Photo-op, that embarrassing visual power play that people are happy to end up doingGoing to lengths to have your photograph taken with a powerful or famous person gives you the kind of brand equity that says, ‘Look, I have...
- The 1857 revolution
With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798-1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later, it was completed. Using cast iron, c...
Long Live Socialism & Mamata Banerjee!The marriage — not of convenience — between these two has our best wishes
No vandalism in Tripura, CPM propaganda still at work: Ram MadhavThere is no question of destabilising the region because every move taken by us to form the government has been an accepted democratic step...
Rajinikanth slams Raja, says Periyar statue comment 'barbaric'The Tamil superstar's remarks come after several Tamil parties and politicians condemned H Raja's controversial Facebook post.
Tripura: With head severed, 'Lenin' to be kept at civic body premisesThe nearly 11-ft tall fibre glass statue, which stood on a pedestal at College Square, was brought down on Monday with the help of a bulldo...
Those oppressed by Left may have razed Lenin statue: Giriraj"So many people were oppressed by the Left. Some of them must have this feeling of revenge," said union minister Giriraj Singh.
Vladimir Lenin's statue pulled down in TripuraIn the recently concluded Assembly elections, the BJP demolished the Left citadel in Tripura, winning a two-third majority with its ally th...
Rajnath Singh speaks to Tripura Governor & DGP; asks to check violenceThere have been reports of sporadic violence and clashes between rival political groups in different parts of Tripura after the election re...
Mamata Banerjee slams Congress leaders, criticises CPIMWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today came down heavily on the Congress leadership in state, accusing them of bowing their heads...
Poll alliance? 50,000 Congress workers killed during CPI(M) rule: Mamata BanerjeeLaunching a scathing attack against Congress, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that the people will never forgive the party for joining ...
Left MPs demand apology from BJP member for Naxal remarksRaising the issue in Rajya Sabha, D Raja (CPI) said Vijay had made the comment referring to developments in Chhattisgarh earlier this week.
Left parties to meet in Delhi; CPI sings unity mantra"The meeting would be attended by CPI, CPI(M), RSP, Forward Bloc, CPI-ML (Liberation) and SUCI," CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy sai...
Writer Gnani quits Aam Aadmi PartyIn a release, he said he "regretted" that he "lacked the health and energy to actively work to contribute towards restructuring the party."
V S Achuthanandan rejects Arvind Kejriwal's invite to join AAPCPI(M) stalwart V S Achuthanandan today rejected AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's invitation to him to join his party.
- Struggling CPIM, CPI to organise 3-day intl communist conclave
After the drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections, the CPIM and CPI - the two frontline communist parties in India - are in the throes of ...
- Bush is a 'fool', says Karat
US President George W Bush on Wednesday came under severe attack from the CPI(M), which described him as a "fool" for comparing Russian lea...