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  Tapas Pal makes these Bengal villagers live in fear

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:45 IST

  Kolkata: With Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Tapas Pal publicly exhorting his partymen to kill CPI-M activists, people of Gopinathpur in West Bengal's Nadia district say they are now living in the shadow of fear.Pal,

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  Mamata Banerjee trying to shield Tapas Pal: Siddharth Nath Singh

  Politics | July 02, 2014 17:43 IST

  Kolkata: Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to shield Tapas Pal, who has made controversial remarks, senior BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh said only an apology was of no use and he

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  Rape remark: Mamata asks media why it didn't raise issue earlier

  Politics | July 02, 2014 11:26 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday described her party Lok Sabha member Tapas Pal's rape remarks as a "big blunder", but blamed the media for its failure to highlight the issue which was

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  Trinamool MP apologises for rape comment

  Politics | July 01, 2014 19:15 IST

  Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal, whose rape remarks sparked countrywide outrage, Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology to the party and the media, terming his comments a "gross error of judgment" and admitting they were

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  'Pained' Mamata refuses to comment on MP's rape remarks

  Politics | July 01, 2014 18:11 IST

  Kolkata: While Trinamool Congress leaders claim she has been "pained", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday refused to comment on party MP Tapas Pal's rape remarks that have triggered a massive outrage."That's a different

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  'Sacrifice' intruders, says Trinamool leader, justified call

  Politics | July 01, 2014 18:11 IST

  Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Arup Chakraborty has been caught on tape asking partymen to "sacrifice intruders". He Tuesday justified his remark, saying he was talking about the right of self-defence.Telecast by a Bengali news channel,

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  Put Tapas Pal behind bars: BJP

  Politics | July 01, 2014 15:48 IST

  Jalandhar: Slamming TMC MP Tapas Pal's controversial comments allegedly threatening to kill CPI(M) workers and have their women raped, BJP today demanded that the leader be put “behind bars”, saying he has “no right” to

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  Did politics change "sweet actor" Tapas Pal, wonders Aparna

  Politics | July 01, 2014 14:55 IST

  Kolkata: Expressing disbelief at Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal's alleged remarks threatening to kill CPI(M) workers and have their women raped, eminent director Aparna Sen today wondered whether jumping into politics had changed the nature

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  TMC MP Tapas Pal's wife apologizes for his rape remark

  Politics | July 01, 2014 12:27 IST

  Kolkata: A day after a row erupted over Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal threatening to get CPI (M) women raped in retaliation, his wife Nandini Pal today apologized for her husband's controversial comment and said