Apr 17, 2022, at 01:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: For the first time in 24 years since its inception, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), spearheaded by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday managed to win the Asansol Lok Sabha seat with veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha as its candidate.
Apr 05, 2022, at 04:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has come out in support of her niece and CPI-M candidate from West Bengal's Ballygunge constituency, Saira Shah Halim, who is taking on turncoat Babul Supriyo fielded by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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
Bengal bypolls: CPI-M fields Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim from Ballygunge constituency
Mar 17, 2022, at 04:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front has fielded veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim as the Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI-M candidate for the upcoming bypolls in the Ballygunge assembly constituency of West Bengal.
People will decide the alternative to BJP: Sitaram Yechury
Oct 26, 2021, at 01:39 am
New Delhi/UNI: People of the country would decide who would be the alternative to ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Monday adding that there is dissatisfaction among people over several government policies.
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.
Opposition aims to corner Modi govt in Parliament over Pegasus issue today
Jul 20, 2021, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The faceoff between the Modi government and the Opposition over the Pegasus issue is likely to resume on the second day of Parliament's monsoon session Tuesday with key rival parties aiming to corner the ruling dispensation.
Kerala: CPI-M youth leader allegedly rapes 6-year-old girl, hangs her to death; arrested
Jul 07, 2021, at 06:57 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A CPI-M youth wing leader has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl and later hanging her to death, media reports said.
Tripura: Political clashes leave 24 injured, say reports
Jun 28, 2021, at 06:18 pm
Agartala/UNI: The separate group clashes among ruling BJP and opposition CPI-M and TIPRA Motha, the ruling party of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) in last 24 hours left at least 24 people of different parties injured including CPI-M MLA Sudhan Das and his wife.
Covid-19: Former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya stable in hospital
May 28, 2021, at 05:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and veteran CPI (M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who tested positive for coronavirus and has been undergoing treatment at Woodlands Hospital, is in a stable condition, a health bulletin from the hospital said Thursday.
Pinarayi Vijayan swears in as Kerala CM for second time
May 21, 2021, at 12:09 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: CPI(M) veteran Pinarayi Vijayan sworn-in as Chief Minister of Kerala for the second time along with 20 ministers here on Thursday.
Apr 29, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Murshidabad/WB/IBNS: A CPI-M activist died and two others were seriously injured after a car in the convoy of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jafikul Islam allegedly knocked them down at Sahabajpur area in Murshidabad's Domkal on Wednesday midnight, hours before the eighth and final phase of Bengal assembly polls.
COVID second wave: Left not to hold any more large campaign rallies for Bengal assembly polls
Apr 15, 2021, at 01:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In the wake of the rapidly rising cases of Covid-19 in India as well as in West Bengal, the CPI-M led Left Front has decided not to hold any more large political gatherings to appeal votes for the remaining phases of Bengal assembly polls.
CPI-M hits out at TMC after Mamata blamed 'Adhikari' family over 2007 Nandigram police firing
Mar 30, 2021, at 01:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a rally had blamed Suvendu Adhikari and his father, Sisir Adhikari, over the 2007 Nandigram police firing that left 14 protesters dead, leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), which was in the power that time, has started hitting out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) recalling their year-old 'dirty political conspiracy' claim behind the massacre.
Tamil Nadu: DMK finalises seat sharing with CPI(M), allots six Assembly seats
Mar 08, 2021, at 05:10 pm
Chennai/UNI: The main Opposition DMK today finalised the seat sharing agreement with the CPI(M) allotting six seats to it for the April six Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
CPI-M, Congress joined BJP in caste politics: Trinamool Congress
Mar 02, 2021, at 12:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress on Monday slammed the Left and Congress for allegedly playing caste politics, like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), by roping in Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front (ISF) in an alliance for the upcoming West Bengal polls.
Congress, CPI-M are corrupt and power seekers: JP Nadda in Kerala
Feb 04, 2021, at 07:09 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Both the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) are corrupt and power seekers, BJP President JP Nadda alleged in Kerala.
Kerala: 21-year old Arya Rajendran becomes Thiruvananthapuram Mayor, youngest in India
Dec 28, 2020, at 08:49 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A 21-year old Communist leader, named Arya Rajendran, was on Monday appointed as the Mayor of Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram becoming the youngest person to assume the post of any Indian city ever.
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.
Ailing former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 'conscious and alert' but 'critical'
Dec 11, 2020, at 05:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Ailing former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday, is "conscious and alert" but "still remains critical", a health bulletin said.
'CPI-M surrendered itself to BJP to avoid facing consequences of corruption': Mamata Banerjee
Nov 25, 2020, at 07:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In an unsparing attack on the Left and the saffron camp, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the CPI-M has surrendered itself to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) only to escape from facing the consequences of corruption.
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.
'Deeply hurt': CPI-M on WB Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar sharing former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's pics
Oct 26, 2020, at 06:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has landed himself in the middle of a fresh row after he shared a few pictures of ailing former state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on social media.
Farm bills: Derek O'Brien, Sanjay Singh, 6 other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended, Opposition hits back
Sep 21, 2020, at 05:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Eight opposition Rajya Sabha MPs were on Monday suspended for their "unruly behaviour" while protesting against the passage of two key farm bills by the government in Parliament's upper house a day ago.
CPI-M MLA Sujan Chakraborty in quarantine after his colleague tests Covid-19 positive
Sep 09, 2020, at 08:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: CPI-M MLA from West Bengal, Sujan Chakraborty, has quarantined himself after his colleague who drives his car tested positive for Covid-19.
PM Modi's address to nation is another jumla: CPI-M
Jul 01, 2020, at 11:47 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of extending the free foodgrain scheme till November-end as "yet another jumla".
Help migrant workers battered by Covid outbreak with Rs. 10,000: Mamata appeals to Centre
Jun 03, 2020, at 12:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to the central government to pay a one-time Rs. 10,000 to the migrant workers including people in unorganised sector battered by the pandemic Covid-19 which had forced the closure of all sectors for over two months in the country.
Prashant Kishor checks in to manage Mamata's Covid-19 crisis as Oppn mounts attack on her
Apr 24, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Whether he flew a cargo plane or not, Prashant Kishor has landed in Kolkata. The political strategy whizkid whom Mamata Banerjee had signed up after last year's General Elections debacle is here to be a crisis manager of the West Bengal Chief Minister wilting under the attack from New Delhi over the COVID-19 management.
After TMC, now CPI-M files FIR against BJP leader Dilip Ghosh for 'shot like dog' remark
Jan 15, 2020, at 10:57 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After the Trinamool Congress (TMC), now the CPI-M has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh for making a controversial statement where he said the saffron governments in three other states had shot to death people, who led to arson over Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, like a dog.
Jan 08, 2020, at 02:21 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the CPI-M of resorting to violence to enforce the shutdown, saying the Kerala unit of the CPI-M was better than its counterpart in West Bengal.