CITU calls off July 31 transport strike
July 29th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) The CPI-M's labour arm CITU Sunday withdrew the call for a transport strike Tuesday, a day after bus operators in West Bengal pulled out of the ... Read more...
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CPI-M to launch mass campaign in Bengal
June 6th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) The CPI-M will campaign across West Bengal in support of its 17-point charter of demands that includes complete rollback of petrol price hike and reduction in ... Read more...
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Present situation not ripe for third front, says CPI-M (Lead)
February 15th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) Stressing need for unity of the Left and democratic forces in the country, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Wednesday said the present ... Read more...
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‘Spreaders’ behind ‘Twitter’ catalyse mass movements
December 26th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 26 (IANS) What is the factor that makes social networks tick and catalyses mass mobilisations in revolutions and protest movements worldwide?
An Oxford University study of Twitter finds ... Read more...
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Trinamool now to take fight against Left to Tripura
July 23rd, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) After routing the Marxists in West Bengal, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress plans to launch mass movements in Tripura too with an aim to oust ... Read more...
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Left parties slam fuel price hike, threaten stir
June 24th, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) The Left parties in West Bengal Friday slammed the price rise of fuels and threatened to start a mass movement against the frequent fuel hike.Communist Party ... Read more...
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Tripura’s Left government promises corrective measures
May 14th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 14 (IANS) Tripura's Left Front government, the only state where the Communists are in power after their ouster in West Bengal and Kerala, Saturday said it will ... Read more...
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West Bengal opted for change: Sitaram Yechury (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury Friday said the defeat of the Left Front in West Bengal was because the "people opted ... Read more...
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Jantar Mantar: The epicentre of India’s crusades
April 8th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) It is a place where for years people from across the country have been coming to voice their concerns and demands - a place of ... Read more...
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Hazare’s rallying anti-corruption cry galvanises India
April 6th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Students and stars, retired judges and rights activists, corporates and canny politicians… In a rare consonance of idea and ideal, thousands of Indians joined ... Read more...
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Politicians prevented from meeting Anna Hazare
April 6th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Supporters of social activist Anna Hazare, who is on a fast-unto-death here demanding a more stringent anti-corruption law, prevented political leaders from meeting him ... Read more...
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Hazare-led anti-graft drive garners more support (Lead)
April 6th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare's fast-unto-death for a more stringent anti-corruption law snowballed into a major movement Wednesday with thousands from across India and even abroad ... Read more...
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Protesters camp at square in Bahrain capital
February 21st, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, Feb 21 (IANS) Defiant demonstrators continued to camp at a roundabout in the Bahrain's capital Manama as a determined protester Monday reiterated: "All the people of Bahrain, they don't want the ... Read more...
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Protester shot dead as clashes intensify in Bahrain (Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, Feb 15 (IANS) At least one protester was shot dead and several injured Tuesday after police opened fire at crowds who had gathered in this Bahrain capital for the funeral of ... Read more...
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Egyptian mass movement inspires Pakistan ‘change agents’ to get back into action
February 10th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 10(ANI): Inspired by the recent mass movements in Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia, Pakistan's change agents and social activists have begun reactivating and strengthening their networking in various parts of the ... Read more...
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Agra socialists mourn Surendra Mohan’s death
December 17th, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 17 (IANS) Former Socialist Party members, Lohiaites, and other Left-leaning activists Friday mourned the death of veteran socialist thinker and former parliamentarian Surendra Mohan, 84, who died of cardiac arrest ... Read more...
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Veteran Tripura Communist leader dead
June 18th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 18 (IANS) Bidya Debbarma, one of the father figures of the Communist movement in Tripura, died here Friday, his family said. He was 95.
Debbarma, an iconic figure among over one ... Read more...
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Street theatre more relevant than ever, say Bengal artists(April 12 is National Street Theatre Day)
April 12th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) From raising awareness on AIDS and child marriage to driving home political messages, street theatre has been used to telling effect over the years. The popularity of ... Read more...
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Trinamool MP opposes anti-Maoist drive, to protest in parliament
February 20th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Saying that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee should have opposed the ongoing security forces' operation against the Maoists, Lok Sabha MP Kabir Suman Saturday said he ... Read more...
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Confrontation over names brewing in Bangladesh
February 18th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 18 (IANS) Bangladesh is to witness a confrontation between its two most important politicians, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, after the government decided to stamp ... Read more...
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CPI-M for intensive political campaign to arrest downslide
January 31st, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Rattled by a series of electoral defeats, the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday decided to launch an intensive political campaign to organise ... Read more...
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Law cannot curb Maoists, only development can: Forward Bloc
December 17th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), a prominent partner in West Bengal's ruling Left Front, Thursday said laws like the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) alone would not ... Read more...
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Karat threatens stern action against ‘moral deviations’ in CPI-M
November 30th, 2009 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) Conceding that there were ideological and political shortcomings among many of its new workers in West Bengal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday threatened stern action against ... Read more...
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European countries should pay attention to refugees: Jolie
June 20th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie, who along with her superstar partner Brad Pitt, has donated $1 million to help refugees and displaced people in Pakistan, feels European ... Read more...
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CPI, Congress question pension for JP activists
June 6th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 6 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Congress have criticised a pension plan announced by the Bihar government for those who participated in a mass movement ... Read more...
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BNP wants Dhaka to get court order for Zia’s eviction
April 22nd, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 22 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has demanded that the Sheikh Hasina government secure a court order before enforcing a notice to evict their chief and former prime minister ... Read more...
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Chandigarh dedicates Lohri celebrations to girl child
January 12th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) Chandigarh dedicated the Lohri festival this year to the girl child as the city celebrated the day Monday with great enthusiasm and fanfare. Families who were blessed with ... Read more...
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Oz scientist urges curbing developing worlds population to check global warming
November 20th, 2007 - 3:41 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): If you need to reduce mankinds impact on the environment, then something has to be done to halt the population growth in developing countries, suggests an eminent expatriate ... Read more...
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