Strike estimated to cause economic loss of over $2 billion
September 20th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The nation-wide strike against the government decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and hike diesel prices is estimated to cause losses ... Read more...
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Shutdown evokes mixed response in Andhra (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A nationwide shutdown called by the opposition to protest the government's economic measures evoked mixed response in Andhra Pradesh Thursday.Buses of the state-owned Andhra Pradesh State ... Read more...
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Shutdown near total in Bihar (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 20 (IANS) Millions were hit in Bihar Thursday as a shutdown called by political parties including the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and BJP against FDI in retail trade ... Read more...
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Congress calls for united opposition in Punjab (Punjab Newsletter)
September 7th, 2012 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 7 (IANS) After a spell of relative dormancy for the past few months, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh has called for the opposition to rally together against ... Read more...
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Kerala fomenting designs of radical communal groups: BJP
August 12th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary P. Muralidhar Rao, who is in-charge of the party's affairs in Kerala, Sunday said Kerala is becoming a ... Read more...
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PM as FM: revisiting 1991?
June 30th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Till now, the end run of the Manmohan Singh government's present tenure hasn't quite followed the scenario envisaged at its start in 2009. Instead of pushing ahead with reforms in ... Read more...
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Allies join opposition in condemning petrol price hike (Second Lead)
May 24th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Congress-led central government Wednesday came under fierce attack from the opposition and its own constituents over the sharpest petrol price hike ever of ... Read more...
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CPI-M will brood over setbacks at 20th congress
April 2nd, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 2 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will hold its 20th party congress here starting Wednesday to discuss its recent electoral setbacks and the way ahead ... Read more...
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Stage set for Tamil Nadu assembly by-poll Sunday
March 17th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) The stage is set for Sunday's by-poll in the Sankarankoil assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district.Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa deputes two MPs to attend Badal’s swearing-in
March 10th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa has deputed two of her party MPs to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Punjab Chief Minister ... Read more...
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13 in fray in Sankarankoil by-poll
March 4th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 3 (IANS) Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray in the Sankarankoil by-poll to be held March 18, the Election Commission said Saturday."Out of the ... Read more...
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All arrangements for peaceful Sankarankoil by-poll: Poll panel
February 18th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 18 (IANS) All necessary steps will be taken to hold a peaceful by-poll to the Sankarankoil assembly constituency March 18, poll officials said Saturday.Speaking to reporters here, chief ... Read more...
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Communists in Kerala squabble like never before (Kerala Newsletter)
February 12th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (IANS) Forget Left unity, the two Communist parties in Kerala have been at each other's throats for a while now. It has reached a crescendo with ... Read more...
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Kerala communists spar ahead of state meet
February 6th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) On the eve of the state party conferences of the two Communist parties in Kerala, top leaders of both the Left parties engaged in a ... Read more...
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Parkash Singh Badal pitted against brother for Lambi seat
December 31st, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 31 (IANS) It is Badal versus Badal in Punjab's Lambi assembly constituency. Tipped to be the "mother of all battles", Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will be pitted ... Read more...
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Fascinating post-mortem of Indian Left (IANS Book Review)
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Book: "Leftism in India 1917-1947"; Author: Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri; Publisher:Macmillan; Price: Rs.375In 254 crisp and scholarly pages (including a rich bibliography), this may well be the ultimate work on Indian Leftists ... Read more...
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AIADMK sweeps Tamil Nadu civic polls
October 22nd, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 21 (IANS) Six months after it won the assembly elections, the AIADMK Friday swept the two-phased Tamil Nadu civic polls by winning all the 10 mayoral posts in ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu civic polls: Second phase ends
October 20th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 19 (IANS) The second and final phase of the Tamil Nadu civic bodies' poll concluded Wednesday with 80 percent voting.
According to Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (SEC) officials, ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa confident of AIADMK victory in civic polls
October 17th, 2011 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa of the AIADMK Monday expressed confidence that people would vote for her party in the two-phase civic polls that ... Read more...
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Dates of CPI-M, CPI’s Kerala conferences clash
September 13th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 13 (IANS) The Kerala state conferences of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) will overlap, an indication that the two parties ... Read more...
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Trinamool launches campaign to oust Left from Tripura
August 20th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 20 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday launched its "Mission 2013" - to oust the Left Front from power in Tripura - at a mass meeting here.Addressing the ... Read more...
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Protests over graft, inflation stall parliament second day (Third Lead)
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Protests by the opposition over inflation, corruption and land acquisition Tuesday forced the adjournment of both houses of parliament for the day.The houses were ... Read more...
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Left debacle a passing phase: Tripura CM (Interview)
July 6th, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 6 (IANS) Communist parties are still relevant in India and will soon overcome the dip in their fortunes, says Manik Sarkar, chief minister of Tripura, the only state ... Read more...
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Comrades wake up to India’s affluent middle class (Comment)
May 28th, 2011 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
There are faint indications that the comrades are waking up to the cause of their decline. Although they have been on a downhill slope ever since their obdurate opposition to the ... Read more...
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Congress seeks detailed probe into Bengal arms recovery (Lead)
May 24th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday demanded a detailed inquiry into the recovery of arms, including one looted after an attack on a paramilitary force camp last ... Read more...
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AIADMK sweeps Tamil Nadu, DMK stunned (Second Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) After five years in the wilderness, AIADMK's star and former chief minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa stormed to power Friday for a third time in Tamil Nadu, ... Read more...
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Mamata: the single-woman army who crushed the mighty Left
May 13th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) There was a time when poverty forced her to become a milk vendor. That was the only way she could help her widowed mother bring ... Read more...
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Maoist dissidents threaten Nepal shutdown
May 5th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 5 (IANS) A group of Maoist dissidents, who broke away from the parent party accusing it of having betrayed the cause of the revolution, has announced a general ... Read more...
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GMR project under attack in Nepal
April 17th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 17 (IANS) Ignoring India's repeated expressions of concern at the continued attacks on Indian investment projects in Nepal, the ruling Maoists, supported by minor communist parties, went on ... Read more...
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BJP bails out government on pension bill (Lead)
March 24th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The government would have been left red-faced in the Lok Sabha Thursday but for support from the most unexpected quarter - the main opposition ... Read more...
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DMK, Congress discuss seat-sharing (Lead)
March 5th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) With Tamil Nadu set to elect a new assembly, the ruling DMK and its ally Congress were holding frantic discussions Saturday on sharing of assembly seats ... Read more...
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DMK meets to decide alliance with Congress
March 5th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) With only a month for the Tamil Nadu elections, the ruling DMK is meeting Saturday to decide whether or not to ally with the Congress, which ... Read more...
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Vijayakant’s DMDK joins AIADMK fold (Lead)
March 5th, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's major opposition party AIADMK and the DMDK, led by actor turned politician Vijayakant, Friday reached an electoral agreement, with the latter getting 41 seats ... Read more...
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AIADMK inks poll pact with All India Forward Bloc
February 23rd, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's main opposition party AIADMK Wednesday inked a seat-sharing agreement with the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), taking to five the number of such deals concluded by ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu’s debt well utilised: Karunanidhi
February 6th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai Feb 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday hit back at his arch rival, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, saying that the state's debt includes monies borrowed during her ... Read more...
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