Know your facts: Congress' Adhir Chowdhury hits back at rebel Anand Sharma over ISF remark
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury has hit back at senior rebel party leader Anand Sharma, who Monday questioned his outfit's alliance with Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF).
Bengal: Deadlock over Left-Congress-ISF alliance continues as Adhir refuses to concede bastion
Kolkata/IBNS: The deadlock over the alliance between the Left, Congress and Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF), termed as United Front, has failed to get resolved even as the talks to finalise the seat-sharing deal is on.
Congress Vs Congress: Anand Sharma hits out at Adhir Chowdhury over Bengal alliance
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday publicly went against the party's West Bengal strategy and said an alliance with the ISF (Indian Secular Front) and similar parties "goes against its core ideology".
Bengal: Left, Congress to hold meeting today to resolve deadlock over alliance with ISF
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left parties and Congress will Monday hold a meeting to resolve the deadlock occurred over an alliance with Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF) in less than a month the West Bengal polls begin.
Kolkata/IBNS: The ongoing rift between Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF) took the centre stage at the Left's brigade rally on Sunday, causing embarrassment for the United Front which is shaping up in poll-bound West Bengal.
Ahead of Bengal polls, Mamata Banerjee rolls out highly subsidised Ma Kitchen
Kolkata/IBNS: Just weeks ahead of the assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday inaugurated a community kitchen, named as Ma Kitchen, virtually from the state headquarters here.
Left youth activist allegedly injured during Nabanna Abhiyan dies in Kolkata hospital
Kolkata/IBNS: A 32-year-old activist of CPI-M's youth wing- Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), who was allegedly injured in police lathicharge during Left student-youths' Nabanna Abhiyan rally on Feb 11, died at a private nursing home in south Kolkata's Camac Street on Monday morning, reports said.
Left's 12-hour bandh in West Bengal today, railway tracks blocked
Kolkata/IBNS: The eastern state of West Bengal is on Friday witnessing a 12-hour strike (bandh) from 6 am to 6 pm called by the Left parties in protest of the police's manhandling of its students and youth leaders during a march a day ago.
Bengal: Left calls 12-hour bandh after its Nabanna march meets violence
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left parties have called a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal after its students and youth leaders met with violence during their march to state secretariat Nabanna with multiple demands.
Bengal polls: Left, Congress finalise seat-sharing formula for 193 of total 294 assembly seats
Kolkata/IBNS: After the second round of talks, leaders of the Left Front and Congress on Thursday announced that they had agreed on a seat-sharing formula for 193 out of the total 294 assembly seats for the upcoming West Bengal polls.
Nitish Kumar should avoid suppressing farmers agitation: Left
Patna/UNI: Criticising Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for suppressing the farmer's agitation in the state, the left parties on Tuesday cautioned him from resorting to any such action aimed at suppressing the ongoing agitation of the farmers.
Which state got money under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi? Left hits back at PM Modi
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering Narendra Modi who has accused the Left of maintaining double standards over farmers' issues, former CPI-M parliamentarian Md. Salim on Friday rubbished the Prime Minister's claim that peasants of the country are getting benefited by the Centre's PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
Congress, Left to fight 2021 West Bengal elections in alliance
Kolkata/IBNS: The Congress and Left are set to fight the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held in Apr-May next year, in an alliance.
BSP, SP, Left Parties support farmers nation wide 'Bharat Bandh'
Lucknow/UNI: Nation wide Bharat bandh on Tuesday called by the farmers against the new farm laws has received support from the opposition in Uttar Pradesh.
Transport, banking services partially affected as trade unions call Bharat Bandh
Kolkata/IBNS: A nationwide bandh (strike) called by 10 central trade unions in protest against the union government's policies partially affected the transport, banking services on Thursday.