Mamata government reactivates Singur movement panel
June 23rd, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) A day after the Calcutta High Court struck down the law undoing Singur land acquisition, the Mamata Banerjee government Saturday kickstarted a damage control exercise, ... 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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Buddhadeb finds the going tough
April 26th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) He may be used to easy wins from the till now red bastion of Jadavpore, but the odds this time are stacked against West Bengal Chief ... Read more...
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Congress to establish broad-based alliance in Bengal (Lead)
November 27th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IANS) In an apparent bid to pressurise ally Trinamool Congress, the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Friday announced that it was eyeing a broad-based alliance with secular parties to ... Read more...
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Congress to form broad alliance in West Bengal
November 26th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IANS) The Congress is eyeing a broad based alliance with secular parties to end the Left Front rule in West Bengal."We are trying to set up a grand alliance ... Read more...
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Another American billboard links Obama to Hitler, Mao
August 13th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kansas City (Missouri), Aug.13 (ANI): A second billboard, this time yellow in colour, has come up north of Kansas City on Highway 71, that likens President Barack Obama to homicidal despots ... Read more...
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Obama compared to Hitler, Lenin
July 14th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 14 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has been compared to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin in a billboard by a local protest movement in Iowa state.
The North Iowa Tea ... Read more...
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Obama compared to Hitler, Lenin in Tea Party billboard
July 14th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has been compared to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin in a roadside billboard created by a branch of the Tea Party in Iowa.According ... Read more...
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LF uses Chakraborty’s memorial meeting to lift cadres’ sagging morale
August 15th, 2009 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS) Its electoral fortunes going downhill over the past one year, West Bengal's ruling Left Front Friday sought to enthuse its cadre by giving a call for reaching out ... Read more...
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I miss Somnath, says Buddhadeb
May 10th, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee says he is trying to bring former party leader Somnath Chatterjee back to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and has ... Read more...
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Multi-cornered fight in two constituencies (Poll Curtainraiser - Tripura)
April 22nd, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 22 (IANS) Tripura is all set to witness a multi-cornered electoral battle Thursday with 19 candidates, including a woman, from various political parties in the fray for the two ... Read more...
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Trinamool Congress to fight it out alone in Tripura
March 25th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 25 (IANS) Despite a seat-sharing arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress will contest alone the Lok Sabha elections in Tripura.
The Trinamool Congress Wednesday said it ... Read more...
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Trinamool to fight against Congress in Tripura
March 17th, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 17 (IANS) Though it has a seat-sharing agreement with the Congress party in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress said Tuesday it will put up its own candidates for the ... Read more...
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Congress Working Committee meeting begins today
January 29th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): A meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision making body of Congress, began at 10:30 a.m. at the residence of party Chief Sonia ... Read more...
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CPI-M workers attacked Trinamool supporters: Mamata
September 3rd, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
Singur, Sep 3 (ANI): Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today alleged that CPI-M workers had attacked her party supporters with weapons while they were on their way to the dharna site ... Read more...
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Counting of votes in Tripura and Meghalaya begins
March 7th, 2008 - 10:14 am ICT by admin
Shillong/Agartala, March 7 (IANS) Counting of votes began Friday in two northeastern states - Tripura and Meghalaya, elections to whose assemblies were held recently, officials said. Election officials said counting of ballots ... Read more...
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Counting of votes in Tripura and Meghalaya Friday
March 6th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by admin
Shillong/Agartala, March 6 (IANS) Counting of votes in the two north-eastern states - Tripura and Meghalaya elections for which were held recently - will take place Friday. "Counting of ballots would be ... Read more...
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Former GDR premier denies advising Cuba on transition
February 24th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by admin
Berlin, Feb 24 (IANS) The former prime minister of the erstwhile German Democratic Republic (GDR), Hans Modrow, has denied reports that he was in Cuba to advise its government on transition to ... Read more...
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CPI-M, Congress both hopeful of victory in Tripura
February 24th, 2008 - 12:26 am ICT by admin
Agartala, Feb 23 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front as well as the main opposition Congress-led alliance are optimistic of forming the next government in Tripura after a large ... Read more...
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Tripura polls begins amid tight security
February 23rd, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by admin
Agartala, Feb 23 (ANI): Voting in the single-phase elections in Tripura began amid tight security early on Saturday morning.
At stake for all contesting candidates are 60 Assembly seats.
The Union Government has deployed ... Read more...
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Campaigning for Tripura Assembly polls ends today
February 21st, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by admin
Agartala, Feb 21 (ANI): The campaigning for the single-phase Assembly poll in Tripura on February 23, ends today.
Even though the Left parties support the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at ... Read more...
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Congress committed to working for northeast development: PM
February 19th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by admin
Agartala, Feb 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was according topmost priority to curbing insurgency and economic development of the northeastern region. ... Read more...
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PM to campaign in Tripura today
February 19th, 2008 - 10:39 am ICT by admin
Agartala, Feb 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will campaign in Tripura today ahead of the February 23 Assembly elections.Dr. Singh will address a public meeting at Udaipur near Agartala.The Prime ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi slams CPI-M led Govt in Tripura
February 18th, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by admin
Agartala, Feb 18 (ANI): Campaigning for the forthcoming Tripura Assembly elections, Congress party President Sonia Gandhi here today slammed the Communist Party India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Government for failing on various fronts in the ... Read more...
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