Alliance with Congress preceded by movement: Left's new strategy ahead of Bengal Polls
Kolkata/IBNS: Taking a lesson from the disastrous outcome in the 2016 West Bengal Assembly Elections, the Left is eyeing for a movement with Congress before jumping into the high-pitched state polls due to be held in April-May next year.
Left in search of 'right' path ahead of Bengal assembly polls
New Delhi/UNI: The Leftists, who ruled Bengal for a record 34 years (1977 -2011), seem now in a dilemma to exploit strategies in respect of the Assembly elections next year while analysing the Bihar post poll scenario.
Kolkata/IBNS: As Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in the city to hold a rally on Sunday, the opposition parties have lashed out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for granting permission to use microphone in the meeting while several board examinations are underway.
BJP panel faces crushing defeat in Tripura Bar Association election
Agartala/UNI: The ruling BJP in Tripura got a jolt in Tripura Bar Association elections held yesterday, boosting the anti-BJP forces in the state and putting Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s government in an awkward situation.
Jadavpur University holds students' union election after 3 years, ABVP makes poll debut
Kolkata: After a gap of over three years, students' union election is currently underway in Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Wednesday.
Former Tripura Chief Secy arrested in PWD scam; state administrative officers say he is framed
Agartala/UNI: Former chief secretary of Tripura and chairman of Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC) Yash Pal Singh was arrested Monday morning in a joint operation of Uttar Pradesh and Tripura police from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh in connection with alleged PWD scam of Rs 164 Cr during 2008-09.
Left-ruled Kerala government decides not to remove anti-CAA remarks from Governor's policy speech
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The CPI(M)-led Left Government in Kerala has decided not to remove the remarks on anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) from the policy speech to be delivered by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at the State Legislative Assembly on the beginning of the budget session on January 29.
West Bengal set to pass anti-CAA resolution today
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal is set to become the fourth state to pass an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) resolution in its state assembly on Monday.
'No information concerning tukde-tukde gang': Government's reply to activist's RTI
New Delhi/IBNS: In a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query, the Union Home Ministry has said it has no information regarding the "tukde-tukde gang", a term which is often used by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to attack the Left and its supporters.
From CAA to Ayushman Bharat, Modi ends Kolkata visit with political attacks on Opposition
Kolkata/IBNS: After completing his courtesy meets on the first day of his Kolkata visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got down to his business of politics by launching one after the another attacks on Opposition on Day 2 of his stay in the eastern state.
PM Modi cruises through Kolkata despite Left protests, Mamata makes 'courtesy' visit
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden Kolkata visit after returning to power in 2019 and most importantly registering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s unprecedented surge in West Bengal was marred by citywide protests throughout the day though West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid a "courtesy" visit to him drawing taunts from the Left and Congress.
Mamata Banerjee speaking against Left-Congress for polarisation politics: BJP
New Delhi/IBNS: Taking a swipe at the Opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is speaking against the Left and Congress and skipping the scheduled Opposition's meet to concentrate her Muslim votes in the eastern state.
Will fight CAA, NRC alone, says Mamata Banerjee; TMC chief to skip Opposition meet
Kolkata/IBNS: Splitting an apparent Opposition unity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she will fight against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) alone.
JNU violence: Jadavpur University students hit Kolkata streets, slam BJP-ABVP
Kolkata/IBNS: Raising slogans, burning tyres and singing songs, a large number of students of Jadavpur University (JU) here on Monday joined the ongoing nation-wide protest rally against the attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers by a mob of masked men.
Condemn the violence unequivocally: S Jaishankar tweets on JNU violence
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said he 'unequivocally' condemned the violent incidents which took place in the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi on Sunday.