New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front hit out at the UPA government over falling the GDP. BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, "It's high time for the government to take concrete steps. The government has run out of ideas." Talking about policy paralysis, Jaitley said, "The government needs to build up consensus on policies within the party, alliance and the Opposition and come up with a proper...
04:08 PM, May 31, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two days after MM Mani, a CPM leader in Kerala, sent out shock waves with his statements, the Congress-led state government initiated legal action him on Monday. The Idukki district secretary of the CPM had claimed his party killed its rivals, listing out specific incidents. Now, the police have slapped three murder and conspiracy cases against him and are all set to reopen the political murder cases that rocked...
11:33 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Kerala Police on Monday registered a case of murder against CPM leader MM Mani after his remark that the CPM had a history of killing its political rivals. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that Mani's statement will be probed. Meanwhile, a case of murder, abetment to murder and concealing information has been filed against the Idukki district leader. Sources say that the CPM will deal with...
05:00 PM, May 28, 2012
Kolkata: CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Sunday questioned the "extravagant" spending of the "cash-strapped" Mamata Banerjee government to mark completion of its one year in office. While the Trinamool Congress-led government has been complaining of lack of funds due to the the debt burden of over Rs two lakh crore, it spent Rs 20 crore to celebrate the occasion through various programmes, including a fair, he said. "This money...
02:14 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomed Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's comments on early elections, the Left called it a case of blackmail. CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said, "These small parties blackmail the government. We have reached here passing all the challenges till now and we would fight this challenge also. It has become impossible for parties like ours to fight in the elections." Yechury's comments...
02:00 PM, May 12, 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
New Delhi: CPI(M) on Thursday asked the Congress to take the initiative in building a consensus on the candidate for the Presidential election though it indicated it was not averse to supporting either Vice President Hamid Ansari or Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the post. Party MP and politburo member Sitaram Yechury said the Left parties will discuss the Presidential Election issue at their meeting on Friday. "Election of the...
05:16 PM, May 03, 2012
Sitaram Yechury said Army Chief's letter leak issue needs to be investigated and action should be taken against those responsible. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: The deadlock over the Lokpal Bill remains with the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday failing to arrive at a consensus. The Prime Minister met Rajya Sabha MPs to discuss the Lokpal Bill and its passage in the Upper House of Parliament but the divergent views could not find a common ground. Even though Singh told the MPs that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance...
01:11 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister-designate and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav is expected to meet senior Left Front leaders in New Delhi on Tuesday, adding to speculation of the formation of a Third Front. Akhilesh is scheduled to go to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI(M)) office to invite party General Secretary Prakash Karat for his swearing-in ceremony in Lucknow on March 15. Akhilesh will also meet Communist Party...
11:03 AM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: The CPM has committed a sacrilege. The party has said that China is rife with growing inequalities, unemployment, regional imbalances and above all corruption. Stating that what is happening in China are "trends alien to socialism", the party has called for "socialism with Indian characteristics". This dramatic change in perception, which could be called the "mother of all U-turns", has appeared in the latest ideological document prepared by...
12:04 PM, Feb 07, 2012
David Cameron came to power promising a new relationship with India. Turns out, India too wanted the same thing! By September 2010, India had decided ...
09:22 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Ludhiana: CPI(M) on Saturday said there was no scope any understanding or alliance with the Congress unless the UPA changed its economic policies. "Unless and until they (UPA) make amendments in the present economic policies (there can be no such accord)," CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury said in reply to a question from reporters. He said if the UPA wanted any understanding with the Left, the Congress-led alliance would...
12:50 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Ludhiana: The CPI(M) on Friday said there was no scope any understanding or alliance with the Congress unless the UPA changed its economic policies. "Unless and until they (UPA) make amendments in the present economic policies (there can be no such accord)," CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said in reply to a question from reporters. He said if the UPA wanted any understanding with the Left, the Congress-led alliance would...
10:36 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Rajahmundry: CPM leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury has said there was a need to encourage the art of puppetry in the country. Puppet shows can be used to disseminate important social messages, he said in Rajahmundry on Tuesday. Yechury, Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Tourism and Cultural, was speaking at a function organized by the District Puppetry Artists and Association for the promotion of the art in...
07:20 PM, Jan 25, 2012
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