CPI-M aims to vibe more with sympathisers, minorities
February 11th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) Pinarayi Vijayan, who created a record of sorts by getting elected as the state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the fifth consecutive ... Read more...
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Mamata blames centre for delay on Gorkha autonomy (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Feb 11 (IANS) With the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) threatening to revive its movement for a separate state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday chose to blame ... Read more...
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Mamata blames centre for delay on Gorkha autonomy
February 11th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Feb 11 (IANS) With the pro-Gorkhaland Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership threatening to revive movement for a separate state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday chose ... Read more...
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Bengal bars media conference at the assembly, CPI-M objects
February 10th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The West Bengal assembly Friday barred press conferences at the media centre in the assembly premises when the house is not in session, drawing protests ... Read more...
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Sarojini dubs CPI-M ‘male dominated party’
February 10th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10 (IANS) Sarojini Balanandan, a leader of the CPI-M, Friday broke down after she realized that she had been shunted out of the 84-member Kerala state committee.The 74-year-old ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan will remain opposition leader: CPI-M
February 10th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10 (IANS) Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthandan will remain the opposition leader in the Kerala assembly, Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan said Friday.Accusing the media of "propagating baseless ... Read more...
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CPI-M denies attack on Achuthanandan at party meet
February 9th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Thursday denied media reports that party delegates launched an attack on veteran comrade and former chief minister V.S. ... Read more...
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CPI-M opposes binding pact with EU
February 8th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The CPI-M Wednesday urged the Indian government not to conclude any binding agreement with the Europen Union before discussing them with Indian stakeholders.The government should ... Read more...
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Row over Jesus a conspiracy: Karat (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) There is a "conspiracy" behind the controversy surrounding Jesus Christ and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), general secretary Prakash Karat said here Tuesday."There is ... Read more...
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Controversy over Jesus Christ needless: Karat
February 7th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday termed the present controversy surrounding his party and Jesus Christ as a needless one and ... Read more...
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Protests over Odisha women panel’s report on gang rape
February 7th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 (IANS) The head of the Odisha women's commission has come in for criticism over the panel's report on an alleged gang rape victim with opposition parties ... Read more...
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New union officials to negotiate Hyundai wage agreement
February 7th, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) An entirely new team of office bearers of the United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE) will hold wage negotiations at the country's second largest car manufacturing ... Read more...
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CPI-M denounces India’s Syria vote
February 6th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday denounced India's vote for a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria and called for diplomatic efforts to ... Read more...
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Syria vote not for regime change: India
February 6th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) With the Left criticizing India's vote on the UN resolution on Syria, the government has clarified that it was opposed to any regime change in ... Read more...
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CPI-M Kerala unit to meet to map its future
February 6th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) The Kerala committee of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) meets here for four days from Tuesday, with its two top state leaders still at loggerheads.Former ... 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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SC issues notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav’s bail plea
February 6th, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court (SC) Monday asked CBI to respond to a plea by former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav seeking bail.Pappu Yadav is ... Read more...
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Another Jesus row hits CPI-M
February 5th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) Kerala's Marxists are in trouble again -- this time over a look alike picture of Jesus Christ's The Last Supper.The Congress has hit out at ... Read more...
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CPI-M supports nurses’ stir in Kerala
February 4th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday came out in support of nurses of a private hospital here who have struck work ... Read more...
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Sibal must quit, says CPI-M (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday demanded the resignation of Communications Minister Kapil Sibal after the Supreme Court ordered the cancellation of 2G ... Read more...
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Sibal must quit, says CPI-M
February 2nd, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday demanded the resignation of cabinet minister Kapil Sibal after the Supreme Court ordered the cancellation of 2G telecom ... Read more...
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Landmark judgement, says CPI-M on Supreme Court verdict
February 2nd, 2012 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court order cancelling 122 licences granted to telecom companies during the tenure of former communications minister A. Raja was a landmark judgement, ... Read more...
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CPI-M for more women members
February 1st, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 1 (IANS) Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday said it was looking to induct more women members."In Tripura, 25 percent of the total of 76,636 CPI-M ... Read more...
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Seven Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh
January 30th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 30 (IANS) As many as seven Maoist rebels, including three 'divisional commanders', surrendered in Chhattisgarh Monday in restive Bastar region, police said.The rebels belonged to the banned Communist ... Read more...
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China to lead world economy by 2025: Karat
January 30th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) China will dominate the world economy and the US will come down to second position by 2025, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash ... Read more...
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Need for CPI-M to expand influence, says Karat
January 28th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday said electoral reverses in West Bengal and Kerala had made it imperative for it to expand its ... Read more...
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Calls for strict law to check child abuse
January 27th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) With the whole nation shocked over the images of a two-year-old battered baby girl battling for life, women groups and political leaders Friday emphasised ... Read more...
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Maoist couple killed in Odisha gun battle
January 27th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (IANS) A Maoist couple was gunned down by police in Odisha's Koraput district, an official said Friday.Chitrakam Reddy alias Sitru, 30, and his wife were killed in ... Read more...
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Bengal transport employee kills self, government blamed
January 25th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Howrah, Jan 25 (IANS) The suicide of a state transport department employee Wednesday took a political turn with the opposition gunning for the West Bengal government for announcing withdrawal of ... Read more...
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Odisha tightens security ahead of R-Day
January 25th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25 (IANS) Security was beefed up across Odisha Wednesday ahead of the Republic Day, with authorities wary of a retaliatory strike by Maoists after the recent arrest of ... Read more...
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Security up in Chhattisgarh as Maoists to boycott R-Day
January 25th, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 25 (IANS) Security was heightened in Chhattisgarh Wednesday as the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) announced that it would boycott and disrupt Republic Day celebrations, police ... Read more...
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Mamata rejects probe into farmer suicides
January 25th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) Terming the reports of farmers' suicides incorrect, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday rejected a proposal of a probe by an all-party team into ... Read more...
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Top Odisha Maoist leader held (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (IANS) Dhiren Mahato, one of Odisha's top Maoist leaders, was arrested Tuesday in the state's Bargarh district, police said.Dhiren Mahato alias Mahru Mahato alias Girish, 47, was ... Read more...
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Top Odisha Maoist leader held
January 24th, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (IANS) Police Tuesday arrested one of Odisha's top Maoist leaders in the state's Bargarh district, a senior state police official told IANS.Mahru Mahato alias Girish was arrested ... Read more...
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Maoists shot policemen in head, burnt two
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 22 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed the 13 policemen in Jharkhand by shooting most of the wounded men in their head and also threw two of them into a ... Read more...
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