Lok Sabha election: Cong to go solo in Bengal, fumes at Left
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS): Amid rift with Left over an alliance in West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, state Congress unit said the party will fight polls in all 42 seats in the eastern state of India.
Bengal: Left announces first candidate list for Lok Sabha polls
Kolkata, Mar 15 (IBNS): The Left on Friday announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.
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.
Telangana: Congress,TDP, Left form alliance
Hyderabad, Sept 11 (IBNS): Keeping in mind the upcoming Assembly polls in Telangana, the Congress, Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party and the CPI have formed an alliance, media reports said on Tuesday.
We oppose bandh by principle but support protests: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS): Stating her reason behind not supporting the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress and Left over fuel price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she opposes such a political programme but is open to protests.
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.
Opposition candidates to file nominations for Bengal panchayat poll today
Kolkata, Apr 23 (IBNS): The opposition candidates are likely to file nominations for the Bengal panchayat poll after the State Election Commission's (SEC's) extension of deadline by a day following the directive of the Calcutta High Court.
Six-hour bandh in West Bengal, transport services normal largely
Kolkata, Apr 13 (IBNS): The transport services are largely normal in West Bengal even as the Left Front called a six-hour bandh in the state, protesting against the pre-Panchayat poll violence, media reports said.
Budget session of parliament to conclude today
New Delhi, Apr 6 (IBNS): The parliament will meet for the last time in the budget session on Friday, media reports said.
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.
Agartala, Mar 3 (IBNS): According to the trends of the poll result, the BJP has overtaken the incumbent Left in Tripura, media reports said.
Left-BJP neck-to-neck in Tripura, Meghalaya heads to hung Assembly, BJP surges in Nagaland
Tripura/Shillong/Kohima, Mar 3 (IBNS): The Left and the BJP are in close contest in Tripura, Meghalaya is heading towards a hung Assembly while the BJP is leading in Nagaland, according to the trends of poll results in the three northeast states of India, media reports said.
Assembly polls: Left front marginally ahead in Tripura, Congress leading in Meghalaya
Shillong/Agartala, Mar 3 (IBNS): A tough battle is being witnessed in Tripura where counting of votes for the Assembly polls is currently going on with ruling Left Front slightly ahead in 31 seats.
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.
Kolkata: Amidst police's heavy arrangements, Lefts to hold 'March to Nabanna' today
Kolkata, May 22 (IBNS): Protesting several issues and to draw state government's attention towards their several demands, at least 11 Left peasants' and farmers' associations have called for a protest rally to West Bengal's secretariat building at Nabanna in Kolkata on Monday.