Uneasy calm prevails in Nandigram

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Guns fell silent in West Bengal`s trouble-torn Nandigram as Central Reserve Police Force marched through villages to ensure peace in the area invaded by armed Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters over the last week, leading to murder, rape and arson. Violence in Nandigram has claimed at least 34 lives since January.

West Bengal, which was shut down Monday in a 24-hour protest called by the Opposition parties against the Nandigram invasion, returned to normal on Tuesday as the parties withdrew their shutdown call for 48 hours.

Text: IANS

Photo: AP

Image:Activists of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) stage a protest in Kolkata against the continuing violence in Nandigram on Tuesday.