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  After BJP decimates Left in Tripura, party supporters bulldoze Lenin's iconic statue

  India | March 06, 2018 10:29 IST

  The CPI(M)-led Left Front was dethroned by the BJP-IPFT coalition after nearly 25 years in power on March 3.

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  Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya Election Results 2018: As it happened

  Elections | March 03, 2018 22:21 IST

  "I thank brothers and sisters of Tripura for their massive support to BJP. This is the victory of PM @narendramodi’s politics of development and his commitment to the welfare of North-Eastern region of India," tweets the BJP president.

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  Tripura Assembly Elections 2018: As it happened

  India | February 18, 2018 23:35 IST

  The BJP has emerged as the main challenger to the ruling Left Front, which has been in power in the state for the last 25 years.

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  Tripura Elections 2018: BJP emerges as main contender to ruling Left, Congress fights for air

  Elections | February 13, 2018 9:43 IST

  The 60-seat assembly will see a direct contest between ruling Left and new entrant BJP, as the main Opposition party of the state Congress gasps for funds, leadership and volunteers.

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  Tripura assembly elections: Amit Shah appeals people to vote for BJP, says left cadres looting public

  National | February 11, 2018 18:55 IST

  Without naming Rahul Gandhi, he alleged that the Congress chief had put up candidates as 'vote-katva' (cutting into others' votes) to help the CPI(M) government headed by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to come back to power.

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  Manmohan Singh urges Left to cooperate with Congress to fight BJP's 'divisive policies'

  National | November 18, 2017 11:27 IST

  Manmohan Singh asked the Left parties to cooperate with the Congress leadership to fight together against the "divisive" policies of the BJP-led Union government.

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  Student organisations, women activists stage protests against crackdown on BHU students

  India | September 25, 2017 21:12 IST

  Various students bodies, including the the NSUI and the ABVP, today staged protests across the country against the lathi-charge on students in BHU.

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  Congress, Left giving different "colour" to happenings on campuses: Venkaiah Naidu

  National | February 27, 2017 22:21 IST

  Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said freedom of expression does not mean liberty to advocate disintegration of the country.

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  Opposition cracks: JD(U), Left dent Congress’ mega offensive against note ban

  National | December 26, 2016 16:38 IST

  The opposition's concerted campaign against demonetisation appears to have suffered a jolt with several parties pulling out of a joint press conference called by the Congress here on Tuesday over the contentious issue. Many important

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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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  Demonetisation: Cracks appear in opposition unity; TMC opposes Bharat Bandh, JD(U) to stay off

  National | November 27, 2016 12:09 IST

  Cracks have surfaced within the Opposition with JD(U) and Trinamool Congress refusing to support the Bharat bandh called by opposition parties against demonetisation on November 28.

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  Left, Congress MPs oppose merger of associate banks with SBI

  National | July 19, 2016 17:00 IST

  New Delhi: Opposing the merger of five associate banks with the State Bank of India (SBI), Rajya Sabha members belonging to the left and Congress today said that the move was not in the interest

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  The Kanhaiya effect? Two JNU students emerge victorious in the Kerala assembly elections

  National | May 19, 2016 16:59 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the LDF wave that has swept across Kerala lies the story of two victorious candidates who had a unique reason to have made their mark in the Assembly elections. Both these candidates are students at Delhi’s much-discussed Jaw

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  Congress, Left funded protests over Rohith Vemula’s death: former SFI leader

  National | May 13, 2016 14:21 IST

  a former student leader of the Left-affiliated Students Federation of India (SFI) has claimed that the protests in the aftermath of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide were sponsored by political parties which included the Congress, the Left

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

  National | 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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  Arun Jaitley accuses Congress, leftists of 'ideological intolerance'

  National | November 01, 2015 21:39 IST

  New Delhi: Turning tables on Congress and left thinkers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today accused them of practising “ideological intolerance” towards the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and trying to project India as an

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  NDA Government cleansing top academic bodies polluted by left ideology: Venkaiah Naidu

  National | September 28, 2015 19:48 IST

  Hyderabad: Rubbing Left and the Congress the wrong way, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu today said that the Communists took control of the higher academic bodies by taking "advantage" of Congress' weaknesses and "polluted" them with

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  Left shouldn't have snapped ties with UPA over n-deal: Sitaram Yechury

  National | May 10, 2015 11:04 IST

  New Delhi: The Left parties should not have withdrawn support to UPA-I government on the issue of Indo-US nuclear deal, says CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on the steep decline of the communists eversince.  Instead,

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  Lok Sabha adjourned till noon after opposition uproar

  National | December 23, 2014 13:12 IST

  New Delhi: Members of Congress, TMC, Left, RJD, JD(U) and SP stormed into the Well raising slogans against 'ghar wapsi' (conversion) as soon as proceedings began in the House after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan rejected their

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  Prospect for Left, secular forces in 2016 Assam polls: CPI (M)

  National | December 13, 2014 20:52 IST

  Guwahati: CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury today said Left and secular forces have a very good prospect in 2016 Assam Assembly elections as people are “disillusioned” with both Congress and BJP governments.“The CPI(M), Left and