- Through the third eye
As Mamata Banerjee gets ready to take command of Writers Building, there could some impact on the delicate distribution of ministerial bert...
17 May, 2011, 07.26 AM IST
- Indian politics: Metamorphosis of a general and a veteran
These are interesting times for Left-watchers, provided one gets beyond those easy sound-bytes meant more to divert the gaze from the real ...
24 Mar, 2011, 05.57 AM IST
- Whither the Prakash Karat line?
A rising political tide gives a leader a chance to ride it to fortune or, with great difficulty, to squander the opportunity.
31 Mar, 2010, 05.35 AM IST
- Basu pushed land reforms but left Bengal as industrial wasteland
Despite hailing from a party seeped in dogmatism, he was credited with running a coalition through consensus politics.
18 Jan, 2010, 08.51 AM IST
- CPIM sought Article 356 to remove Kalyan Singh govt
CPIM wanted imposition of Article 356 to remove the then Kalyan Singh government in UP to protect the Babri Masjid.
03 Dec, 2009, 08.41 PM IST
- PM, Sonia mourn Surjeet's death
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi paid tributes to former CPM general secretary H K S Surjeet, who played a leading role along with her in proppi...
02 Aug, 2008, 06.07 AM IST
- Cong asks Karat to learn from blunders
The Congress on Friday said the CPIM general secretary Prakash Karat’s statement that his party will not support the Congress in future wil...
02 Aug, 2008, 06.03 AM IST
- The pragmatic comrade is dead
Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the pragmatic Marxist leader, who played a key role in keeping BJP out of power in 1996, and helped Congress form ...
02 Aug, 2008, 05.16 AM IST
- Learn a lesson from Vajpayee, Left tells Singh
After admiring BJP’s coalition skills, Left now sings paean for saffron PM.
17 Oct, 2007, 06.18 AM IST