days after the killer fire engulfed its major portions, the landmark mansion on Kolkata's bustling Park Street stands like a haunted house in a busy part of downtown Kolkata, large parts of it mired in darkness.

KOLKATA - The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Radhakrishnan has said India is preparing to launch its second moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' by 2013.