Left Front
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Mamata Banerjee blames Centre, Left Front for Saradha scam
National | Nov 21, 2014, 10:34 PM ISTKalyani(WB): On a day when a TMC MP was arrested and state Textiles minister quizzed in Saradha scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today blamed the Centre and the erstwhile Left Front government for
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West Bengal: 16 Left parties to hold convention to fight communalism today
National | Nov 13, 2014, 07:38 AM ISTKolkata: 16 Left parties in West Bengal led by the CPI (M) will today hold a convention in a bid to counter communalism and attempt to establish “greater unity” among them.In a meeting held between
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Expelled CPI-M leader forms new political party
National | Oct 19, 2014, 07:53 AM ISTKolkata: Railing against the "oppressive caste system", expelled CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah Saturday floated his own outfit Bharatiya Nayabichar Party (BNP) saying it stood for socio-economcic development of the minorities, the Scheduled Castes and
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Rape charges will boost party ranks: Trinamool leader
National | Sep 05, 2014, 05:38 PM ISTKolkata: In the wake of accusations against the Trinamool Congress over the alleged gang-rape and murder of a girl in West Bengal, a ruling party leader Friday claimed such accusations will only bolster the party
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Mamata Banerjee targets BJP: Will act against communal riots
National | Aug 13, 2014, 11:46 AM ISTKolkata: Targeting the BJP without naming it, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said some political parties were trying to cause a communal divide in the state and warned that her party will take
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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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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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Left Front stages walk out in WB Assembly over deaths in tea gardens
India | Jul 01, 2014, 05:18 PM ISTKolkata: The Left Front staged a Walk Out from the West Bengal Assembly today after an Adjournment Motion it brought alleging starvation deaths in tea gardens in North Bengal was disallowed by the Speaker. Speaker
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Left Front walkout; Mamata says would come to House whenever she wanted
National | Jun 27, 2014, 05:34 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today told the Assembly that she would be present in the House whenever she wanted to and said there was nothing she could do if the Opposition had
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Left Front to meet Mamata Banerjee Monday on post-poll violence
India | Jun 08, 2014, 11:27 PM ISTKolkata: A 12-member Left Front delegation, led by chairman Biman Bose, will Monday meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the wake of post-poll violence in the state that has claimed the lives of
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Left divided and clueless over revival strategy
National | Jun 06, 2014, 12:20 PM ISTKolkata: With CPI(M)-led Left Front decimated in the Lok Sabha elections in the erstwhile red citadel of West Bengal, the leadership seems to be divided whether there should be a change of guard or in
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Democratic order has collapsed in Bengal: CPI-M
National | Jun 03, 2014, 11:59 AM ISTKolkata: Alleging that the democratic system has collapsed in West Bengal, the CPI-M Monday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of unleashing violence on workers of all opposition parties and common people and urged the masses
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Trinamool heads toward spectacular win in Bengal
National | May 16, 2014, 02:29 PM ISTKolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress seemed set to sweep the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, the BJP signalled its rise as a force while the CPI-M led Left Front was virtually pushed to the
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Peaceful repoll on in 11 West Bengal booths
National | May 13, 2014, 03:43 PM ISTKolkata: Repolling was going on peacefully Tuesday at 11 booths spread across six of the nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal that went to the hustings April 30."Peaceful repolling is on in 11 booths
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Mockery of democracy in fifth phase: Left
National | May 12, 2014, 08:13 PM ISTKolkata: Alleging that the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls was a mockery of democracy, the Left Front today demanded repoll in 800 booths in the 17 parliamentary constituencies.“The fifth phase has been a mockery
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Fourth phase West Bengal Lok Sabha poll tomorrow
National | May 06, 2014, 12:07 PM ISTKolkata: Security has been stepped up for the penultimate fourth phase Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal tomorrow as four of the six seats going to the poll fall in Jangalmahal where the Maoists ruled
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Heavy polling in West Bengal
National | Apr 24, 2014, 05:30 PM ISTKolkata: Notwithstanding the oppressive heat, enthusiastic voters stood in long queues, as around 70 percent of the electorate exercised their franchise by Thursday afternoon in six Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal.The authorities said the
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Trinamool leading in Bengal, BJP in Bihar: Opinion poll
National | Apr 01, 2014, 08:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal could win up to 29 Lok Sabha seats in the state, while the BJP-led alliance would be ahead of its rivals in Bihar, an opinion poll
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Congress fights for political existence in Bengal : Pradipta Tapadar
National | Mar 31, 2014, 11:33 AM ISTKolkata: Weakened and bruised by the migration of its leaders and workers to Mamata Banerjee's TMC, the Congress is fighting a battle for its political existence in West Bengal.None other than Pradip Bhattacharya, who was
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Former MP demands change in CPI-M leadership, lauds Mamata
National | Mar 26, 2014, 06:48 PM ISTKolkata: 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