Buddhadeb Bhattacharya in better health, likely to be discharged later this weekFormer West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's health condition has improved and doctors are mulling discharging him in a coupl...
07 Aug, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
'Marxism helped me understand Ambedkar better': Justice (retd) K Chandru, real-life hero of Jai BhimJustice (retired) K Chandru, who was then a lawyer, had argued the case of Rajakannu, who was killed in police custody. In the movie, Suriy...
10 Nov, 2021, 09.47 AM IST
Left parties to organise joint nationwide protest against Citizenship Bill on Dec 19The Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, All India Forward...
12 Dec, 2019, 04.10 PM IST
Why results of Narendra Modi vs Mamata Banerjee battle won’t change Bengal's stasisWill Bengal change political loyalties, and, if so, by how much? But the real story of Bengal is of ‘no change’.
30 Apr, 2019, 09.15 AM IST
BJP only alternative to Marxist 'misrule' in Tripura: Amit ShahThe BJP chief did not rule out the possibility of forging alliance with other non-Left political parties, but said it was concentrating mor...
06 May, 2017, 04.49 PM IST
Why a proposed Congress-Left alliance in Bengal may prove to be electoral suicide in KeralaIt will be suicidal for the Kerala Marxists to explain to cynical Malayalees that Bengalis are merely reading Marx with Congress spectacles.
07 Feb, 2016, 06.22 AM IST
To be Marxist or to be communist, that is the question for Sitaram YechuryAs Sitaram Yechury takes over from Prakash Karat as CPI(M) general secretary, an imminent dilemma facing him is whether he should be more M...
25 Apr, 2015, 01.02 PM IST
Modi's 13th Amendment call gets mixed reactions in LankaWickremabahu Karunaratne, a Sinhala politician representing the old Marxist socialist stream, said Modi's call was very timely.
16 Mar, 2015, 04.13 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee urges regional parties to unite to defeat UPAMamata Banerjee said that she does not want a third UPA govt and urged all regional political parties to come forward to a stable govt.
04 May, 2013, 10.06 PM IST
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi side-steps questions on Prime Ministerial ambitions"I am not a politician. I am apolitical," Modi said when asked about his desire to become the prime minister of the country.
09 Apr, 2013, 01.50 PM IST
- CPM seeks to forge Left Democratic Alliance
A string of electoral defeats in the past two years has forced the CPM to ring in major changes at the party congress in Kozihkode.
07 Apr, 2012, 05.51 AM IST
Politics of victimhood: Why this kolaveri, Didi?The politics of victimhood has certain inherent advantages. It is easily marketable, albeit shallow, that needs no alternative vision or po...
18 Jan, 2012, 02.35 PM IST
- Mamata addresses supporters; castigates CPI(M)
Mamata Banerjee while addressing a crowd of her supporters, attempted to embolden them and sympathisers who are currently facing the CPIM’s...
04 Nov, 2009, 09.36 PM IST
- Mamata Banerjee predicts early polls in West Bengal
Trinamool Congress chief and railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday predicted early assembly elections in West Bengal.
04 Nov, 2009, 07.21 PM IST
- Bishnupur by-poll: CPI(M) or Trinamool ?
By-poll to WB's Bishnupur assembly will be litmus test for both parties.
25 Feb, 2009, 08.16 PM IST
- BJP terms Left parties 'political pranksters'
As the Marxists threatened to pull out of UPA coalition if the UPa government moves IAEA for India-specific safeguards, BJP on Sunday terme...
30 Jun, 2008, 05.19 AM IST
- Basu says he has violated party discipline11 Apr, 2008, 12.45 PM IST