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.
CPI (M) alleges mass rigging after BJP wins two assembly seats in Tripura by-poll
Agartala: A day after BJP’s landslide victory in the by-elections to two assembly seats in Tripura, the CPI-M Politburo reiterated its demand of countermanding the by-polls in Boxanagar and Dhanpur in the Sepahijala district, alleging mass rigging.
Two CPM party offices set ablaze in Agartala, party blames 'BJP mobs'
Agartala/IBNS: Two party offices of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), including its headquarters, were set on fire by unidentified people following violence in some districts of Tripura and the state's capital Agartala.
TMC MLA apologises after making objectionable remarks on CPI-M legislator in Bengal Assembly
Kolkata/IBNS: A woman TMC MLA on Saturday faced heavy criticisms after making an objectionable statement on another woman MLA of CPI-M party during a post-budget session in West Bengal assembly, Bidhan Sabha Bhavan, reports said.
CPI(M) local leader arrested for cheating pensioners
Kannur, Jul 1 (UNI): Police arrested a CPI (M) local leader for cheating social welfare pensioners by not distributing their monthly pension in this district.
Seven injured in BJP-CPI(M) clash near Thalassery
Kannur, Jun 16 (UNI): Seven people, including four CPI(M) cadres and three BJP workers, sustained minor injuries when a crude bomb was allegedly hurled during a clash at Namathumukku near Thalassery on Sunday evening.
CPM urges Himachal govt to compensate Fani-hit farmers
Shimla, Jun 5 (UNI): A district unit of the CPM on Wednesday called the state government to compensate the farmers who have suffered massive loss to the standing crops of stone fruits, affected by the wind and hailstorm caused by cyclone Fani last month.
CPM admits erosion in strongholds, says BJP replaced livelihood issues with Modi's 'persona'
New Delhi, May 27 (UNI): Acknowledging that the Left parties suffered a severe setback in its strongholds in the Lok Sabha election, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday said BJP had successfully replaced the narrative of unemployment and other livelihood issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'persona' and 'nothing could be done, even if the entire Opposition had come together to defeat that narrative'.
Criminal case lodged against three CPI-M women cadre for casting bogus votes
Kannur, May 2 (UNI): Pariyaram police on Thursday registered a criminal case against three CPI(M) women cadre, including a local body member, who have been found to have casted bogus votes in a booth at Pilathara here in the April 23 Lok Sabha Election.
CPM's Yechury calls BJP poll manifesto 'another round of jumlas'
New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): Calling it another round of 'jumlas', CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury has slammed the BJP for the promises in their election manifesto and said the saffron party was silent on their 2014 promises.
CPI(M) and Congress joining hands in Tripura to dislodge stable govt at the Centre: Modi
Udaipur, Apr 7 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused CPI(M) and Congress of joining hands to dislodge the stable government at the Centre.
Will not speak a word against the CPM: Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad
Wayanad, Apr 4 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he would "not say a word" against the ruling Left government in the state.
Security bolstered in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland ahead of poll results on Saturday
Guwahati, Mar 2 (IBNS): Amid tight security, the counting of votes for the assembly polls in three north eastern states - Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland will be held on Saturday.
CPI-M central committee meet begins today, political tactics to be discussed
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IBNS): At a time the BJP is becoming a threat to the incumbent CPI-M in both Kerala and Tripura, the Leftist party is going to discuss its political tactics in the central committee meet, beginning in Kolkata on Friday, media reports said.
M Venkaiah Naidu greets nation on Janmastami
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday greeted the nation on the occasion of Janmastami.