CPI-M leader Sujan Chakraborty detained by police during pro-bandh rally
Jan 08, 2020, at 02:15 pm
Kolkata/UNI: CPI-M legislator Sujan Chakraborty was on Wednesday detained from Jadavpur for disrupting traffic while leading a procession in support of 24-strike.
CPI-M condemns killing of Qassem Soleimani
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Condemning the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top General of the armed forces (the Quds) by the United States, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Saturday said the assassination of the head of the armed forces of a sovereign country is an act of international banditry by the Trump administration'.
Mangalore firing: Cong, CPI, JD-S to stage dharna tomorrow demanding judicial probe
Jan 01, 2020, at 12:37 pm
Mangalore/UNI: Under the aegis of the Dakshina Kannada District Jatyateeya Paksha Sanghatanegala Janti Vedik, members of Congress, Communist Party of India, CPI (M), Janata Dal (Secular) and other secular organisations will stage a dharna on January 2 here demanding a judicial inquiry into the firing on December 19.
BJP, CPI-M clash during protest rally in Tripura
Dec 25, 2019, at 12:57 pm
Agartala/UNI: Tension continued in Udaipur of Gomati district in South Tripura following group clash between ruling BJP supporters and opposition CPI-M on Tuesday during a protest rally of the later party against privatization and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
BJP trying to establish racial democracy through Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: CPI-M's Md. Salim
Dec 09, 2019, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: On a day the Opposition locked horns with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha, CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim lashed out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleging that it is trying to establish "racial democracy".
Amit Shah expresses 'people's doubt' over multi-party democracy, Congress, CPI-M hit back
Sep 18, 2019, at 11:23 am
New Delhi: The Opposition has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after its national president Amit Shah, who also happens to be the country's Home Minister, stirred a row by expressing "people's doubt" over the multi-party democracy just days after giving a call for a national language.
Sitaram Yechury, D Raja try to visit Jammu and Kashmir, detained at Srinagar airport
Aug 09, 2019, at 01:19 pm
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): After Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja were detained at the Srinagar airport on Friday as they tried to meet CPI-M leader Mohd. Yusuf Tarigami in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mamata's reaction to BJP-led Centre's Kashmir move is most innocuous submission: CPI-M's Md. Salim
Aug 06, 2019, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS): Hitting out at Mamata Banerjee, CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim on Tuesday said the West Bengal Chief Minister's reaction to the entire issue of scrapping of Articles 370, 35A and detaining former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers- Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti- is the most innocuous submission in her four-decade long political career.
Narendra Modi government betrayed people of J&K, alleges CPI(M)
Aug 05, 2019, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) Terming the Narendra NDA government's decision to revoke Article 370 'murder of democracy and federalism', Communist party of India (Marxist) on Monday alleged that the Modi government has 'struck a big blow at democracy and the Constitution'.
Mamata reaches out to CPI-M, Congress for Bengal front; receives mocks
Jun 27, 2019, at 12:05 pm
Kolkata, June 27 (IBNS): After receiving an electoral shock from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee made an unprecedented reach out to the Left and Congress to save her citadel.
CPI(M) analyses poll setback after party’s worst performance ever
Jun 10, 2019, at 07:38 pm
New Delhi, Jun 10 (UNI): After its near rout performance in strongholds like Kerala in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, the CPI(M) Central Committee (CC) has acknowledged that "a section of believers" did not vote for party after the implementation of Supreme Court judgement on Sabarimala, and directed the state unit to bring back them into party fold.
India votes in final phase of Lok Sabha polls, violence and rigging mars Bengal balloting
May 19, 2019, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): India voted in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday as violence and electoral malpractices were once again reported from West Bengal where the key battle is between the state's ruling Trinamool Congress and the emerging force that is Bharatiya Janata Party.
CPI (M) candidate moves High Court seeking fresh poll in West Tripura
May 16, 2019, at 10:37 am
Agartala, May 16 (UNI): With the directives of the Supreme Court, CPI (M) candidate in West Tripura parliamentary constituency Shankar Prasad Datta has filed a Writ Petition (WP) to Tripura High Court seeking appropriate direction to hold election to the seat afresh.
Tripura: Opposition parties accuse BJP of post-poll violence
May 15, 2019, at 11:00 am
Agartala, May 15 (UNI): The opposition CPI (M) and Congress accused ruling BJP of perpetrating post poll violence in different areas of West Tripura where ECI had conducted repoll in 168 booths on May 12 last along with sixth phase election to Lok Sabha.
West Bengal politics: CPI(M) party office in Nandigram reopens after 12 years
May 10, 2019, at 03:46 pm
Nandigram May, 10 (UNI) The CPI(M) party office here which was torched and eventually closed in 2007 opened on April 7 after a lapse of 12 years.
392 candidates contesting Lok Sabha Phase 3 election have assets worth Rs 1 crore and more
Apr 20, 2019, at 11:34 am
Kolkata, Apr 20 (UNI) The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has stated that there are 392 candidates - about 25 per cent- contesting the Lok Sabha Phase three election on April 23, who have assets worth Rs one crore and more.
CPI-M releases Lok Sabha election manifesto, urges voters to defeat BJP alliance
Mar 28, 2019, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi, Mar 28 (IBNS): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha election and the Left party has urged voters to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance which rules the Centre.
CPI-M demands ban on entry of spurious fertilizers, pesticides into Jammu and Kashmir
Mar 19, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Srinagar, Mar 19 (UNI) Expressing serious concern over unchecked import of spurious fertilizers and pesticides in Jammu and Kashmir, the CPI(M) State Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik has sought prompt action from the government to check the menace.
CPI-M suspends Maharashtra state secretary for praising PM Modi
Mar 05, 2019, at 02:07 pm
Mumbai, Mar 5 (IBNS): The CPI-M has suspended its Maharashtra state secretary, Narasayya Adam, from the central committee for three months for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public event, which was held in Solapur, media reports said.
CPI(M) for electoral tie-up with Congress in West Bengal Lok Sabha polls
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:58 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The CPI (M) on Monday favoured pooling of anti-BJP, anti-Trinamool votes by having a "no mutual contest" in the present six sitting Lok Sabha seats, currently held by Congress and the Left Front in West Bengal.
Kerala witnesses shutdown over death of youth Congress workers
Feb 18, 2019, at 11:47 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 18 (IBNS): The Congress on Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in Kerala over the killing of its two youth workers in Kasargode district a day ago, media reports said.
Left gives call to oust Modi-Mamata, accuses BJP, TMC of looting people in partnership
Feb 03, 2019, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): In a bid to enthuse its party workers and get back its lost ground in West Bengal ahead of the General Elections, the Left Front on Sunday gave a call to oust both Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's TMC government in the eastern state.
Mamata, Left slam Modi government over interim union budget
Feb 01, 2019, at 10:09 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): Despite a populist interim union budget presented by acting Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Left raised questions on the feasibility of the measures taken by the Narendra Modi government just few months before the 2019 General Elections.
Former West Bengal minister Nirupam Sen passes away
Dec 24, 2018, at 10:52 am
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): Former West Bengal minister and veteran Communist leader Nirupam Sen passed away on Monday. He was 72.
French ex-Prez's Rafale statement: Yechury attacks Modi govt for its alleged corruption
Sep 22, 2018, at 11:44 am
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS): A day after former French President Francois Hollande's statement over Rafale deal, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre of having an involvement in corruption.
Somnath Chatterjee (1929-2018): The Communist who defied the apparatchiks
Aug 13, 2018, at 12:12 pm
A Communist who had rebelled for a cause, Somnath Chatterjee would be remembered as a Lok Sabha Speaker who stood his own when he defied his own party to bring dignity to the office of Speaker with his non-partisan role. Chatterjee lived an eventful political life. The journey came to an end at a Kolkata hospital on Monday. Suffering from kidney-related ailment, Chatterjee passed away at the age of 89. IBNS flashes back to capture the highlights of his life...
2019 anti-BJP front has a name but won't reveal now: Sitaram Yechury
Jul 13, 2018, at 01:38 pm
Kolkata, July 13 (IBNS): Keeping suspense over the possible united opposition against the saffron party for the 2019 General Election, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has said the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) front has a name but he won't reveal it now, media reports said.
TPC: 'Troubleshooter' Crashes Out
Jun 04, 2018, at 04:19 pm
On May 28, 2018, three cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) near Dundur Hillock under Chhaterpur Police Station in Palamu District. Commenting on the encounter, Superintendent of Police (SP) Indrajit Mahatha disclosed, “Three ultras have been gunned down. Two dead bodies, along with two AK-47 rifles, have so far been retrieved.” The identities of the slain cadres were yet to be ascertained.
Unprecedented assault on India in four years of Modi goverment: Sitaram Yechury
May 26, 2018, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has launched an unsparing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it completed its four years in office on Saturday.
West Bengal panchayat election: Repolling in 573 booths underway
May 16, 2018, at 04:19 pm
Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS): After witnessing a violence-marred panchayat poll in West Bengal couple of days ago, repolling in 573 booths across the state are underway on Wednesday, media reports said.