Somnath Chatterjee was outstanding parliamentarian, say leaders across party linesChatterjee, 89, passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata this morning following multiple organ failure.
14 Aug, 2018, 11.33 AM IST
Bengal CPI(M) leaders regret inability to re-induct Somnath ChatterjeeLok Sabha MP Md Salim, senior party leaders Shyamal Chakraborty and Rabin Deb were among those who visited the city hospital today to pay t...
14 Aug, 2018, 11.33 AM IST
Somnath Chatterjee was more a Bengali bhadralok than a copybook communist ideologueAs his memoir ‘Keeping the Faith, Memoirs of a Parliamentarian’ reveals, Basu too found merit in his arguments that the Speaker need not be...
14 Aug, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
Somnath, the leader who always followed his conscienceAs tributes poured in, a section of his CPM colleagues in West Bengal expressed regret for not having succeeded in re-inducting one of thei...
14 Aug, 2018, 07.55 AM IST
Country has lost 'great leader' in Chatterjee: Manmohan Singh"In his death our country has lost a great leader who always stood for the cause of the poor and the downtrodden classes of society.
13 Aug, 2018, 04.41 PM IST
Somnath Chatterjee - A distinguished Parliamentarian who wore many hatsChatterjee, who had been associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most part of his life, leaves behind an imprint as one ...
13 Aug, 2018, 03.16 PM IST
Somanth Chatterjee was admired across party lines: Rahul GandhiChatterjee passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata this morning following multiple organ failure.
13 Aug, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
Re-polling in 572 booths in Bengal largely peaceful, civil society condemns violenceTension erupted in Raiganj in North Dinajpur district where mutilated body of a polling officer Rajkumar Roy was recovered from the rail ta...
16 May, 2018, 09.47 PM IST
Political row over tribute to SP MookerjeeIt has raised eyebrows in political circles because in the preceding Left Front government, no CPM minister had ever done this.
23 Jun, 2015, 11.35 AM IST
Ma, maati, poribartan & DidiA gutsy woman, a raw street fighter who was not unnerved by CPM's mammoth election machinery.
14 May, 2011, 11.50 AM IST
- Mamata Banerjee walks full distance from log cabin to Writer’s Building
She stormed into national politics in 1984 defeating CPM’s Somnath Chatterjee and earning the ‘giant killer’ tag.
14 May, 2011, 04.55 AM IST
- CPM patriarch Jyoti Basu passes away
Basu was suffering from acute respiratory problems. Basu was India's longest serving CM. Jyoti Basu: Marxist who almost became India's PM |...
17 Jan, 2010, 12.14 PM IST
- Maha violence rock Lok Sabha
LJP and RJD members demanded that Thackeray be booked for murder.
22 Oct, 2008, 12.51 PM IST
- Poverty in India declines by 27 %: UN
Riding on the better social indicators like health and primary education, India has achieved an over 27 per cent decline in poverty and is ...
11 Sep, 2008, 02.53 PM IST
- Left ticks off US over comments on Nandigram
As the Left fumed, the Lok Sabha dismissed the US State Department Report alleging human rights violations in Nandigram.
15 Mar, 2008, 12.47 AM IST
- NDA weighs N K Singh, Thakur entry into Rajya Sabha
Former secretary in the prime minister’s office N K Singh and former Union health minister C P Thakur are the likely contenders for two NDA...
12 Feb, 2008, 03.32 AM IST
- Messiah of the oppressed bids farewell
Kanshi Ram’s death has evoked an outpouring of tributes from the political class cutting across party lines,
10 Oct, 2006, 12.47 AM IST