
Washington: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says that Marxists and Maoists are plotting to kill her in league with the Pakistani intelligence, North Korea, Venezuela and Hungary. Banerjee made the sensational charge in an interview to the Washington Post. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) rubbished the allegation. Banerjee told the Post how her "Marxist political opponents were plotting with Maoist rebels to discredit and kill her". They were...

06:44 PM, May 23, 2012

New Delhi/Kolkata: The battle between Centre and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee over Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's letter asking him to rein in armed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI(M))cadres to the state government has intensified. The Home Ministry claimed that Chidambaram's letter to the West Bengal Chief Minister was sent by speed post while the state government has been complaining that the letter was leaked to the media...

11:44 AM, Dec 29, 2010

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday said that Communist Party of India-Marxist supporters have formed camps to protect themselves and that they enjoy police protection because of Naxal threats while replying to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's letter on reining in on armed Marxist cadre in the state. The Bengal Chief Minister pointed out that nearly 260 CPI-M cadres have died so far in Naxal attacks. In...

02:11 PM, Dec 28, 2010

Avowed Marxist but pragmatic politician passes away. ...

02:25 PM, Jan 17, 2010

Is Bengal govt serious about tackling Maoists or is it a public charade? ...

12:24 AM, Nov 09, 2009

We do not consider Maoists as a Left trend, clarifies Prakash Karat. ...

08:58 PM, Oct 25, 2009

DYFI activists squatted on railway tracks when officials tried to stop protests. ...

07:50 AM, Aug 27, 2009