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Amit Shah stands for communal politics: CPI-M
National | Jul 10, 2014, 06:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: The CPI-M said Thursday that the selection of Amit Shah as the BJP president showed that the party will pursue "communal politics" that was practiced in Gujarat."The selection of Shah indicates the direction
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CPI-M to lead protests against railway budget measures: CPI-M
National | Jul 09, 2014, 01:19 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal, as well as the entire eastern region of India, has been "ignored" in the railway budget, CPI-M leader Surjya Kanta Mishra said Tuesday, and announced that the Left parties would lead protests
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Rajya Sabha discusses price rise
National | Jul 07, 2014, 01:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Rajya Sabha Monday took up a discussion on price rise.While the opposition blamed ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for pushing inflation further since it came to power, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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Vasundhra Raje clarifies BJP's stand on MGNREGA; says she's not against it
National | Jul 07, 2014, 12:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Under persistent opposition for suggesting converting Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) into a job guarantee scheme, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has spelled out that she did not argue against
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Clamour for his head grows as Tapas Pal gets an unlikely ally
National | Jul 04, 2014, 03:57 PM ISTKolkata: Even as protests and calls for his arrest continue to gain ground, Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal - facing the heat over his rape and violence remarks - Thursday found an unlikely ally in
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SC verdict on anti-dowry law retrograde: CPI(M)
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: CPI(M) today termed the Supreme Court verdict on the anti-dowry law as “retrograde” and said it diluted the present legislation on the matter. “It is a regrettable and retrograde verdict from the Supreme
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Tapas Pal makes these Bengal villagers live in fear
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:45 PM ISTKolkata: With Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Tapas Pal publicly exhorting his partymen to kill CPI-M activists, people of Gopinathpur in West Bengal's Nadia district say they are now living in the shadow of fear.Pal,
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Mamata Banerjee trying to shield Tapas Pal: Siddharth Nath Singh
National | Jul 02, 2014, 05:43 PM ISTKolkata: Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to shield Tapas Pal, who has made controversial remarks, senior BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh said only an apology was of no use and he
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Rape remark: Mamata asks media why it didn't raise issue earlier
National | Jul 02, 2014, 11:26 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday described her party Lok Sabha member Tapas Pal's rape remarks as a "big blunder", but blamed the media for its failure to highlight the issue which was
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Trinamool MP apologises for rape comment
National | Jul 01, 2014, 07:15 PM ISTKolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal, whose rape remarks sparked countrywide outrage, Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology to the party and the media, terming his comments a "gross error of judgment" and admitting they were
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'Pained' Mamata refuses to comment on MP's rape remarks
National | Jul 01, 2014, 06:11 PM ISTKolkata: While Trinamool Congress leaders claim she has been "pained", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday refused to comment on party MP Tapas Pal's rape remarks that have triggered a massive outrage."That's a different
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Bloodshed is not the way, Mamata tells opposition
National | Jul 01, 2014, 06:12 PM ISTKolkata: Condemning the killing of four Trinamool Congress activists in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday attacked the Left Front for resorting to violence with the help of "hired hooligans from outside"
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'Sacrifice' intruders, says Trinamool leader, justified call
National | Jul 01, 2014, 06:11 PM ISTKolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Arup Chakraborty has been caught on tape asking partymen to "sacrifice intruders". He Tuesday justified his remark, saying he was talking about the right of self-defence.Telecast by a Bengali news channel,
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Put Tapas Pal behind bars: BJP
National | Jul 01, 2014, 03:48 PM ISTJalandhar: Slamming TMC MP Tapas Pal's controversial comments allegedly threatening to kill CPI(M) workers and have their women raped, BJP today demanded that the leader be put “behind bars”, saying he has “no right” to
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Did politics change "sweet actor" Tapas Pal, wonders Aparna
National | Jul 01, 2014, 02:55 PM ISTKolkata: Expressing disbelief at Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal's alleged remarks threatening to kill CPI(M) workers and have their women raped, eminent director Aparna Sen today wondered whether jumping into politics had changed the nature
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TMC MP Tapas Pal's wife apologizes for his rape remark
National | Jul 01, 2014, 12:27 PM ISTKolkata: A day after a row erupted over Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal threatening to get CPI (M) women raped in retaliation, his wife Nandini Pal today apologized for her husband's controversial comment and said
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Trinamool MP says he will unleash rapists on Marxists
National | Jul 01, 2014, 12:32 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal was stunned Monday after Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul was caught on a video threatening to gun down his Marxist rivals and "unleash his boys for raping" women. He denied making the
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Women's panel demands Trinamool MP's arrest for rape remarks
National | Jul 01, 2014, 12:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Demanding the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul for making derogatory remarks, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it will initiate action against him."He has insulted women of the entire
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Shocking: Will send our boys to rape CPM women, says Tapas Pal, wife apologizes
India | Jul 01, 2014, 11:54 AM ISTKolkata: A day after TMC MP Tapas Pal allegedly threatened to kill CPM workers and have their women raped, his wife Nandini Pal on Tuesday apologized for her husband's controversial comment and said there was
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CPI-M flays government opposition to judge
National | Jun 26, 2014, 03:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The CPI-M Thursday described as "shameful" the government's opposition to Gopal Subramaniam as a Supreme Court judge, forcing the latter to opt out."Subramaniam has withdrawn his name for appointment as a judge in