
Kolkata: Former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is likely to step down from the CPM politburo, according to sources on Sunday. The veteran Marxist has purportedly written a letter to party general secretary Prakash Karat conveying his wish to abdicate from the CPM's highest decision-making body. Bhattacharjee has cited illness as the reason behind his unwillingness to continue in the politburo. Bhattacharjee is also not keen to attend the upcoming CPM...

10:21 AM, Apr 02, 2012

New Delhi: With CPI(M) focusing on Left unity, the CPI said on Sunday it would strive to strengthen Left and democratic unity in the country as both Congress and BJP want be in power by "default". The CPI would strive for a "militant" unity to struggle on issues concerning people's livelihood with non-Congress and non-BJP parties. These political and ideological issues would come up for debate at the 21st Congress...

03:00 PM, Mar 25, 2012

Kolkata: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), leader of the alliance voted out of power in West Bengal, has confessed it was unable to produce ideal Communists. "We could not groom ideal Communist leaders and workers," state CPI-M secretary Biman Bose said after an in-depth analysis of the party-led Left Front's electoral defeat in May. The election, which brought the Trinamool Congress to power, ended 34 long years of Communist...

01:53 PM, Oct 05, 2011

Kolkata: The Maoists on Saturday said they would consider a proposal for talks with the Mamata Banerjee government if the Chief Minister spelled out her stand on junglemahal. "Immediately after the swearing-in ceremony, Banerjee said she was ready to hold talks to sort out problems in junglemahal, but she did not speak about specific plans," West Bengal state committee members of Communist Party of India (Maoist) Bikram and Bikas said...

07:17 PM, May 28, 2011

Top Maoist leader Azad was killed in an alleged gun battle with police in Andhra Pradesh. ...

10:29 AM, Jul 04, 2010

Task to kill WB CM was entrusted to Kishenji by Maoists' politburo. ...

11:57 AM, Mar 06, 2010

Padmalochan had inaugurated organising committee office of RSS. ...

04:32 PM, Feb 25, 2010

He has been charged for his alleged involvement in anti-national activities. ...

04:40 PM, Feb 19, 2010

Maoist leader had filed appeal against lower court's order. ...

06:30 PM, Nov 05, 2009

Centre is going all out in its crackdown but the state is striking a different note. ...

11:54 PM, Jun 22, 2009

Communist Party of India-Maoist believes it is conducting a 'people's war'. ...

09:21 PM, Jun 22, 2009

Left parties intends to form a Third Front minus the Cong and BJP. ...

08:29 PM, Feb 22, 2009

He was sentenced to life imprisonment in this case over a decade ago. ...

10:01 PM, Feb 18, 2009

This is allegedly unaccounted money deposited by Indians in Swiss banks. ...

10:18 PM, Feb 04, 2009

He said CPI-M cannot give any direction to him in his Constitutional office. ...

03:31 PM, Aug 01, 2008