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| Normalcy returns in Kolkata |
| Flag marches by the army are continuing this morning and the Army will hold a review meeting at later today.
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| INDIA
, 22-November-2007
0:45:11 AM |
| Kolkata is slowly getting back to normal a day after violent clashes. Public transport is back on the roads and all schools, colleges and offices have re-opened.
It was a tense night on Wednesday with several parts of the city under curfew. However, no further clashes were reported during the night.
Flag marches by the army are continuing this morning and the Army will hold a review meeting at later today.
On Wednesday a small protest by a little known Muslim group- the All India Minority Forum shot out of control and there were scenes of violence all day.
The group claimed it was protesting against the violence in Nandigram and also demanded the expulsion of Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen from the state.
Left Front Chairman Biman Bose asked Taslima Nasreen to leave Kolkata if her stay disturbs peace in the city.
The controversial Bangladeshi author has been living in exile in Kolkata since 2004.
''I don't want to speak elaborately on the role played by the Centre on Taslima's stay in West Bengal. If her stay creates a problem for peace, she should leave the state,'' said Bose.
Biman Bose later clarified that his was a remark made in haste and while Taslima Nasreen would not be asked to leave, her continued stay in India is a matter that needs to be looked into both by the Centre and the state.
The author's visa expires in February next year.
Taslima has not spoken since Wednesday's clashes but earlier this year, shortly after she was roughed up by protestors in Hyderabad, she had gone to release the Telugu translation of her book Shodh.
Speaking to NDTV about her reasons for wanting to live in Kolkata, Taslima said: ''I am getting so much support and solidarity from people that I am grateful to them. I want to live here peacefully. I want to write peacefully and I want to feel at home.''
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