A little over a year before the Janadesh march, a working group appointed by the Planning Commission had termed land reforms in India a "forgotten agenda'. It minced no words in explaining why.

Thousands are fleeing from Nandigram in West Bengal as fresh clashes broke out between the ruling cpi-m cadres and anti-land acquisition activists on November 6. Four persons died and 10 were

bithari village, Swarupnagar block, North 24-Paraganas: the men of Uttarpara hamlet in Bithari are hiding out in the fields every night despite the winter chill in the air. Better brave the cold

violent protests against the public distribution system have spread across many districts in West Bengal over the past weeks.

On September 17, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya said at a cii meet that the state can't do without nuclear energy. The media found it a convenient handle to rile his party, the

a flat, 21 km strip of land in the middle of the Haldi river, three metres above sea level and accessible only by motorised boats, is the West Bengal government's alternative to Nandigram for a

An ambitious riverfront development project has been drawing many visitors in Kolkata. The Millennium Park runs along Strand Road, for a kilometre on the eastern bank of the Hooghly river and has