A grassroots-level politician and Left candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypolls, Sathyan Mokeri has a history of surprising the Congress in this hill constituency, which is considered its stronghold. When he contested here in 2014, he reduced the rival’s victory margin to 20,000 votes. Ten years later, as he takes on Congress General Secretary … Read more
The bypoll for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency will see 16 candidates, most of them independents, battling it out for a chance to represent the hill constituency, with UDF’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, LDF’s Sathyan Mokeri and NDA’s Navya Haridas being the frontrunners. After the last date for withdrawal of nominations came to an end on … Read more
Reported By: Rohini Swamy Last Updated: October 21, 2024, 07:15 IST Sathyan Mokeri said that his work proves that he will stand with the people of Wayanad. (X/CPI) “Indira Gandhi, who was a Prime Minister, faced electoral defeat. Rahul Gandhi was defeated in Amethi. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also be defeated because the Congress has … Read more
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, says lifting of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery will moderate foreign exchange demand pressures. Mr Cardoso, who said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while presenting a communique from the apex bank’s 297th Monetary Policy Committee meeting, said that it would also moderate transportation … Read more
Veteran CPI(M) leader M M Lawrence, who was among the leaders involved in the attack on a police station at Edappally here during the Communist uprising in Kerala in 1950, died on Saturday, party sources said. He was 95. His death occurred at a private hospital where he had been receiving treatment for age-related ailments … Read more
The world’s second-largest economy continues to grapple with an uneven recovery, but Li and other top leaders have tipped stable growth in the first half of the year and said that the around 5 per cent annual growth objective was attainable. Beijing is trying to whip up more positivity in the lead-up to the reform … Read more
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday announced the election to three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala as the term of the sitting members ends on July 1. The polling will take place on June 25, the Commission said in a statement. Binoy Viswam (CPI), Elamaram Kareem of CPI-M and Jose K Mani, who heads … Read more
According to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit released yesterday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, total US household debt increased by $184 billion or 1.1% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2024 to reach $17.69 trillion. While mortgage balances also jumped by $190 billion to $12.44 trillion, credit card balances declined in … Read more
CPI-M and CPI leaders are unlikely to attend Congress’ March 17 rally in Mumbai, marking the conclusion of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Left sources said. The Congress leadership had extended invitations to CPI-M and CPI general secretaries Sitaram Yechury and D Raja and other INDIA bloc leaders to attend the yatra’s finale. … Read more
The CPI has no representation in the Lower House of Parliament from Jharkhand. (File Photo) The CPI will field its candidates in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Chatra, Palamu, Giridih, Dumka and Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituencies The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday parted ways with the opposition bloc INDIA in Jharkhand, announcing that it will … Read more
