Calcutta High Court may decide West Bengal panchayat poll date today
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court may take a final call on West Bengal panchayat poll date on Friday, media reports said.
Former West Bengal Finance Minister Ashok Mitra passes away in Kolkata
Kolkata, May 1 (IBNS): Veteran Marxian economist, senior leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the first Finance Minister during the Left regime in West Bengal, Ashok Mitra, passed away in Kolkata on Tuesday morning, reports said.
Calcutta High Court to hear pleas against one-day West Bengal panchayat poll today
Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Monday will hear the two opposition parties' pleas against the State Election Commission's (SEC's) decision to conduct a single phase panchayat poll in West Bengal, media reports said.
Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI-M General Secretary
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.
Approach Calcutta HC to seek extension of nomination filing deadline, SC tells BJP, CPI-M
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party and CPI-M to approach the Calcutta High Court to seek an extension of nomination filing deadline for the panchayat polls in West Bengal, scheduled to be held in May, media reports said.
Left leader Basudeb Acharia injured in 'TMC attack'
Kolkata, Apr 7 (IBNS): The CPI-M has said that Left leader Basudeb Acharia was injured when Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters allegedly attacked CPM activists in Purulia district on Friday.
TRS to end protest in parliament, no-confidence motions may be tabled
New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS): Four no-confidence motions might be taken up by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday as the Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) have called off its protest in the parliament, media reports said.
CPI-M, AIMIM to support TDP's no-confidence motion against BJP government
Kolkata, Mar 16 (IBNS): The CPI-M has stated that it will extend its support to the Telegu Desam Party (TDP)'s no-confidence motion brought against the BJP-led union government in the parliament.
Lenin statue demolition in Tripura: Left activists march in Kolkata
Kolkata, Mar 6 (IBNS): Left activists marched in Kolkata as they protested against the recent demolition of Vladimir Lenin's statue in Tripura after the BJP scripted a victory in the recently held Assembly polls in the state.
Is the time up for Left politics in India?
If the 2011 West Bengal Assembly Election was the beginning of a downfall of the Left in Indian politics, then the 2018 Tripura poll can be seen as one of the last nails in the coffin of the political ideology in India.
Tripura: Lenin's statue brought down; CPI-M hits out at BJP
Agartala, Mar 6 (IBNS): The CPI-M has hit out at the BJP over the post poll-results violence in the state including the bringing down of Communist Revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin's statue in the state.
BJP to end Left regime in Tripura, say exit polls
Agartala, Feb 28 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to terminate the 25 years of Left rule in the eastern state of Tripura, according to the exit polls.
Tripura Assembly polls: 23 pct turnout till 11 AM
Agartala, Feb 18 (IBNS): As 25 lakhs voters are scheduled to decide the political fate of Tripura on Sunday, the turnout for the state's Assembly election till 11 am has been around 23.25 percent, media reports said.
Tripura Assembly polls: Narendra Modi urges voters to turn out in record numbers
New Delhi,Feb 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people of Tripura to turn out in record numbers as voting for the Assembly polls in the state is currently going on.
Voting for Tripura Assembly polls begins
Agartala, Feb 18 (IBNS): Amid tight security, voting to elect a new Tripura Assembly commenced on Saturday.