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CPI-M to support pro-industry Singur farmers

December 2nd, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty Tuesday said his party has decided to stand by the Singur farmers who willingly gave their farmlands for the Tata ...

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In case of tie, I would have supported government: Somnath

In case of tie, I would have supported government: Somnath

November 16th, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Citing constitutional norms, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Sunday said he would have voted for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre in case of a ...

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Achuthanandan attacks Communist colleagues who supported ADB loan

Achuthanandan attacks Communist colleagues who supported ADB loan

November 14th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said Friday that those who had been arguing in favour of taking loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for urban development ...

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Singur land to be used for other industrial units: CPI-M

October 13th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) The West Bengal government will use the land that was acquired for Tata Motors Nano plant at Singur for other industrial units, said Shyamal Chakraborty, a Communist Party ...

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Mamata-Modi link in Nano relocation: CPI-M leader

Mamata-Modi link in Nano relocation: CPI-M leader

October 12th, 2008 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was hand-in-glove with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that Tata's Nano project shifted to the western state, a senior Communist Party ...

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Nepali minister resigns after leading land grab

September 19th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Kathmandu, Sep 19 (DPA) Nepal's Land Reforms Minister Matrika Yadav resigned Friday amid a growing dispute over a land grab by former Maoist rebels that he led and that threatens the ...

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Mamata backtracks, Nano’s future hangs in balance (Second Lead)

September 8th, 2008 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) Within hours of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ostensibly hammering out “an acceptable formula” to break the Singur imbroglio Sunday evening, ...

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Nano solution ‘big benchmark’ for West Bengal, says Amit Mitra

September 7th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) Sunday welcomed the solution to the Singur deadlock, calling it a “big benchmark for the state as ...

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Congress, allies welcome NSG waiver, opposition hits out

September 6th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) While the Congress party and its allies rejoiced over getting the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) waiver in Vienna Saturday, the opposition, including the Left, went all ...

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Nepal Maoists form committee for political appointments

September 6th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Kathmandu, Sept 6 (ANI): CPN-Maoist has formed a five-member committee under party Chairman and Prime Minister Prachanda to discuss political appointments in the government. The committee will choose concerned persons for certain ...

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Achuthanandan in hospital, will not inaugurate amusement park

August 30th, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 30 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan was admitted to a hospital here following a blood pressure complaint and will not be able to inaugurate a Rs.350 million amusement park ...

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Budhhadev Bhattacharjee sorry for his anti-bandh remarks, accepts punishment

August 29th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, August 29 (ANI): Central committee member of the Communist Party of Marxist Shyamal Chakraborty on Friday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee has been censured by partys Politburo ...

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Confusion over CPI-M politburo censuring Bhattacharjee (Lead)

August 29th, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi/Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Was West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee censured by the CPI-M politburo for his anti-strike remarks? On Friday, confusion reigned with some leaders in West Bengal saying ...

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CPI-M’s Tripura unit gets new secretary

August 7th, 2008 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) central committee member Bijon Dhar has been elected secretary of the party's state unit. The 58-year-old CPI-M leader replaced 85-year-old veteran ...

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Somnath Chatterjee wanted to be president, vice-president: CPI-M

July 24th, 2008 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, July 24 (IANS) Expelled Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was an aspirant for the posts of the country's president and vice president last year, ...

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Congress in Tripura celebrates trust vote victory

Congress in Tripura celebrates trust vote victory

July 23rd, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, July 23 (IANS) The ruling Left front in Tripura Wednesday pledged to intensify the stir against the India-US civil nuclear deal even as the opposition Congress took out rallies across the ...

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Left leaders cry foul, demand probe into bribery claims (Lead)

Left leaders cry foul, demand probe into bribery claims (Lead)

July 23rd, 2008 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) West Bengal Left Front leaders cried foul after the Manmohon Singh government won the Lok Sabha trust vote Tuesday and demanded a detailed inquiry into the bribery allegations ...

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Somnath issue not on CPI-M meeting agenda

Somnath issue not on CPI-M meeting agenda

July 18th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The much debated issue of Somnath Chatterjee's resignation from the post of Lok Sabha speaker finds no mention on the agenda of the two-day central committee meeting of ...

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Resentment among CPI (M) Muslim MLAs scares Karat away from Bengal

July 17th, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat, who is touring the country extensively to garner support against the Congress-led UPA Government, is not going to West Bengal ...

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Left-ruled Tripura joins campaign against n-deal

Left-ruled Tripura joins campaign against n-deal

July 14th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, July 14 (IANS) As part of a nationwide campaign, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led ruling Left Front in Tripura Monday organised rallies to protest the India-US nuclear deal and price ...

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Tripura CPI-M takes disciplinary action against 13 leaders

July 10th, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, July 10 (IANS) Rattled by internal feud, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura has taken disciplinary action against 13 top state and district level party leaders. The 13 ...

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China pledges foreign media covering Olympics excellent service

July 10th, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Beijing, July 10 (Xinhua) China pledged Thursday to provide excellent service to foreign journalists who will be in Beijing to cover the Olympic Games in August. "China will provide good media service ...

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`Time not ripe for tri-partite talks on Gorkhaland’

June 27th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The West Bengal government Friday told the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is seeking a separate Gorkhaland state, that time was not yet ripe for tri-partite talks with ...

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School students on hunger strike for Gorkhaland demand

June 27th, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Hundreds of schoolchildren participated in a relay hunger strike in West Bengal's Darjeeling district to press for a separate Gorkhaland state. Several Gorkha students, studying in classes V ...

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Gorkha leaders refuse to budge, seek centre’s intervention

June 18th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS -
By Soudhriti Bhabani Darjeeling, June 18 (IANS) As the indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling hills called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) to press for separation from West Bengal kept the region paralysed ...

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CPI-M calls for Tripura strike Thursday over fuel price rise

CPI-M calls for Tripura strike Thursday over fuel price rise

June 4th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, June 4 (IANS) The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) called a 12-hour strike in Tripura Thursday to protest fuel and cooking gas price hikes, a party official here said. "We ...

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Maoists wish to form new government quickly

May 22nd, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by admin -
Kathmandu, May 22 (ANI): In a sign of loosing patience, Maoist leader Prachanda in a meeting today tabled a proposal to open the way for the formation of a new government. "Since ...

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Maoists claim to have expanded base in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan

May 14th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by admin -
Ranchi, May 14 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) guerrillas are planning to attack important government installations and have expanded their base in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab, a top leader of the ...

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Top Maoist leader arrested in Jharkhand

May 11th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by admin -
Ranchi, May 11 (IANS) Jharkhand police arrested a top Maoist leader from Dhanbad district, police sources said Sunday. Pramod Mishra alias Ban Bihariji alias BBji was arrested by a Special Task Force ...

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MK Nepal to resign as UML general secretary

April 13th, 2008 - 2:45 am ICT by admin -
Kathmandu, Apr 12 (ANI): Taking responsibly for the defeat of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) in the Constituent Assembly elections, partys general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal on Saturday ...

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