CPI-M hits out at TMC after Mamata blamed 'Adhikari' family over 2007 Nandigram police firing
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a rally had blamed Suvendu Adhikari and his father, Sisir Adhikari, over the 2007 Nandigram police firing that left 14 protesters dead, leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), which was in the power that time, has started hitting out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) recalling their year-old 'dirty political conspiracy' claim behind the massacre.
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.
CPI-M MLA Sujan Chakraborty in quarantine after his colleague tests Covid-19 positive
Kolkata/IBNS: CPI-M MLA from West Bengal, Sujan Chakraborty, has quarantined himself after his colleague who drives his car tested positive for Covid-19.
Help migrant workers battered by Covid outbreak with Rs. 10,000: Mamata appeals to Centre
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to the central government to pay a one-time Rs. 10,000 to the migrant workers including people in unorganised sector battered by the pandemic Covid-19 which had forced the closure of all sectors for over two months in the country.
CPI-M leader Sujan Chakraborty detained by police during pro-bandh rally
Kolkata/UNI: CPI-M legislator Sujan Chakraborty was on Wednesday detained from Jadavpur for disrupting traffic while leading a procession in support of 24-strike.
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS) With Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleging on Sunday that there was cut money culture even during the Left rule in the state, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sujan Chakraborty said the CM would have to take three more births to prove such charges against communists.
Mamata govt to construct dining rooms in Muslim-majority schools; BJP, CPI-M slam move
Kolkata, June 28 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government's decision to construct dining rooms in every state-run school, which has more than 70 per cent of Muslim students, has been attacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party as its Bengal president Dilip Ghosh described the move as 'another conspiracy'.
Kolkata: 18 Left parties hold rally to KP HQ Lalbazar
Kolkata, Sept 13 (IBNS): Protesting several issues, at least 18 Left parties on Wednesday held a march to city police headquarters at Lalbazar in Kolkata.