Congress-Trinamool rift decided our stand: Karat
June 25th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) The widening rift between the Congress and Trinamool Congress made the CPI-M back Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential race, party general secretary Prakash Karat said ... Read more...
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CPI-M opposes FDI in multi-brand retail
June 11th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The CPI-M Monday came out strongly against opening up the FDI in multi-brand retail as well as upping foreign direct investment (FDI) limits in banking ... Read more...
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‘Budget ineffective, clerical; will burden common man’ (Second Lead)
March 16th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Left parties Friday termed the budget for 2012-13 "clerical" and "ineffective" and said it would increase the burden on the common man."It is ... Read more...
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Budget is ineffective and clerical, says CPI (Lead)
March 16th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Friday slammed the union budget for 2012-13 as "clerical" and "ineffective"."It is an absolute clerical and ineffective budget. ... 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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Karat slams farmer suicides in Mamata rule
January 18th, 2012 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist Tuesday blamed the "anti-peasant neo-liberal polices" of the central and state governments for the spate of farmer suicides in India ... Read more...
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Adopt liberal policies for Tibet, exiles urge China
January 7th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Jan 7 (IANS) The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), based in this Himachal Pradesh town, Saturday asked China to adopt liberal policies on Tibet and its people.Its reaction came after ... Read more...
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The commissars love their football, disavow ideology
September 2nd, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) They may idolise Hugo Chavez. But as Venezuela takes on Argentina in this soccer crazy city, West Bengal's Communist leaders, who ruled the state for 34 ... Read more...
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PM’s role ‘questionable’ in 2G scam, CWG
August 7th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's role was "questionable" in the spectrum saga and the now jailed Suresh Kalmadi's ... Read more...
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Karat surprised over Congress-BJP ‘collusion’
August 5th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday expressed surprise over the Congress-led central government and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Left Front constituents demand new leadership (Lead)
June 7th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) The constituents of West Bengal's Left Front Monday said that they expected a new leadership to emerge in the coming days in order to regain its ... Read more...
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Change Left Front leadership or will change position: Forward Bloc
June 6th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front constituent Forward Bloc Monday called for a change in the combine's leadership in order to regain lost ground among the people ... Read more...
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Left to keep fighting ‘neo-liberal policies’
May 13th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) While admitting that the defeats in West Bengal and Kerala were a "disappointment", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday promised to keep fighting "neo-liberal ... Read more...
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Strike is 99 percent successful: INTUC chief Sanjeeva Reddy
September 7th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
By T.G. Biju
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) More than 100 million workers across India took part in the one-day strike called by eight trade unions Tuesday, said G. Sanjeeva Reddy, president ... Read more...
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UPA government policies aimed to help super rich: CPI-M
August 7th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Vijayawada, Aug 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Saturday slammed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government saying its policies were designed to help only the super-rich.
"The ... Read more...
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Trinamool-Maoist gangs killed 250 CPI-M activists: Karat
August 7th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Vijayawada, Aug 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday alleged that the Trinamool Congress, led by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Maoists were working in tandem and over 250 ... Read more...
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CPI-M extended central committee meet from Aug 7
August 4th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The extended central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will be held in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh Aug 7-10 to discuss the current ... Read more...
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CPI-M advocates opposing Congress for ‘pro-US foreign policy’
July 23rd, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) central committee Friday adopted a draft resolution to oppose the Congress for its "pro-US foreign policy", in a snub to ... Read more...
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Professional education takes a hit in Punjab
December 14th, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Dec 14 (IANS) Courses in management, engineering, hotel management and pharmacy may be the most sought after in other places but thousands of seats in these streams are going ... Read more...
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West Bengal needs to do more in education and health sectors: Karat
August 14th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday agreed with noted economist Amartya Sen's view that the Left Front government in West Bengal needed to ... Read more...
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Anti-communist forces have ganged up to attack CPI-M: Karat
July 31st, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday alleged that all imperialist forces had teamed up against the communists and were launching concerted attacks on the leftists in India.
"I ... Read more...
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CPI releases its manifesto, promises a non-BJP, non-Congress alternative
March 21st, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) released its manifesto for the coming Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
The party promised a non- BJP and non-Congress alternative at ... Read more...
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India should strengthen its public distribution system to reduce food scarcity
October 16th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by admin
By Sarika TripathiThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations has recently issued a report which reveals that currently there are 75 million (7.5 crore) people in the world who have ... Read more...
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Musharraf became a victim of his own liberal policies
September 2nd, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore , Sept 2 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf became a victim of the immense success of his own liberal policies like allowing a free media, giving women one-third representation ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb wrong, shutdown a fundamental right: CPI-M
August 28th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Refuting West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's widely publicised comments that he was against 'bandhs', the Communist Party of India-Marxist Thursday asserted that it firmly stood for ... Read more...
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Government diverting energies to n-deal: CPI
August 3rd, 2008 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Sunday accused the Manmohan Singh government of "diverting all its energies" to the India-US civil nuclear deal instead of checking galloping ... Read more...
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Economic reforms: India Inc’s wish list
July 22nd, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Following are some of the key components of economic reforms which India Inc will now hope the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will address, having won the trust ... Read more...
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Economic reforms: The unfinished agenda
July 8th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Following are some of the key components of economic reforms, which the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was unable to push ahead, primarily because of opposition from ... Read more...
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United States leads the world in illegal cocaine, cannabis use
July 1st, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): The United States of America might be riding high on its happiness levels, but according to a new research, the country has the highest level of illegal ... Read more...
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Comrades hit where it hurts in Bengal panchayat polls
May 24th, 2008 - 9:46 am ICT by admin
(Commentary)
By Amulya Ganguli
In addition to the Left's across-the-board setbacks in the West Bengal panchayat elections, the significance of the outcome is that the comrades have been hit where it hurts the ... Read more...
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Left to oppose fuel price hike, intensify stir against UPA policies (Lead)
May 23rd, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Left parties Friday said they would not accept any proposal to increase the prices of petrol and diesel and warned the government of intensifying their agitation ... Read more...
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Karat says his party will force UPA to change its policy on price rise
April 29th, 2008 - 9:34 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Apr 29 (ANI): Coming down heavily on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government for failing to rein in spiralling inflation, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Tuesday warned that ... Read more...
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Tamil daily licenses renewal by Malaysian govt welcomed
April 26th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 26 (ANI): The Malaysian governments decision to renew the license to publish Tamil daily Makkal Osai has been hailed by the Indian community, most of whom are Tamils, ... Read more...
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We will get majority, claim three Nepal parties
April 10th, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) The three biggest partners in Nepal's ruling coalition are all claiming they will win a majority in Thursday's constituent assembly election, which is expected to not ... Read more...
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Future of media and democracy in Pakistan is bright: Musharraf
March 17th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Mar 17 (ANI): President Pervez Musharraf has said the future of the media and democracy in Pakistan is bright.
I am a staunch supporter of free media. The media has been ... Read more...
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