Front parterns confuse over contradictory statements by CPM leaders in Bengal"We are really confused with the Bengal CPM which is saying that they will continue the alliance with Congress till 2019," said RSP leader ...
15 Jun, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
CPM leadership gets into huddle for autopsy on loss of face in Bengal pollsThe CPM masterminds have derided the West Bengal leadership for its strategy of joining hands with the Congress for the state polls.
31 May, 2016, 10.13 AM IST
CPM reviews poll result, no action in sightAnalysing the below par performance of the left front, the CPM politburo stuck to its age-old explanation of collective responsibility.
19 May, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
After a lull, tussle between CPM’s Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury resurfacesLeaders are not known to air their differences with comrades in public. In fact, they often do it only within their badly lit rooms.
21 Apr, 2013, 06.00 AM IST
Cornered Mamata Banerjee gives it right back to LeftWhat began as a battle between the Trinamool and the leftists has now become a tussle between Narayanan and CPM.
13 Apr, 2013, 11.40 AM IST
- Prakash Karat flaunts vote share, vows to reconnect with people
Prakash Karat vowed to work towards reconnecting with the people of West Bengal who dislodged his party after 34 years of uninterrupted rul...
17 May, 2011, 05.32 AM IST
- Downsized VS faces heat in state assembly
The chief minister’s ignominy is compounded by the fact that he will head a cabinet in which home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan is a polit...
13 Jul, 2009, 04.55 PM IST
- Lalgarh shadow over politburo meet
The Lalgarh situation has not spiralled out of control like the one in Nandigram - this was the sub-text of the message West Bengal Marxist...
20 Jun, 2009, 07.26 AM IST
- CPM politburo adopts Bengal line
Toeing the Bengal line, the CPM politburo on Tuesday admitted that the people did not accept the Marxists’ move to set up the Third Front i...
19 May, 2009, 08.55 PM IST
- Karat says truce but VS & Pinarayi play deaf
The CPM politburo on Saturday had reiterated its stand that the case against Mr Vijayan was political motivated.
16 Feb, 2009, 05.23 AM IST
- Somnath Chatterjee expelled from CPM
Reports say, LS Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has been expelled from CPM for violating party discipline. Nuke Toons | Key People I Nuke drama
23 Jul, 2008, 05.12 PM IST
- Jyoti Basu again wishes to quit the party's politburo
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu seems to have made up his mind. On Friday, he reiterated his wish to quit the party’s politburo in the li...
23 Feb, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Wheat import move irks Left
CPM politburo condemns UPA government’s decision to import eight lakh tonnes of wheat at Rs 1,600 per quintal.
06 Sep, 2007, 04.20 AM IST
- Basu gets a ringside view of nuke impasse
The confrontation over 123 Agreement, it seems, is confined not just to New Delhi. Sunday, for instance, saw the political temperature risi...
03 Sep, 2007, 01.11 AM IST
- Left hopes to cash in on anti-US plank
When the CPM politburo decided to send the “fall in line or face the consequences” message to the Manmohan Singh government, it had taken i...
20 Aug, 2007, 01.23 AM IST
- Jyoti Basu offers to quit politburo
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu has once again offered to step down from the CPM politburo, citing age and ill health, a day ahead of the...
12 Sep, 2006, 02.29 AM IST
- CPM's politburo starts Tuesday
The CPM politburo’s two-day session starting Tuesday will draft a preliminary strategy to contest assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pr...
11 Sep, 2006, 08.41 PM IST