Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passed away on Thursday, said CPI(M) state secretary Mohd Salim. He was 80 years old at the time of death and is survived by his wife Mira and daughter Suchetana. The CPI (M) stalwart passed away at 8.20 am. He was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bhattacharjee … Read more
New Delhi: Calling on the people of India to express solidarity with Palestine, five Left parties demanded on Wednesday that the government cancel all export licences and permissions to various Indian companies for the supply of arms and ammunition to Israel. In a joint statement, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], Communist Party of … Read more
Srinagar: Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami Thursday said the Centre should rethink its policy of denying government jobs to the families of terrorists and stone-pelters in Jammu and Kashmir as it could be “counterproductive”. “This is not something unexpected. The government has been on this path, and this has been their policy across the … Read more
Claiming that it was her government which took measures to save the lives of people from the cyclone Remal that hit the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking the truth about efforts made by Delhi in monitoring it and rescue efforts after the storm. … 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
Pathanamthitta, home to Sabarimala, has several grand churches lining its highways. This Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala is seeing an exciting election battle between three known Christian candidates, the dominant social group here.The BJP heavily invested in this traditionally Congress constituency in 2019 by capitalising on the Sabarimala temple issue. The Left, which never won … 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
Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK on Friday finalised seat-sharing agreements with allies VCK and MDMK, repeating its 2019 deal. However, the party, which is a part of the Opposition INDIA bloc, is yet to clinch a pact with Congress. MDMK was allocated one seat that will be announced later, said party founder Vaiko. DMK had allotted … Read more
New Delhi: CPI(M) MP John Brittas while speaking to ANI on February 07 said that the Kerala government had come to Delhi against the discrimination of the Union government. He said, “We don’t get any support from the union government. We lost Rs. 57,000 crores last year over different sets of accounts. That’s why, the … Read more
