Bengal: CPIM suspends party leader Tanmoy Bhattacharya after woman journo accuses him of misconduct
Kolkata/IBNS: The CPI(M) Sunday suspended its party leader and former MLA Tanmoy Bhattacharya following an allegation by a woman journalist that he had misbehaved with her.
CPI(M) appoints party veteran Prakash Karat as interim coordinator after Sitaram Yechury's death
New Delhi: Veteran CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat has been appointed as the interim coordinator of the party’s Polit Bureau and Central Committee until the 24th Party Congress, which is scheduled for April next year, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) announced on Sunday.
Marxist stalwart and CPI-M veteran Sitaram Yechury dies at 72
New Delhi/IBNS: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP, Sitaram Yechury, passed away on Thursday at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness, a statement by his party confirmed.
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive criticism and nationwide protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the state police will assist the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in all manners to ensure the highest punishment for the perpetrators but was quick to slam the opposition parties for 'indulging in vulture politics.'
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: The life and time of a Red Romantic
“Patria o muerte” (Homeland or Nothing)! This is how Ernesto Che Guevara had ended his historic address (in Spanish) before the 19th United Nations (UN) General Assembly in December, 1964. The non-negotiable willingness to defend its sovereignty, the Argentine guerrilla leader had shaken the world with a romantic resolve, as the then Industry Minister of Cuba.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, whose bold attempts at economic reforms in the decades-long rule of the communists in the state saw their ouster over farmers' protests, died on Thursday at age 80, ending one of the illustrious yet politically incomplete journeys of a reformist Marxist in India.
Chopra, West Bengal/IBNS: A video clip of a woman being beaten up mercilessly along with another man in an instance of what seemed like a "kangaroo court justice" by an alleged Trinamool Congress strongman in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal has gone viral, triggering an outrage with the Opposition launching a blistering attack on the Mamata Banerjee government.
Kerala: Two CPI-M workers injured in bomb blast in Panoor
Kannur/UNI: Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers sustained injuries with one nearly losing a limb when an explosion occurred while making country-made bombs at Muliyathode near Panoor early Friday.
LS polls: MK Stalin's DMK clinches seat-sharing deal with Left in Tamil Nadu
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: The ruling DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu Thursday clinched a seat-sharing agreement with its allies, the two Left parties CPI and CPI(M) for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
Calcutta HC grants bail to ex-Sandeshkhali CPI(M) MLA Nirapada Sardar, raps govt over his arrest
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court Tuesday granted bail to former Sandeshkhali CPI(M) MLA Nirapada Sardar, who was arrested by the Bengal Police, for his alleged involvement in the violent protests in pockets of the North 24 Parganas district.
Sandeshkhali row: Calcutta HC cancels prohibitory order, opposition intensifies movement
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The oppositions-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPI(M) and Congress-on Tuesday intensified their movement separately on the Sandeshkhali issue in Bengal where the women were allegedly being tortured by some TMC local leaders, even as Calcutta High Court set aside the prohibitory order imposed by the state administration under section 144 Cr PC at the troubled-torn area in North 24 Parganas, official sources said.
Agartala: Tension gripped Tripura after tribals backed by the Tripura Students Federation (TSF) threatened to block the National Highway and Railway services from Monday for an indefinite period.
Tripura: CPI-M moves ECI accusing ruling BJP of election code violation
Agartala/UNI: The opposition CPI-M lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India alleging gross violation of the model code of conduct by the ruling BJP with indulgence from election officials during the ongoing by-election to two assembly constituencies—Dhanpur and Boxanagar.
Tripura: CPI(M) Samsul Haque MLA dies of cardiac arrest
Agartala/UNI: Tripura CPI(M) MLA Samsul Haque from the Boxanagar Assembly Constituency died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday in the wee hours at Agartala Govt Medical College (AGMC).
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal Panchayat elections, BJP ranks distant second
Kolkata/IBNS: After days of sporadic violence, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress swept the state's all three-tier Panchayat elections as results kept pouring in from several districts till late Tuesday night amid tight security of central forces and the state police.