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CPI(M) hopes to win one seat in Assam: Sitaram Yechury

National | Mar 29, 2014, 04:52 PM IST

Guwahati: The CPI(M) hoped to win one Lok Sabha seat in Assam where it has put up three candidates, party Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said today. “We have a very good chance to win the

CPI-M expels dissident Lakshman Seth

India | Mar 28, 2014, 08:08 AM IST

Kolkata: The CPI-M Thursday expelled dissident leader Laxman Seth, its frontman in the Nandigram movement, after he attacked former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and called the party "autocratic". Seth said he had already expressed his

Non-BJP, non-Congress government after polls: Manik Sarkar

National | Mar 27, 2014, 04:20 PM IST

Agartala: The CPI-M hopes to form a non-Congress, non-BJP government after the Lok Sabha polls but it did not cobble a "third alternative" now for good reasons, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has said."We (CPI-M)

Congress manifesto is a rehash: CPI-M

National | Mar 27, 2014, 01:02 PM IST

New Delhi: The manifesto released by the Congress for the Lok Sabha election "is a rehash of its earlier unfulfilled promises", the CPI-M said Thursday."Its fate is, hence, destined to remain unrealized," said an editorial

Former MP demands change in CPI-M leadership, lauds Mamata

National | Mar 26, 2014, 06:48 PM IST

Kolkata: Dissident CPI-M leader and former MP Lakshman Seth Wednesday demanded change in the party leadership and lavished praise on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she possesses guts and has grown into a

No one can form the next government without Trinamool: Mamata

National | Mar 26, 2014, 08:58 PM IST

Gorubathan (WB): Trinamool Congress will play a vital role in the formation of the next government at the Centre and no one can form it without the party's support, its chief Mamata Banerjee claimed today.

Mamata facilitating BJP's growth in Bengal: CPI-M

India | Mar 24, 2014, 07:24 AM IST

Kolkata : Attacking the Trinamool Congress government over a host of issues, CPI-M leader Surjya Kanta Mishra Sunday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of facilitating BJP's growth in West Bengal."Her government is characterised by corruption

Hope a situation like in 2004 will not be repeated: Buddhadeb

National | Mar 23, 2014, 02:24 PM IST

Kolkata: Bringing the BJP-led NDA in place of Congress-led UPA would be like jumping from the frying pan into the fire, CPI(M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said, hoping there would be no repeat of

Trinamool manifesto focuses on roti, kapda and makaan

National | Mar 23, 2014, 12:14 PM IST

Kolkata: Moving from the slogan of 'Ma Mati Manush (Mother, land and people)' to 'roti kapda aur makaan (food, dress and shelter), the Trinamool Congress Saturday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls,

Mamata seeks to defend pendency of rape trials

National | Mar 23, 2014, 11:34 AM IST

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday sought to defend the administration's inability to ensure speedy trial of pending rape cases, saying it was not in her purview when a court will give a

Seasoned politician Chacko and Malayalam actor Innocent battle it out in Chalakudy

National | Mar 22, 2014, 02:24 PM IST

Kochi: It is likely to be a cakewalk for senior Congress politician P C Chacko in the April 10 polls from Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency, where he is pitted against Malayalam film actor Innocent, the

Jayalalithaa goes all guns blazing for 40 seats

National | Mar 22, 2014, 02:29 PM IST

Chennai: Her shrill cry of “will you” attracts an equally high pitched “we will” as AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa engages the audience in her efforts to stop DMK from gaining

BJD government betrayed people of Odisha: Sitaram Yechury

National | Mar 22, 2014, 09:40 AM IST

Bhubaneswar: CPI(M) today sought a probe into the alleged loot of minerals in Odisha as detected by Justice M B Shah panel and said the people of the state felt betrayed by the 14 year

Impact of social media making politicians go online

National | Mar 21, 2014, 11:58 AM IST

Kolkata: With the growing power of social media, politicians who had so far shied away from the digital medium are now increasingly interacting with the youth through Facebook and Twitter this election season. It was

Mamata's message to voters: BJP is communal, CPI-M destructive, Congress corrupt

India | Mar 20, 2014, 10:00 PM IST

Murshiadabad (WB): Keeping in mind the four-way contest in West Bengal in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today slammed the BJP as a "communal party" and urged the people to

Candidates seek advice from astrologers for success

National | Mar 20, 2014, 04:54 PM IST

Berhampur (Odisha): Astrologers are busy this election season as candidates cutting across party lines are making a bee line to them to get “advice” for success. “My astrologer has suggested that Friday is the most

After Lok Sabha polls, LDF will vanish: Congress

National | Mar 20, 2014, 12:49 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: With no anti-incumbency factor visible in Kerala, the problem-ridden LDF, a coalition of Opposition parties in the southern state, will vanish after the polls, a senior state Congress minister said Thursday.Addressing reporters here at

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