Know your facts: Congress' Adhir Chowdhury hits back at rebel Anand Sharma over ISF remark
Mar 02, 2021, at 07:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury has hit back at senior rebel party leader Anand Sharma, who Monday questioned his outfit's alliance with Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF).
Bengal: Deadlock over Left-Congress-ISF alliance continues as Adhir refuses to concede bastion
Mar 02, 2021, at 05:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The deadlock over the alliance between the Left, Congress and Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF), termed as United Front, has failed to get resolved even as the talks to finalise the seat-sharing deal is on.
Congress Vs Congress: Anand Sharma hits out at Adhir Chowdhury over Bengal alliance
Mar 02, 2021, at 03:58 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday publicly went against the party's West Bengal strategy and said an alliance with the ISF (Indian Secular Front) and similar parties "goes against its core ideology".
Bengal: Left, Congress to hold meeting today to resolve deadlock over alliance with ISF
Mar 01, 2021, at 05:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left parties and Congress will Monday hold a meeting to resolve the deadlock occurred over an alliance with Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF) in less than a month the West Bengal polls begin.
Mar 01, 2021, at 01:41 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The ongoing rift between Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF) took the centre stage at the Left's brigade rally on Sunday, causing embarrassment for the United Front which is shaping up in poll-bound West Bengal.
Ahead of Bengal polls, Mamata Banerjee rolls out highly subsidised Ma Kitchen
Feb 16, 2021, at 07:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Just weeks ahead of the assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday inaugurated a community kitchen, named as Ma Kitchen, virtually from the state headquarters here.
Left youth activist allegedly injured during Nabanna Abhiyan dies in Kolkata hospital
Feb 15, 2021, at 05:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 32-year-old activist of CPI-M's youth wing- Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), who was allegedly injured in police lathicharge during Left student-youths' Nabanna Abhiyan rally on Feb 11, died at a private nursing home in south Kolkata's Camac Street on Monday morning, reports said.
Left's 12-hour bandh in West Bengal today, railway tracks blocked
Feb 12, 2021, at 04:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The eastern state of West Bengal is on Friday witnessing a 12-hour strike (bandh) from 6 am to 6 pm called by the Left parties in protest of the police's manhandling of its students and youth leaders during a march a day ago.
Bengal: Left calls 12-hour bandh after its Nabanna march meets violence
Feb 11, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left parties have called a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal after its students and youth leaders met with violence during their march to state secretariat Nabanna with multiple demands.
Bengal polls: Left, Congress finalise seat-sharing formula for 193 of total 294 assembly seats
Jan 29, 2021, at 04:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After the second round of talks, leaders of the Left Front and Congress on Thursday announced that they had agreed on a seat-sharing formula for 193 out of the total 294 assembly seats for the upcoming West Bengal polls.
Nitish Kumar should avoid suppressing farmers agitation: Left
Dec 30, 2020, at 02:07 am
Patna/UNI: Criticising Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for suppressing the farmer's agitation in the state, the left parties on Tuesday cautioned him from resorting to any such action aimed at suppressing the ongoing agitation of the farmers.
Which state got money under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi? Left hits back at PM Modi
Dec 26, 2020, at 03:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering Narendra Modi who has accused the Left of maintaining double standards over farmers' issues, former CPI-M parliamentarian Md. Salim on Friday rubbished the Prime Minister's claim that peasants of the country are getting benefited by the Centre's PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
Congress, Left to fight 2021 West Bengal elections in alliance
Dec 24, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Congress and Left are set to fight the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held in Apr-May next year, in an alliance.
BSP, SP, Left Parties support farmers nation wide 'Bharat Bandh'
Dec 07, 2020, at 03:51 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Nation wide Bharat bandh on Tuesday called by the farmers against the new farm laws has received support from the opposition in Uttar Pradesh.
Transport, banking services partially affected as trade unions call Bharat Bandh
Nov 26, 2020, at 06:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A nationwide bandh (strike) called by 10 central trade unions in protest against the union government's policies partially affected the transport, banking services on Thursday.
Alliance with Congress preceded by movement: Left's new strategy ahead of Bengal Polls
Nov 23, 2020, at 12:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Taking a lesson from the disastrous outcome in the 2016 West Bengal Assembly Elections, the Left is eyeing for a movement with Congress before jumping into the high-pitched state polls due to be held in April-May next year.
Left in search of 'right' path ahead of Bengal assembly polls
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Leftists, who ruled Bengal for a record 34 years (1977 -2011), seem now in a dilemma to exploit strategies in respect of the Assembly elections next year while analysing the Bihar post poll scenario.
Feb 29, 2020, at 11:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: As Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in the city to hold a rally on Sunday, the opposition parties have lashed out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for granting permission to use microphone in the meeting while several board examinations are underway.
BJP panel faces crushing defeat in Tripura Bar Association election
Feb 24, 2020, at 12:02 pm
Agartala/UNI: The ruling BJP in Tripura got a jolt in Tripura Bar Association elections held yesterday, boosting the anti-BJP forces in the state and putting Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s government in an awkward situation.
Jadavpur University holds students' union election after 3 years, ABVP makes poll debut
Feb 19, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Kolkata: After a gap of over three years, students' union election is currently underway in Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Wednesday.
Former Tripura Chief Secy arrested in PWD scam; state administrative officers say he is framed
Feb 17, 2020, at 08:44 pm
Agartala/UNI: Former chief secretary of Tripura and chairman of Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC) Yash Pal Singh was arrested Monday morning in a joint operation of Uttar Pradesh and Tripura police from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh in connection with alleged PWD scam of Rs 164 Cr during 2008-09.
Left-ruled Kerala government decides not to remove anti-CAA remarks from Governor's policy speech
Jan 28, 2020, at 10:50 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The CPI(M)-led Left Government in Kerala has decided not to remove the remarks on anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) from the policy speech to be delivered by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at the State Legislative Assembly on the beginning of the budget session on January 29.
West Bengal set to pass anti-CAA resolution today
Jan 27, 2020, at 11:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal is set to become the fourth state to pass an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) resolution in its state assembly on Monday.
'No information concerning tukde-tukde gang': Government's reply to activist's RTI
Jan 21, 2020, at 10:58 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query, the Union Home Ministry has said it has no information regarding the "tukde-tukde gang", a term which is often used by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to attack the Left and its supporters.
From CAA to Ayushman Bharat, Modi ends Kolkata visit with political attacks on Opposition
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After completing his courtesy meets on the first day of his Kolkata visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got down to his business of politics by launching one after the another attacks on Opposition on Day 2 of his stay in the eastern state.
PM Modi cruises through Kolkata despite Left protests, Mamata makes 'courtesy' visit
Jan 12, 2020, at 12:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden Kolkata visit after returning to power in 2019 and most importantly registering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s unprecedented surge in West Bengal was marred by citywide protests throughout the day though West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid a "courtesy" visit to him drawing taunts from the Left and Congress.
Mamata Banerjee speaking against Left-Congress for polarisation politics: BJP
Jan 10, 2020, at 12:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Taking a swipe at the Opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is speaking against the Left and Congress and skipping the scheduled Opposition's meet to concentrate her Muslim votes in the eastern state.
Will fight CAA, NRC alone, says Mamata Banerjee; TMC chief to skip Opposition meet
Jan 09, 2020, at 01:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Splitting an apparent Opposition unity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she will fight against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) alone.
JNU violence: Jadavpur University students hit Kolkata streets, slam BJP-ABVP
Jan 06, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Raising slogans, burning tyres and singing songs, a large number of students of Jadavpur University (JU) here on Monday joined the ongoing nation-wide protest rally against the attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers by a mob of masked men.
Condemn the violence unequivocally: S Jaishankar tweets on JNU violence
Jan 05, 2020, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said he 'unequivocally' condemned the violent incidents which took place in the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi on Sunday.