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  Lok Sabha elections 2019 | CPI, CPI(M) to meet on Mar 2 to discuss poll pact in Telangana

  February 28, 2019 10:31 IST

  The party has decided to seek the support of 'Prajakutami' partners in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 due by May. 

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  PM nominee before polls may create problems for opposition unity: CPI

  India | December 17, 2018 16:29 IST

  The CPI is not in favour of projecting a prime ministerial candidate of the proposed anti-BJP front before the Lok Sabha polls, a top leader said on Monday, arguing that too many contenders might hurt electoral prospects.

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  Telangana Elections: CPI to announce candidates for three assembly segments today

  November 14, 2018 0:01 IST

  Chada Venkat Reddy on Tuesday said his party is seeking a constituency in Nalgonda district, in addition to the three.

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  Kanhaiya Kumar likely to contest from Bihar's Begusarai on CPI ticket

  National | September 02, 2018 20:06 IST

  "If the party (CPI) decides to nominate me as its candidate from Begusarai and other grand alliance partners also extend their support, then I don't have any objection to it," Kumar told PTI.  

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  Common opposition candidate is best strategy to beat BJP: CPI

  India | March 15, 2018 16:37 IST

  The party said the results of byelections to Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP lost, are a “big inspiration for secular parties”.

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  Lenin's statue pulling down third-rate type of violence: CPI

  National | March 06, 2018 20:23 IST

  "It's all a third-rate type of violence and vandalism by the BJP. It's all a planned affair," Reddy said on the pulling down of the Russian revolutionary leader's statue in South Tripura's Belonia town.

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  CPI yet to decide on tie-up with Cong, will discuss with CPI-M

  National | January 22, 2018 13:21 IST

  The Communist Party of India (CPI) said today that it has not taken a decision on an electoral alliance with the Congress, a day after the CPI(M) ruled out a tie-up with the Rahul Gandhi-led party.

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  100% FDI in retail will harm shopkeepers: CPI-M

  Business | January 10, 2018 17:09 IST

  Until now, Foreign Direct Investment up to 49 per cent was permitted under the automatic route

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  Don't call Sukma massacre 'red terror', says CPI

  National | April 25, 2017 15:09 IST

  On Monday, 300 to 400 heavily armed Maoists, including women, ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force contingent in a forested patch in Sukma in Chhattisgarh.

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  Reunification of Left is a historic necessity: CPI

  National | December 22, 2016 18:53 IST

  Strongly pitching for the unity of communist parties, senior CPI leader D Raja today said that reunification of left is a historic necessity under present political scenario.

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  Allow use of old notes till Dec 31, strike on black money hoarders: CPI

  National | November 15, 2016 16:17 IST

  CPI today alleged that country's economy is in chaos in wake of the demonetisation move and demanded that the Centre should allow use of old notes till December 31 and it pressed for action against real black money hoarders and those named in Panama.

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  Terror: India fourth worst-affected country, Maoists fourth deadliest outfit, says reports

  India | September 16, 2016 11:10 IST

  India witnessed a total of 791 terror attacks in 2015, of which 43 per cent were carried out by Naxalites, in which 289 people died.

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  The idea of ‘Jyoti Basu as PM’ was worth-trying, says CPI

  National | July 28, 2016 19:04 IST

  The Communist Party of India today said that making the legendary Jyoti Basu the Prime Minister of the country was an experiment "worth-trying".

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  CPI terms govt's decision to relax FDI norms as 'disastrous'

  National | June 21, 2016 18:52 IST

  Coming down heavily on the Modi government for relaxing FDI norms in various sectors including defence, the Communist Party of India(CPI) today termed the government's decision as "disastrous".

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  NDA govt bringing right-wing shift in India’s foreign policy: CPI

  National | June 11, 2016 17:44 IST

  New Delhi: Taking strong objections to India-US joint statement, CPI today accused the NDA government of bringing about a “total right-wing shift” in country’s foreign policy and expressed apprehensions that the same will have “imme

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  Uttarakhand floor test verdict 'slap' on face of Narendra Modi government: CPI

  National | May 12, 2016 23:27 IST

  CPI today described Supreme Court's verdict on the floor test held in Uttarakhand Assembly as a "victory for democracy and a slap on the face of Narendra Modi government".

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  CPI not averse to Nitish's grand alliance idea, if based on alternative economic policies

  National | May 01, 2016 12:51 IST

  Hyderabad:CPI has responded positively to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's proposal to forge a grand alliance of anti-BJP parties at the national level but with a rider that such an arrangement should be based on

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  Left-Cong alliance possible at national level: CPI

  National | April 29, 2016 14:06 IST

  Kolkata: With Congress and the Left Front fighting together against the Trinamool Congress in Bengal, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan on Thursday said there is a possibility that the alliance can be replicated at

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  Kerala Elections 2016: Kanhaiya Kumar set to campaign for fellow JNU comrade contesting for CPI

  National | April 24, 2016 20:55 IST

  New Delhi: JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who had earlier ruled out campaigning in the West Bengal and Kerala Assembly polls, has now decided to plump for a fellow JNU comrade who is in

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  CPI(M) pursuing 'politics of violence': Amit Shah

  National | March 24, 2016 7:06 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Slamming CPI(M) in Kerala, BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday alleged that the Left party was promoting "politics of violence" to ensure its existence. While visiting a private hospital where three BJP workers are