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.
Calcutta HC orders deployment of central forces in Bengal Panchayat poll
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court Tuesday ordered the West Bengal State Election Commission to ensure the deployment of central paramilitary forces for the July 8 Panchayat polls in the state.
'Does a match end in only one innings?': Congress leader Lakshman Seth on his second marriage at 77
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Left heavyweight and current Congress leader Lakshman Seth has recently hit the headlines not for political reasons but for one of his decisions in personal life.
Madras High Court dismisses plea seeking ban on release of 'The Kerala Story'
Chennai: The Madras High Court has rejected a petition seeking a ban on the release of the controversial film "The Kerala Story," media reports said
Tripura: CPI-M-Cong alleges TIPRA Motha spoils their prospect, Pradyot feels reverse
Agartala/UNI: When CPI-M and Congress said the victory of BJP in the Tripura assembly election because of TIPRA Motha candidates, the latter party chairman and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman claimed the reverse saying BJP could have won around 50 seats in the 60 -members assembly if Motha was not in the fray.
Tripura polls by and large peaceful, over 85 percent voters' turnout recorded: EC
Agartala/IBNS/UNI: Over 85 percent of the electorate exercised their democratic rights amid high security as the Tripura Assembly polls remained by and large peaceful barring a few stray incidents of violence on Thursday.
Tripura polls: CPI-M moves ECI against deployment of Assam and Gujarat police in the state
Agartala/UNI: A few hours before the campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poll-bound Tripura, the opposition CPI-M reached the Chief Election Commissioner of India, accusing the BJP of deploying state police of Gujarat and Assam claiming them as central paramilitary force with an ulterior motive.
Tripura: 7 injured in CPM-BJP clash in poll-bound state
Agartala/UNI: At least seven people were injured in a clash between BJP and CPI-M on Friday in Melaghar under Sonamura constituency of Sepahijala district in poll-bound Tripura.