Terming the change of guard in the Bharatiya Janata Party as a "virtual coup", Communist Party of India leader AB Bardhan on Thursday said that the projection of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the National Democratic Alliance's prime ministerial candidate would create severe repercussion as most of its members were against the idea. ...
08:42 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Sunday shocked many with his choice of words at a party rally where he said that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has "gone to hell" and would not be able to return from there. Roy used a Bengali slang to indicate that the CPI(M) had lost its spine and gone to hell. ...
10:08 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Ahead of the Republic day, the Centre has asked the Naxal-affected states to intensify vigilin all sensitive areas to foil any attempt by the extremists to carry out violence. In an advisory, the Home Ministry said CPI (Maoist) would observe January 26 as "black day" and the observance is likely to be marked by hoisting of black flags, desecration of the national flag and other subversive activities in Bihar, Chhattisgarh,...
06:20 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Even as the pro-unified Andhra Pradesh leaders stepped up activity in New Delhi, Telangana seeking groups on Monday threatened to launch a "militant struggle" if their demand for a separate state was not conceded by January 28, "as promised" by the Centre. Congress legislators from Telangana decided to go to Delhi on Tuesday along with ministers and MPs from the region and prevail upon the Centre to take a favourable...
06:33 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the trial against 15 accused, including KK Rageesh, MLA and CPI(M) state committee member, in the case relating to the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrasekharan. Justice VK Mohanan issued the order while admitting the plea of the 15 accused. ...
06:07 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Andhra Pradesh ministers from the Andhra-Rayalaseema regions will camp in New Delhi from Monday to prevail upon the Congress high command as well as the Centre not to divide the state. "We want Andhra Pradesh to remain united. We will present our case strongly to the party high command and the Centre in a democratic manner," School Education Minister S Sailajanath told reporters after a meeting of ministers here this...
06:20 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The CPI on Thursday castigated the government for decontrolling diesel prices, saying Congress-led UPA would pave to pay the political price for such "anti-people" decisions. It also demanded increasing the number of LPG cylinders per family to 12, instead of nine as decided by the government on Thursday. ...
06:40 PM, Jan 17, 2013
In a virtual indictment of the West Bengal government, Governor MK Narayan on Wednesday said "goondaism" was taking place in the state, rocked by Trinamool-Left clashes, and police should act impartially. ...
10:49 AM, Jan 10, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called an emergency high level meeting at Writers' Buildings to review the worsening law and order situation in the state following clashes between Trinamool Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters. The meeting is being attended by the state chief and home secretaries as well as the state DGP and senior police officers. ...
03:01 PM, Jan 08, 2013
CPM leader and former West Bengal minister Rezzak Mollah was allegedly attacked at Bangpur, South 24 Parganas on Sunday. The party has alleged that Trinamool Congress strongman and MLA Arabul Islam is behind the attack. ...
03:17 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Telugu people living not just in Andhra Pradesh, but all across the world await the outcome of the all-party meeting convened by the Union Home Ministry on Friday in New Delhi on the Telangana statehood issue, though political parties themselves are cynical about its outcome. ...
06:08 AM, Dec 28, 2012
Chennai: Lashing out at the UPA on the FDI in multi-brand retail, CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat on Wednesday said the Centre will pay a "heavy political price" for trying to impose it, which is "anti-national" and "anti-people". "I am confident that majority of the people in this country are against this policy and we are confident that in the coming days, the Congress and UPA government will have to...
08:51 AM, Dec 20, 2012
Hyderabad: Protests in all three regions of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday marked the third anniversary of the central government's announcement to initiate the process of forming a separate state of Telangana. While parties fighting for a Telangana state took out rallies in Hyderabad and nine other districts of the region, demanding the central government fulfill its word, some groups in parts of Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra regions) observed a black...
09:27 AM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury has accused the UPA government of using unfair means to defeat the Opposition's motion against bringing FDI in retail. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Yechury charged the government of bribing its way to secure a majority against the motion. Below is an excerpt of the interview: Karan Thapar: Gurudas Dasgupta, who is the CPI leader in the Lok Sabha, he said...
07:29 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Speaking to CNN-IBN, CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat said that the Left was confident of the government losing the vote in Parliament over FDI in retail. He also said that Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath is wrong to suggest that FEMA amendments can be tabled and approved by one House only. ...
03:24 PM, Dec 03, 2012
The BJP along with the CPI-M and the Samajwadi Party have opposed the direct cash transfer scheme introduced by the government saying it is a tactic by the Congress and that they have made it a political issue. ...
11:58 AM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: Communist Party of India leader D Raja said on Wednesday that his party was opposed to the UPA government's scheme to directly transfer cash to beneficiaries of subsidies and social schemes. He said his party would raise the issue in Parliament. Raja, a CPI member in the Rajya Sabha, said the government had plans to extend the cash transfer scheme to food and cooking gas subsidies. This would...
01:45 AM, Nov 29, 2012
New Delhi: The all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday ahead of the Winter Session is over and the government still has not acceded the Opposition's demand for a vote on FDI in retail. From what the Opposition politicians are hinting, it seems headed for a stormy scenes in the House. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said after the meeting that voting on...
06:48 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the BJP on Monday shied away taking a stand on the Trinamool Congress's proposal to bring in a no-confidence motion against the UPA government, Mamata Banerjee's arch rival the Communist Party of India (CPI) made it clear that it will not bail out UPA-2. "If Mamata brings in the no-confidence motion, we will not bail out the government," senior CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta said on Monday....
03:32 PM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government could face its toughest challenge in Parliament during the winter session when Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee plans to bring a no-confidence motion. The UPA has been reduced to a minority government after Mamata pulled out of the coalition protesting against "anti-poor" reforms measures taken by the Centre. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already hosted dinner for UPA leaders on...
12:21 PM, Nov 19, 2012
