CPI(M) appoints party veteran Prakash Karat as interim coordinator after Sitaram Yechury's death
Sep 30, 2024, at 06:29 am
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
Sep 12, 2024, at 10:30 pm
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.
Tejashwi Yadav meets Sonia Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury in Delhi
Aug 13, 2022, at 02:31 am
New Delhi/UNI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury in the national capital.
Sonia Gandhi, other opposition leaders attend MK Stalin's Delhi office inauguration
Apr 03, 2022, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Leaders of opposition parties including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and National Conference's Farooq Abdullah came together on Saturday for the opening of the DMK's office in Delhi on Saturday.
Sitaram Yechury describes Union Budget as 'anti-people'
Feb 02, 2022, at 12:22 am
New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday the Union Budget presented today by FM Nirmala Sitharaman as 'anti-people'.
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.
'Looks nice to me': Amarinder Singh contradicts Rahul Gandhi on Jallianwala Bagh renovation
Sep 01, 2021, at 02:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday supported the renovation of the Jallianwala Bagh for which the Centre has been facing flak from the oppositions and historians on social media.
Sitaram Yechury's son dies due to COVID-19
Apr 22, 2021, at 02:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Ashish Yechury, son of CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, has died due to COVID-19 infection.
Oct 03, 2020, at 02:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and their supporters on Friday evening joined the protest at the national capital's Jantar Mantar demanding justice for the 19-year-old Hathras victim, who died two weeks after a brutal gangrape by four men in Uttar Pradesh.
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".
Current state of economy is deeply worrying: Yechury
Jan 22, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Kalaburagi/UNI: National General Secretary of CPI (M) Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party led dispensation at the Centre for 'mismanagement', which has led to the alleged current economic crisis in the country.
Sitaram Yechury urges people to say 'No' to NPR and 'Yes' to Census
Jan 19, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday urged people to say 'No' to National Population Register (NPR) and 'Yes' to Census.
Kashmir situation completely contrary to what claimed by BJP government: Sitaram Yechury
Aug 31, 2019, at 11:58 am
New Delhi/Srinagar, Aug 31 (IBNS): Returning from Srinagar after meeting his party colleague Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the ground reality of Jammu and Kashmir is completely contrary to what was claimed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, media reports said.
Every citizen should be allowed to enter Jammu and Kashmir: Supreme Court
Aug 28, 2019, at 01:21 pm
New Delhi: Days after the Jammu and Kashmir administration disallowed a battery of opposition leaders to enter the valley, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said every citizen must have an access to the northern part of the country.
CPI-M politburo condemns Sitaram Yechury’s detention at Srinagar Airport
Aug 09, 2019, at 05:02 pm
Hyderabad, Aug 9 (UNI) The Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday condemned the detention of party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and also CPI General Secretary D Raja at the Srinagar Airport.
Sitaram Yechury, D Raja try to visit Jammu and Kashmir, detained at Srinagar airport
Aug 09, 2019, at 01:19 pm
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): After Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja were detained at the Srinagar airport on Friday as they tried to meet CPI-M leader Mohd. Yusuf Tarigami in Jammu and Kashmir.
Union Budget is fraudulent: Sitaram Yechury
Jul 05, 2019, at 04:43 pm
New Delhi, July 5 (IBNS): Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury criticised the Union Budget and described it as 'fraudulent'.
India votes in final phase of Lok Sabha polls, violence and rigging mars Bengal balloting
May 19, 2019, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): India voted in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday as violence and electoral malpractices were once again reported from West Bengal where the key battle is between the state's ruling Trinamool Congress and the emerging force that is Bharatiya Janata Party.
CPM's Yechury calls BJP poll manifesto 'another round of jumlas'
Apr 08, 2019, at 07:49 pm
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.
Countdown of Narendra Modi government started: Sitaram Yechury
Apr 06, 2019, at 06:10 pm
Agartala, Apr 6 (UNI) Seeking vote for left front candidates in both the Loksabha seats of Tripura, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury here today asserted that countdown of Modi led government has started, as people of the country decided to change the government for saving India.
BJP killing CPI-M comrades in Tripura and Kerala: Sitaram Yechury counters Modi
Jan 02, 2019, at 09:27 pm
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IBNS): CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury has countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement where he said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers are getting killed due to political fights in West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala.
CBI chief removal: Sitaram Yechury alleges cover up by BJP government
Oct 24, 2018, at 10:55 am
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IBNS): Reacting to the Centre's decision to send Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Alok Verma on leave, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led union government is trying to cover up its link with the federal probe agency.
French ex-Prez's Rafale statement: Yechury attacks Modi govt for its alleged corruption
Sep 22, 2018, at 11:44 am
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS): A day after former French President Francois Hollande's statement over Rafale deal, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre of having an involvement in corruption.
2019 anti-BJP front has a name but won't reveal now: Sitaram Yechury
Jul 13, 2018, at 01:38 pm
Kolkata, July 13 (IBNS): Keeping suspense over the possible united opposition against the saffron party for the 2019 General Election, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has said the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) front has a name but he won't reveal it now, media reports said.
Ambulances reach L-G house, Kejriwal and cabinet colleagues continue sit-in
Jun 15, 2018, at 05:38 pm
New Delhi, June 15 (IBNS): As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three cabinet colleagues continued their sit-in protest at Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s office for another day on Friday, ambulances carrying medics drove into the Raj Niwas, triggering doubts that they might be taken away forcibly.
Opposition leaders support Kejriwal over his tussle with Delhi LG Anil Baijal
Jun 14, 2018, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi, Jun 14 (IBNS): Seizing an opportunity to launch an attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government, several opposition leaders have flocked in to support Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his sit-in protest against Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal.
Unprecedented assault on India in four years of Modi goverment: Sitaram Yechury
May 26, 2018, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has launched an unsparing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it completed its four years in office on Saturday.
Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI-M General Secretary
Apr 22, 2018, at 10:05 pm
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday announced party leader Sitaram Yechury has been re-elected as the party's General Secretary.
Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Sitaram Yechury slam Centre as ATMs runs dry across nation
Apr 17, 2018, at 09:59 pm
New Delhi, Apr 17 (IBNS): Several opposition leaders on Tuesday attacked the Centre after reports of ATMs going dry emerged from several states in the nation.
BJP used money,other resources to win Tripura polls: CPI-M
Mar 04, 2018, at 01:22 am
New Delhi, Mar 3 (IBNS): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday charged that the BJP used money to win the Assembly polls in Tripura.