
New Delhi: The Left parties will be meeting on Wednesday to firm up their strategy for the upcoming Presidential elections. The CPM says no decision has been taken yet on PA Sangma who met Prakash Karat on Tuesday. The Left parties say the Congress must declare its candidate first, but they are also open to a consensus non-Congress secular name. The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday indicated its support to UPA...

06:19 AM, May 23, 2012

New Delhi: Left parties on Friday held preliminary discussions on Presidential elections and decided to consult with "secular opposition" parties before taking a final stand on the candidate and met. The parties favoured a wide agreement on a candidate for the President's election. CPI(M) leaders Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Yechury later met NCP chief Sharad Pawar separately discussing the Presidential poll issue....

07:35 PM, May 04, 2012

Opposition parties on Sunday shared dais with Anna Hazare during the anti-corruption rally at Jantar Mantar. ...

10:21 PM, Dec 12, 2011

New Delhi: Lashing out at the UPA government for hiking petrol prices, the Left parties on Friday asked all their state units to launch nationwide protests saying the move was a major factor responsible for fuelling prices of essential commodities. "Government's deregulation of petrol pricing is responsible for fuelling hike of essential commodities and inflation," the CPI(M) Politburo said in a statement. "The hoax of the pricing according to the...

02:19 PM, Nov 04, 2011

Thiruvananthapuram: The fight against corruption and communalism would be the plank of Left parties in the coming elections to five state assemblies, RSP General Secretary T J Chandrachoodan said on Saturday. Noting that the polls were crucial for the Left movement in the country, he said people were eagerly awaiting the outcome of the polls in West Bengal and Kerala. He alleged that the Congress-led government at the Centre was...

01:43 PM, Mar 12, 2011

Ruling, Opposition parties indulge in war of words over PM's interaction with media on scams. ...

07:07 PM, Feb 16, 2011

Ruling, Opposition parties indulge in war of words over PM's interaction with media on scams. ...

07:07 PM, Feb 16, 2011

The left has questioned how a cabinet minister can mediate on behalf of the rebel group. ...

12:06 AM, Aug 19, 2010

In the first signs of a thaw between the Left and the UPA, Yechury says the PM is doing a competent job. ...

09:26 AM, May 25, 2010

Both parties are supporting the bill in its current form. ...

09:27 PM, Mar 08, 2010

Left leaders also used the opportunity to take a dig at Trinamool. ...

09:52 AM, Nov 17, 2009

The actual allocations do not match the intent to help the common man. ...

04:31 PM, Jul 06, 2009

CPM gen secy Prakash Karat is under fire, Left leaders insist he won't quit. ...

01:19 AM, May 19, 2009

Post-poll alliances apart, Left says it will not join a Cong-led govt. ...

09:14 AM, May 02, 2009

The Third Front is in no mood to project a PM candidate. ...

01:48 AM, Apr 22, 2009