Mamata’s ‘poisoned water’ allegation angers Left Front
December 24th, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) The opposition Left Front members Friday staged a noisy walk-out from the West Bengal assembly after failing to elicit any response from the government on ... Read more...
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Left Front walks out of all-party meeting on hooch
December 19th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front representatives Monday walked out of an all-party meeting called in the aftermath of the recent hooch tragedy after the government refused ... Read more...
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Mamata orders CID probe into hooch tragedy
December 15th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday ordered a probe by the Criminal Investigation Department into the hooch tragedy which has already left 128 dead ... Read more...
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Sitting judge should head Magrahat firing probe: Left Front
December 4th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) West Bengal's opposition Left Front Sunday demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge into the Magrahat firing, a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Singapore honours Nehru as friend, visionary
November 20th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, Nov 20 (IANS) Sixty-one years after Jawaharlal Nehru last visited this city-state, Singapore commemorated for posterity India's first prime minister as a "friend to our shores" and a ... Read more...
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Biman mocks Mamata’s car tours
November 12th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Days after his remarks on the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance casued outrage, West Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose Saturday took a dig at Mamata ... Read more...
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Biman Bose apologises
November 9th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) West Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose Wednesday apologised for his remarks earlier in the day on the future of the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance."The comment which ... Read more...
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Trinamool’s opposition to petrol hike meaningless: Biman Bose
November 9th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front Wednesday termed as "meaningless" the Trinamool Congress' opposition to the petrol price hike and asked why the party did not protest ... Read more...
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CPI-M to induct younger members in party committees
October 31st, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Ahead of its crucial West Bengal party conference, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday announced that at least 25 percent of members in all its ... Read more...
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Mamata worships goddess Kali, gives ‘prasad’
October 27th, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) There were long queues of people at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house here Thursday as she gave away Kali puja 'prasad', greeting VIPs ... Read more...
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Township must be named after Jyoti Basu: Left
October 21st, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) The opposition Left Front (LF) Friday demanded that the West Bengal government reverse its move to scrap the renaming of North 24 Parganas district's Rajarhat ... Read more...
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Accept mistake about Maoists, Biman tells Mamata
October 16th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front chairman Biman Bose Sunday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to accept her "mistake" for ignoring the Maoists during her days as ... Read more...
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Left Front to launch agitation in Bengal
October 10th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IANS) West Bengal's opposition Left Front Monday said it will organise a "law and order violation agitation" throughout the state next month to protest skyrocketing prices and ... Read more...
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CPI-M admits failures at all levels in Bengal
October 5th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday admitted it had failed to read the mood of the people, who voted it out to end its 34-year ... Read more...
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Teesta accord was without stakeholders’ consent: LF
September 7th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) The Left Front Wednesday accused the central government of attempting to go ahead with the Teesta river water sharing accord with Bangladesh without consulting ... Read more...
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Legal action against price fixers: Bengal minister
August 28th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) Stating that soaring prices of vegetables is a "created" phenomenon, West Bengal Agricultural Marketing Minister Arup Roy Sunday said legal action will be taken against ... Read more...
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Midnapore skeleton case complainant himself an offender: CPI-M
August 19th, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Reiterating the charge that the arrest of its West Bengal party leader Sushanta Ghosh in the Midnapore skeleton case was politically motivated, the Communist Party of ... Read more...
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LF may raise law and order at all-party meet
July 29th, 2011 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) West Bengal's opposition Left Front (LF) Thursday said its representatives may raise the law and order issue in the all-party meeting called by Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Left may raise law and order issue at Bengal meeting
July 28th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) West Bengal's opposition Left Front (LF) Thursday said its representatives may raise the law and order issue at the all-party meeting called by Chief Minister ... Read more...
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CPI-M will adapt to new scenario: Karat
July 17th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) Conceding that certain misconceptions existed in the party, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Sunday said suitable measures would be taken to adapt ... Read more...
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Special Bengal house panel to examine legislative council issue
June 29th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) The West Bengal government Tuesday moved a resolution in the assembly for reviving the legislative council, abolished in the state in 1969, but the matter ... Read more...
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Bengal Left Front stir against fuel hike July 4-11
June 26th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) West Bengal's main opposition Left Front would July 4-11 launch a protest movement across the state demanding a rollback of the latest fuel price hike, ... Read more...
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Eastern Coalfields must stop forcible land acquisition: CPI-M
June 22nd, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) Alleging that the Eastern Coalfields Limited was forcibly evicting the backward class and tribals in West Bengal's Burdwan district for the Sonepur Bazari project, the Communist ... Read more...
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West Bengal passes Singur bill, Mamata calls it historic (Roundup)
June 15th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Amidst walkout by the opposition Left Front lawmakers, the West Bengal assembly Tuesday passed a bill to return a portion of the land acquired by ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb to skip CPI-M politburo, central committee meetings
June 10th, 2011 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has decided to skip the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo and central committee meetings that would discuss the ... Read more...
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CPI-M banks on mass contact to rebuild base in Bengal
June 5th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Over three weeks after losing power in its erstwhile citadel of West Bengal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said it will go back to ... Read more...
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CPI-M pulls up former minister for criticising Buddhadeb
May 18th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday publicly censured its legislator and former West Bengal minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah for his open criticism of top party ... Read more...
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Left Front protests diesel price hike move
May 17th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) West Bengal's opposition Left front Tuesday announced it would hit the streets if the union government raised the prices of diesel, kerosene and cooking gas.The empowered ... Read more...
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Bhuddhadeb to skip CPI-M politburo meeting
May 15th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Caretaker West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will skip the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo meeting in New Delhi Monday.Though the CPI-M claimed that the ... Read more...
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CPI-M questions poll panel’s arrangements
May 3rd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front Tuesday accused opposition Trinamool Congress of terrorising voters during the fourth phase of assembly polls, and said that the "incidents" have ... Read more...
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Explain role in Purulia arms drop: Left Front to UPA government (Lead)
April 28th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front Thursday asked the central government to explain why it remained inactive despite having advance information about the massive arms drop in ... Read more...
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Some have apologised for writing Wiki cables: Chidambaram
April 25th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Some of those who wrote the US diplomatic cables accessed by WikiLeaks had apologised privately for the embarrassment they had caused, union Home Minister P. ... Read more...
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CPI-M leader apologises for comments on Mamata
April 24th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Bowing to a public outcry over some obscene remarks made by a prominent party leader against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the Communist Party of ... Read more...
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Arrest CPI-M leader for ‘obscene’ comments on Mamata: Trinamool (Lead)
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday moved the Election Commission demanding the arrest of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former MP Anil Basu for allegedly ... Read more...
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Arrest CPI-M leader for ‘obscene’ comments on Mamata: Trinamool
April 23rd, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday moved the Election Commission demanding the arrest of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former MP Anil Basu for allegedly ... Read more...
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