Panchayat poll turns West Bengal into battlefield; 18 killed, says report
May 15, 2018, at 03:20 am
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): Killings, bombing and booth capturing by firearms wielding political goons turned West Bengal's three-tier Panchayat polls into a bloodied affair on Monday as violence claimed 18 lives, according to a local television channel.
Left born not just to win elections but to keep fighting: Surjya Kanta Mishra
May 14, 2018, at 11:39 pm
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): Slamming the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for allegedly resorting to violence in the three-tier panchayat polls, which were held on Monday, CPI-M secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said the Left's inception is not just to win elections but to continue the fight.
West Bengal panchayat poll: Death toll rises to 12
May 14, 2018, at 11:02 pm
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): The death toll in the violence-marred West Bengal panchayat (rural) polls, which were conducted in a single phase on Monday, has risen to 12, according to media reports.
Seven killed in Panchayat poll violence in West Bengal, CPI-M couple charred to death
May 14, 2018, at 07:56 pm
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed in widespread panchayat poll violence in West Bengal which saw a Communist Party of India (Marxist ) worker and his wife burnt to death as polling continued on Monday, officials and media reports said.
May 14, 2018, at 07:11 pm
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): Even as six deaths were reported in clashes during the ongoing panchayat vote in West Bengal, state education minister Partha Chatterjee has downplayed them as small incidents.
Panchayat poll violence in West Bengal claims six lives
May 14, 2018, at 06:07 pm
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): At least six people were killed in a widespread panchayat poll violence in West Bengal within five hours after the polling began on Monday morning, media reports said.
May 10, 2018, at 10:51 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 10 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has stayed not only the Calcutta High Court's order of allowing e-nominations filed by the opposition parties, but also the uncontested win by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 34% of the total seats, media reports said.
Calcutta High Court may decide West Bengal panchayat poll date today
May 04, 2018, at 05:21 pm
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court may take a final call on West Bengal panchayat poll date on Friday, media reports said.
Former West Bengal Finance Minister Ashok Mitra passes away in Kolkata
May 01, 2018, at 08:32 pm
Kolkata, May 1 (IBNS): Veteran Marxian economist, senior leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the first Finance Minister during the Left regime in West Bengal, Ashok Mitra, passed away in Kolkata on Tuesday morning, reports said.
Calcutta High Court to hear pleas against one-day West Bengal panchayat poll today
Apr 30, 2018, at 04:22 pm
Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Monday will hear the two opposition parties' pleas against the State Election Commission's (SEC's) decision to conduct a single phase panchayat poll in West Bengal, media reports said.
Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI-M General Secretary
Apr 22, 2018, at 10:05 pm
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday announced party leader Sitaram Yechury has been re-elected as the party's General Secretary.
Approach Calcutta HC to seek extension of nomination filing deadline, SC tells BJP, CPI-M
Apr 12, 2018, at 01:05 am
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party and CPI-M to approach the Calcutta High Court to seek an extension of nomination filing deadline for the panchayat polls in West Bengal, scheduled to be held in May, media reports said.
Left leader Basudeb Acharia injured in 'TMC attack'
Apr 07, 2018, at 01:48 pm
Kolkata, Apr 7 (IBNS): The CPI-M has said that Left leader Basudeb Acharia was injured when Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters allegedly attacked CPM activists in Purulia district on Friday.
TRS to end protest in parliament, no-confidence motions may be tabled
Mar 27, 2018, at 04:11 pm
New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS): Four no-confidence motions might be taken up by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday as the Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) have called off its protest in the parliament, media reports said.
CPI-M, AIMIM to support TDP's no-confidence motion against BJP government
Mar 16, 2018, at 04:50 pm
Kolkata, Mar 16 (IBNS): The CPI-M has stated that it will extend its support to the Telegu Desam Party (TDP)'s no-confidence motion brought against the BJP-led union government in the parliament.
Lenin statue demolition in Tripura: Left activists march in Kolkata
Mar 07, 2018, at 03:35 am
Kolkata, Mar 6 (IBNS): Left activists marched in Kolkata as they protested against the recent demolition of Vladimir Lenin's statue in Tripura after the BJP scripted a victory in the recently held Assembly polls in the state.
Three arrested in relation to the post-poll violence and vandalism in Tripura
Mar 06, 2018, at 09:32 pm
Agartala, Mar 6 (IBNS): Three people have been arrested in relation to the vandalism unleashed in Tripura after the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won the latest state Assembly election and virtually decimated the Left front, media reports said on Tuesday.
Is the time up for Left politics in India?
Mar 06, 2018, at 09:01 pm
If the 2011 West Bengal Assembly Election was the beginning of a downfall of the Left in Indian politics, then the 2018 Tripura poll can be seen as one of the last nails in the coffin of the political ideology in India.
Tripura: Lenin's statue brought down; CPI-M hits out at BJP
Mar 06, 2018, at 06:07 pm
Agartala, Mar 6 (IBNS): The CPI-M has hit out at the BJP over the post poll-results violence in the state including the bringing down of Communist Revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin's statue in the state.
BJP to end Left regime in Tripura, say exit polls
Feb 28, 2018, at 04:39 pm
Agartala, Feb 28 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to terminate the 25 years of Left rule in the eastern state of Tripura, according to the exit polls.
Tripura Assembly polls: 23 pct turnout till 11 AM
Feb 18, 2018, at 06:20 pm
Agartala, Feb 18 (IBNS): As 25 lakhs voters are scheduled to decide the political fate of Tripura on Sunday, the turnout for the state's Assembly election till 11 am has been around 23.25 percent, media reports said.
Tripura Assembly polls: Narendra Modi urges voters to turn out in record numbers
Feb 18, 2018, at 02:22 pm
New Delhi,Feb 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people of Tripura to turn out in record numbers as voting for the Assembly polls in the state is currently going on.
Voting for Tripura Assembly polls begins
Feb 18, 2018, at 02:11 pm
Agartala, Feb 18 (IBNS): Amid tight security, voting to elect a new Tripura Assembly commenced on Saturday.
Tripura Assembly poll to be held tomorrow, Left-BJP in close fight
Feb 18, 2018, at 04:43 am
Agartala, Feb 17 (IBNS): Voting in 59 out of 60 Assembly seats of Tripura will take place on Sunday as the state is witnessing a close contest between incumbent Left and emerging BJP.
Kerala : Pregnant woman kicked in stomach allegedly by Left activists, loses baby
Feb 15, 2018, at 08:11 pm
Kozhikode, Feb 15 (IBNS) : A pregnant woman lost her baby after she was kicked in the stomach allegedly by Left activists in Kerala's Kozhikode last month, NDTV reports.
CPI-M leader Khagen Das passes away, party mourns
Jan 21, 2018, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS): CPI-M leader Khagen Das passed away in Kolkata on Sunday.
Kerala government created jihad atmosphere in state: Yogi Adityanath
Oct 04, 2017, at 07:26 pm
Kannur, Oct 4 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanth on Wednesday said the CPI(M)-led Kerala government has created a "jihadi atmosphere" in the state. according to media reports.
Oct 03, 2017, at 08:12 pm
Kannur, Oct 3 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to visit Kerala on Wednesday to take part in the Jana Raksha Yatra organised by his party in the state against alleged Leftist violence, media reported.
CPI-M expels Ritabrata Banerjee for anti-party activities
Sep 15, 2017, at 10:09 pm
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IBNS): Ritabrata Banerjee, the controversial Rajya Sabha MP of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), has been expelled from the party's primary membership for his alleged 'serious anti-party activities', a press statement said on Friday.
Arun Jaitley calls RSS worker's killing in Kerala as 'barbaric'
Aug 07, 2017, at 01:00 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6 (IBNS): Visiting the family of an RSS activist killed recently in Kerala, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday called the act as 'barbaric'.