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  Kerala polls: CPM faces heat over 'glamour' candidates

  Politics | March 21, 2016 17:54 IST

  Faced with protests against ion of 'celebrities' as the candidates for the Kerala assembly polls, the CPI-M got a setback on Monday when film actress K.P.A.C. Lalitha said she was unwilling to contest the election.

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  Kanhaiya Kumar to campaign for Left in West Bengal: Sitaram Yechury

  Politics | March 04, 2016 18:56 IST

  New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Friday that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was released from Tihar jail yesterday, will campaign for the Left in

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  CPI-M, Congress tie-up essential for democracy: Somnath Chatterjee

  Politics | February 25, 2016 7:15 IST

  Kolkata: Backing the proposed tie-up between the Left Front and Congress for West Bengal assembly polls, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said such an arrangement was essential for a united fight against

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  West Bengal Elections: State Congress hails CPI(M)'s decision

  Politics | February 19, 2016 9:05 IST

  Kolkata: The West Bengal Congress on Thursday hailed the decision of CPI(M) seeking cooperation from all democratic forces by stating that every secular parties in the state should respect the aspirations of the masses."It is

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  Uproot BJP, Trinamool for ruining India, Bengal: CPI-M

  Politics | December 28, 2015 8:36 IST

  Kolkata: The CPI-M on Sunday went all guns blazing against the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Mamata Banerjee regime in West Bengal, and called for uprooting both the BJP and the Trinamool

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  CPI-M plenum aiming to strengthen organisation begins

  Politics | December 27, 2015 7:50 IST

  Kolkata: Months before the crucial assembly polls in its erstwhile citadels West Bengal and Kerala, the CPI-M begins a five-day plenum here from Sunday to streamline and strengthen the party organisation against the backdrop of

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  Lok Sabha adjourned over CPI-M member's remarks

  Politics | November 30, 2015 14:24 IST

  New Delhi: Differences between some opposition members and those on the treasury benches over a reference by CPI-M member Mohammad Salim to alleged remarks attributed to Home Minister Rajnath Singh forced a brief adjournment of

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  Bengal government has declared war against people: CPI-M

  Politics | October 04, 2015 8:02 IST

  Kolkata: The CPI-M on Saturday accused the West Bengal government and the state police and administration of having declared a war against the people by attempting to forcibly robbing the masses of their voting rights

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  CPI(M) suspicious about Patel quota stir, sees RSS behind Hardik Patel

  Politics | October 03, 2015 18:41 IST

  Jaipur: Raising suspicion over the agitation by the Patel community demanding quota under the OBC category, a CPI(M) leader today alleged that the RSS was behind the stir in order to abolish the reservation system.

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  RSS wants to perpetuate caste oppression: CPI-M

  Politics | September 27, 2015 7:19 IST

  New Delhi: Lashing out at RSS chief over its chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks on the quota issue, CPI(M) yesterday charged that the outfit wants to "perpetuate caste oppression" that continues in our country."There are clear

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  Left parties will make strong political intervention in Bihar polls: CPI(M)

  Politics | September 09, 2015 18:04 IST

  New  Delhi: CPI(M) today said that Left parties, which plan to contest Bihar Assembly polls as an independent block, will make a "strong" political and electoral intervention during the crucial elections, schedule for which was

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  BJP unleasing RSS terror in Kerala: CPI(M)

  Politics | August 05, 2015 6:43 IST

  Kochi: Countering charges of BJP president Amit Shah that CPI (M) used violence against his party workers to curb the spread of their ideology, the Left party claimed the situation was the other way around and

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  Congress, Trinamool, CPI-M for withdrawal of NDA's Land Bill

  Politics | July 28, 2015 22:12 IST

  New Delhi:  The Congress, Trinamool Congress and CPI-M on Tuesday pitched for withdrawal of the NDA's land bill in a meeting called at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar."A meeting was convened at Pawar's

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  Top CPI-M Kerala leader denied anticipatory bail

  Politics | July 24, 2015 15:47 IST

  Kerala : A court on Friday denied anticipatory bail to senior Kerala CPI-M leader P. Jayarajan, who was questioned by the CBI last month in the murder of a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) activist.The Tellichery

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  Will take on BJP-Congress-CPI-M in 2016: Mamata Banerjee

  Politics | July 21, 2015 16:17 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday denounced the BJP for spreading the “poison of communalism” in the state and said her Trinamool Congress will take on the “unethical alliance” of the BJP,

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  'Anti corruption' day: Left parties hold demonstration

  Politics | July 20, 2015 14:46 IST

  Puducherry: Left parties staged a joint demonstration at the Head Post Office here, condemning the 'unchecked rise in corruption' under the NDA rule in the country. Alleging that the country has been witnessing corruption ever since the BJP led NDA came

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  CPI(M) leader calls for fight against BJP

  Politics | July 14, 2015 7:14 IST

  Kolkata:  West Bengal opposition leader and CPI(M) politburo member Surjya Kanti Mishra on Monday called for uniting democratic and secular forces of the country to fight against the "communal" BJP."Congress is not a communal party

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  Make contents of Indo-US defence pact public: Sitaram Yechury

  Politics | July 05, 2015 14:19 IST

  New Delhi: CPI(M) today demanded that the contents of the ten-year India-US defence framework agreement, signed last month, be made public.In a letter to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said the

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  CPI-M retains Tripura assembly seats

  Politics | June 30, 2015 13:28 IST

  Agartala: The ruling CPI-M on Tuesday retained two assembly seats in Tripura, defeated candidates from its nearest rival BJP by record margins, officials here said.The CPI-M won the Pratapgarh seat for the ninth consecutive time,

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  Can cooperate with Congress on issues but no alliance: Sitaram Yechury

  Politics | June 28, 2015 9:49 IST

  Kolkata:  The CPI(M) is ready for issue-based cooperation with Congress but ruled out any alliance outside Parliament saying it will have "nothing to do" with a party which still follows neo-liberal policies."What we are saying