Political violence has been rising in West Bengal under the government of Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee. There have been 642 cases of violent clashes related to students politics in the first five months of Mamata Banerjee's tenure. While 27 people have lost their lives at least 926 political workers and 128 students have been injured in the clashes. ...
05:22 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Mumbai: The Maharashtra unit of CPI on Tuesday sought amendments to the Food Security Bill introduced in Parliament last year. "Since there are some loopholes in the proposed bill, with the possibility that the legislation will infringe upon the rights of state governments, amendments should be made to it," CPI member Prakash Reddy said. He said the Left parties; including the CPI, CPM and Forward Bloc (FB) have been staging...
02:37 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Patna/New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was united on Jaswant Singh's candidature for the vice president's post. "The NDA is united for the vice presidential poll and the Janata Dal-United is with Jaswant Singh," Nitish Kumar said. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA has named BJP leader Jaswant Singh as its vice presidential candidate. The JD-U is, however, supporting UPA's Parnab Mukharjee...
02:53 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Left parties were on Thursday divided on the Presidential election with CPI(M) and Forward Bloc deciding to support UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee while CPI and RSP opting to abstain from the voting. The four parties could not arrive at a consensus at an hour-long meeting attended by top leaders of the parties, including Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), AB Bardhan (CPI), TJ Chandrachoodan (RSP) and Debabrata Biswas...
06:38 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Kolkata: The Left parties will decide their stand on the presidential poll issue only after the UPA formally announced its candidate. "Left parties are ready. As soon as they will declare the name of the candidate (for the presidential poll), the four parties (CPI(M), CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc) will hold a meeting and decide their stand," CPI(M) Politburo member and the Left Front chairman Biman Bose. Meanwhile, Union Finance...
05:19 PM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: Demanding the repeal of Armed Force Special Power Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur, Left parties and LJP on Thursday said they will raise the issue of Kashmir in the coming Parliament session. At a press conference here, Left front leaders AB Bardhan (CPI), Prakash Karat (CPI-M), Debabrata Biswas (Forward Bloc) and LJP president Ramvilas Paswan accused the government of going back on its promise of...
06:35 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Demanding immediate withdrawal of police force from Posco's proposed plant site near Paradip, five political parties on Thursday launched a day-night dharna here even as project-related works were stopped for the fifth consecutive day due to Opposition from locals. Leaders and activists of CPI, CPI-M, Forward Bloc, RJD and Samajwadi Party held a demonstration before sitting on a dharna on Mahatma Gandhi Marg near the state secretariat. Accusing the...
07:26 PM, Jun 30, 2011
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress might have single-handedly thrashed CPM and its allies in West Bengal elections but it is Congress which has added insult to the Left party's injury by winning more seats in the state. However, CPM has something to cheer for in Kerala where it lost power by a whisker by becoming the single-largest party in the state, getting seven more seats than their principal rival which leads...
12:01 PM, May 14, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: All India Forward Bloc on Wednesday alleged the Left Democratic Front leadership in Kerala had betrayed the party by turning a blind eye to repeated requests to accommodate it in the Front. The LDF had left many seats to `undeserving' parties and splinter groups while ignoring the Forward Bloc which was a Left party, AIFB's national secretary G Devarajan said. "This neglect towards Forward Bloc will be brought to...
01:27 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Purulia (WB): Maoists on Friday killed seven Forward Bloc workers, who were reportedly abducted on Thursday night at Jhalda in Purulia district on the suspicion that they were working as police informers. All the bodies have been recovered from the nearby forest area. Among the ones killed is also a woman panchayat pradhan of a village. "Chapala Garai, Tapan Singh Sardar, Kinkar Singh, Rajesh Singh and Gopeswar Mahato were shot...
11:05 AM, Dec 17, 2010
Purulia (WB): Three Forward Bloc activists were shot dead by armed Maoists in Purulia district, police said Monday. A group of about 50 Maoists, armed with sophisticated weapons, raided Chirogora village late last night and dragged out the three activists from their houses to a distance and shot them dead, district SP Rajesh Jadav told PTI. The deceased were identified as Leru Majhi, Dasrath Majhi, and Choto Majhi, he said....
10:49 AM, Oct 04, 2010
Forward Bloc general secretary urged the CPI-M's middle level leaders in the state to shed their arrogance. ...
03:16 PM, Jun 02, 2010
Patil spoke to Governor Bhandare on Saturday afternoon and discussed the situation in the state. ...
02:27 PM, Oct 04, 2008
Metro Cash & Carry's licence would be issued on October 10. ...
12:31 AM, Sep 29, 2008
Forward Bloc asks CM not to renew Metro Cash & Carry's licence. ...
12:53 PM, Sep 27, 2008
Party peeved with CM for renewing licence of German retail chain. ...
11:49 PM, Sep 26, 2008
Jaipur: Defending champions Rajasthan, who pipped Haryana to sail into the final of the Ranji Trophy for the second consecutive year, will not lodge an official complaint against the tricky pitch used for the semifinal at Lahli near Rohtak as they emerged winner. Yes, it was not a good wicket but since we have won the match I feel there is no point in lodging an official complaint, said KK...
01:41 PM, Apr 10, 2008
Kingston: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni saluted his lower order batsmen for bailing out the side from tough situations and shaping team's 63-run win over the West Indies in the first cricket Test here. Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina had shared a 146-run seventh-wicket stand in the first innings after India had slipped to 85 for six and then in the second innings Amit Mishra combined with Rahul Dravid to...
06:31 PM, Feb 06, 2008
Kingston: Drained after hitting another one of his typically resolute hundreds, veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid said it was tough adjusting to the conditions in the ongoing first cricket Test against the West Indies here. Dravid, for whom the 112-run knock on the third day of the match on Wednesday was his 32nd Test century, confessed he found the effort physically very demanding at the Sabina Park. It was tough...
11:34 AM, Feb 06, 2008
Karachi: The top Pakistani cricketers will be missing from action in the national Super Eights Twenty20 tournament with the likes of Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and Wahab Riaz opting to play in English County season. Afridi will turn up for Hampshire, forcing the Karachi City Cricket Association to hand the rein of the team to Test discard fast bowler Mohammad Sami. Due to Afridi not being available now we have...
06:23 PM, Feb 05, 2008
