India Alliance has a common agenda of defeating BJP: PM Modi in Kerala
Jan 04, 2024, at 02:14 am
Thrissur/IBNS/UNI: Sounding the poll bugle for the upcoming Lok Sabha poll, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday lashed out at the Congress and Left in Kerala for creating impediments in implementing several projects for the development of the state.
Puthipally Assembly bypoll: Chandy Oommen clinches by record margin of 37,719 votes
Sep 08, 2023, at 09:21 pm
Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Chandy Oommen won the Puthipally Assembly bypoll by a record margin of 37,719 votes, defeating his nearest rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala on Friday.
Dhupguri bypoll: Litmus test for Bengal BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections, TMC desperate to win
Sep 05, 2023, at 04:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has suffered a series of setbacks over the last few years in the West Bengal politics, will face a litmus test in a triangular contest in the Dhupguri byelections which are held on Tuesday.
Bengal panchayat poll violence claims 14 lives, Oppn blasts Mamata govt
Jul 09, 2023, at 03:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: At least 14 people were killed and many others were injured in a widespread violence that dominated the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal, which is infamous for political clashes for decades, on Saturday.
Mamata calls DA protesters 'thieves', says they received jobs 'unethically' during Left era
Mar 30, 2023, at 05:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday called the state government employees, who are protesting with demands for a hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) for over 60 days, "thieves".
Mamata Banerjee in dharna against Centre, Opposition too on streets in Kolkata
Mar 29, 2023, at 07:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday began her 30-hour sit-in protest or dharna against the central government near BR Ambedkar's Statue at Red Road in Kolkata.
BJP storm in Nagaland, ahead in Tripura, advantage NPP in Meghalaya
Mar 02, 2023, at 04:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set for a sweeping victory in Nagaland and marginally ahead in Tripura as the poll results are coming out on Thursday.
Bengal: Congress keen on alliance with Left to challenge TMC, BJP
Mar 01, 2023, at 05:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday said his party is keen to fight future elections in the state in an alliance with the Left to take on the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.
Mamata's meeting with Modi in Delhi draws 'settlement' jibe from Left, BJP refutes
Aug 06, 2022, at 06:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Friday meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi in the backdrop of the arrest of now suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Partha Chatterjee has been viewed as a "mutual understanding" by the Left.
Apr 11, 2022, at 08:38 pm
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence that erupted yesterday when two groups of students clashed over the alleged use of meat at the hostel mess amid Ram Navami celebrations.
ABVP, Left students clash in JNU over eating non-veg food, Ram Navami celebrations
Apr 11, 2022, at 05:39 am
New Delhi: Clashes erupted in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) after students of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) allegedly prevented left-leaning students from eating non-vegetarian food on Ram Navami today while the ABVP students accused the left-leaning students of interrupting Ram Navami prayers at the Kaveri Hostel, media reports said.
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:42 pm
Countering the charge that it feeds only an ageing party organisation, the Left, much like the 2021 assembly elections, has fielded Saira Shah Halim as a young CPI-M candidate from Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata. Halim also happens to be the niece of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and daughter-in-law of late politician Hashim Abdul Halim. In the middle of her campaigning amid the soaring temperature in Kolkata, Saira, who fought against the CAA-NRC and very recently the hijab ban, exclusively speaks to India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh ahead of the Apr 12 bypoll to the seat, which fell vacant by the demise of Mamata Banerjee's senior colleague Subrata Mukherjee
Mamata sweeps Bengal civic polls decimating Opposition, Hamro Party springs surprise in Darjeeling
Mar 02, 2022, at 09:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the state politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday swept the violence-marred polls held in 108 civic bodies, wiping out all key opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won 77 assembly seats in less than a year ago.
West Bengal: TMC set for clean sweep in violence-marred polls to 108 civic bodies
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the political spectrum of West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a clean sweep in 108 civic bodies where elections were held on Sunday.
Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle
Feb 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.
West Bengal: TMC set to sweep four civic polls; BJP, Left lose more grounds
Feb 14, 2022, at 04:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Further consolidating its hold in West Bengal, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a sweeping victory in four municipal elections, which were held in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Chandernagore and Siliguri late last week, as the results are coming out on Monday.
Bengal: 'Boosted up' Left aims to make understanding with Congress in upcoming civic polls
Dec 31, 2021, at 03:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Buoyant by its reasonable success over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, the Left in West Bengal is aiming to replicate its tested strategy to corner the saffron brigade and ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the upcoming civic polls.
Rewind 2021: Hits and misses in India's political cauldron
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Indian politics is always on boil and 2021 was no stranger to this phenomenon. As the year draws to a close, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh rewinds the events of last 12 months
Mamata's TMC sweeps Kolkata civic polls, BJP-Left-Cong restricted to single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its dominance over West Bengal politics, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday registered a landslide victory in Kolkata civic elections, which were marred by sporadic violence on the polling day, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.
TMC set to sweep violence-marred Kolkata civic polls, Opposition languishes in single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 06:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Consolidating its position in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the violence-marred Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections 2021, which was held last Sunday.
Mamata's TMC set for landslide win in KMC Elections 2021, Left, BJP fight for second spot
Dec 21, 2021, at 04:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections 2021 which was marred by sporadic violence on the polling day on Sunday.
Kanhaiya Kumar will not leave CPI: Kerala Left leader Rajendran
Sep 17, 2021, at 07:10 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: CPI leader and former JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar will not leave the party though a section of media is propagating false news in this regard, CPI Kerala Unit Secretary Kanam Rajendran said on Friday.
Bengal: Left fields young lawyer Srijib Biswas against Mamata Banerjee for Bhabanipur byelection
Sep 09, 2021, at 03:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front has fielded CPI-M leader and young lawyer Srijib Biswas as its candidate to take on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur bypoll in West Bengal.
Congress picks VD Satheesan as opposition leader in Kerala
May 22, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Bringing a change in the party after a crushing defeat in assembly polls, Congress has picked a new face in the form of VD Satheesan as its opposition leader in Left-ruled Kerala, media reports said.
Didn't want to see them as zero: Mamata Banerjee on Left's performance in Bengal
May 04, 2021, at 04:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After making a landslide victory in the West Bengal elections and sealing her return as the chief minister of the state for the third time, Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed sympathy for her arch-rival -the Left front-who had been completely decimated with no representation in the state assembly for the first time since independence.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:07 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Four of seven exit polls conducted by various agencies in India have predicted Mamata Banerjee-led powerful regional satrap Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s return to power in West Bengal with the country's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as a strong opposition to reckon with.
Exit polls predict return of Mamata in Bengal, BJP to emerge as major force
Apr 30, 2021, at 02:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As the eight-phased high-octane West Bengal assembly election concluded on Thursday, most of the exit polls predicted a return of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) to power for the third term.
Suryakanta Mishra calls for support of people towards Left and other democratic alliances
Mar 08, 2021, at 02:54 am
Baharampur/UNI: Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) leader Surya Kanta Mishra has called for the support of the people towards the Left and other democratic alliances to restore democracy and decrease unemployment.
Left-led Sanjuka Morcha yet to announce candidate against Mamata in 'heavyweight' Nandigram
Mar 06, 2021, at 01:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Sanjuka Morcha formed by the Left, Congress, Indian Secular Front (ISF) Friday failed to come up with a candidate for the assembly elections in Nandigram seat, which grabbed limelight after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced her candidature from the constituency.
Left-Congress-ISF alliance stalemate nears resolution after series of meetings
Mar 02, 2021, at 08:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The stalemate over the United Front alliance is likely to get resolved soon as the Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF) have agreed on a seat-sharing deal at least in South Bengal.