Mamata, Left slam Modi government over interim union budget
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): Despite a populist interim union budget presented by acting Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Left raised questions on the feasibility of the measures taken by the Narendra Modi government just few months before the 2019 General Elections.
Former West Bengal minister Nirupam Sen passes away
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): Former West Bengal minister and veteran Communist leader Nirupam Sen passed away on Monday. He was 72.
French ex-Prez's Rafale statement: Yechury attacks Modi govt for its alleged corruption
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.
Somnath Chatterjee (1929-2018): The Communist who defied the apparatchiks
A Communist who had rebelled for a cause, Somnath Chatterjee would be remembered as a Lok Sabha Speaker who stood his own when he defied his own party to bring dignity to the office of Speaker with his non-partisan role. Chatterjee lived an eventful political life. The journey came to an end at a Kolkata hospital on Monday. Suffering from kidney-related ailment, Chatterjee passed away at the age of 89. IBNS flashes back to capture the highlights of his life...
2019 anti-BJP front has a name but won't reveal now: Sitaram Yechury
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.
TPC: 'Troubleshooter' Crashes Out
On May 28, 2018, three cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) near Dundur Hillock under Chhaterpur Police Station in Palamu District. Commenting on the encounter, Superintendent of Police (SP) Indrajit Mahatha disclosed, “Three ultras have been gunned down. Two dead bodies, along with two AK-47 rifles, have so far been retrieved.” The identities of the slain cadres were yet to be ascertained.
Unprecedented assault on India in four years of Modi goverment: Sitaram Yechury
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.
West Bengal panchayat election: Repolling in 573 booths underway
Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS): After witnessing a violence-marred panchayat poll in West Bengal couple of days ago, repolling in 573 booths across the state are underway on Wednesday, media reports said.
Panchayat poll turns West Bengal into battlefield; 18 killed, says report
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): Killings, bombing and booth capturing by firearms wielding political goons turned West Bengal's three-tier Panchayat polls into a bloodied affair on Monday as violence claimed 18 lives, according to a local television channel.
Left born not just to win elections but to keep fighting: Surjya Kanta Mishra
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): Slamming the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for allegedly resorting to violence in the three-tier panchayat polls, which were held on Monday, CPI-M secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said the Left's inception is not just to win elections but to continue the fight.
West Bengal panchayat poll: Death toll rises to 12
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): The death toll in the violence-marred West Bengal panchayat (rural) polls, which were conducted in a single phase on Monday, has risen to 12, according to media reports.
Seven killed in Panchayat poll violence in West Bengal, CPI-M couple charred to death
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed in widespread panchayat poll violence in West Bengal which saw a Communist Party of India (Marxist ) worker and his wife burnt to death as polling continued on Monday, officials and media reports said.
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): Even as six deaths were reported in clashes during the ongoing panchayat vote in West Bengal, state education minister Partha Chatterjee has downplayed them as small incidents.
Panchayat poll violence in West Bengal claims six lives
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): At least six people were killed in a widespread panchayat poll violence in West Bengal within five hours after the polling began on Monday morning, media reports said.
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 10 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has stayed not only the Calcutta High Court's order of allowing e-nominations filed by the opposition parties, but also the uncontested win by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 34% of the total seats, media reports said.