Kolkata: Elections have never been this arty in Bengal - from wall graffiti and paintings to performance and visual art - all platforms are being used to add colour. Paintings by Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee herself have created a buzz. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was also the first to come up with a campaign song. The CPIM has gone a step further and released an entire album - predictably called ...
09:22 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Jalpaiguri: As Mamata Banerjee's juggernaut rolls out, the Left seems to have hit a red-end in Jalpaiguri. It looks like the tea tribes are drifting away from the Left. Living on the brink of civilisation, these people have been through decades of neglect and deprivation. Trade-unionism and management woes have left many tea-gardens such as this, shut for years, leaving hundreds of families jobless. Seen as the traditional vote bank...
09:14 AM, Apr 17, 2011
Complete text of All India Trinamool Congress' manifesto for the 2011 West Bengal state assembly elections: ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2011 WEST BENGAL: A CHANGE FOR A BETTER AND BRIGHTER TOMORROW GOOD GOVERNANCE ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS AN APPEAL This is a humble submission to the elders, youngsters, sisters 'and brothers of Bengal, on behalf of All India Trinamool Congressfor a better and brighter tomorrow. Over...
02:27 PM, Mar 22, 2011
Kolkata: As the countdown to the West Bengal assembly elections begins, the latest allegations brought against the Left Front government were that the comrades were violating the model code of conduct. As a result the doubts were there if an old election trick is being repeated behind the walls of Writers Building in Kolkata. Just a month before the elections, there are allegations that the CPI(M) is clearing appointments, and...
06:06 PM, Mar 05, 2011
Kolkata: Is the beleaguered West Bengal Chief Minister looking to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for inspiration? As the CPIM faces the prospect of losing office this elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seems to have taken a cue from his Bihari counterpart by distributing bicycles to girl students. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya said, "I hope with these cycles the girl students can go and study more as now they will have a proper means...
09:38 AM, Feb 22, 2011
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress has once again put the UPA in a spot. Party leader Mukul Roy who's also the shipping minister in the Union cabinet visited the homes of two slain PCAPA leaders on Monday. Roy claimed he visited the families on Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee’s orders. Trinamool leader and Shipping Minister Mukul Roy on Monday consoled the family members of suspected Maoists killed recently by joint forces in...
11:11 PM, Oct 26, 2010
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will on Tuesday begin his second visit to West Bengal in less than a fortnight, giving a clear signal that the party is going all-out in its preparations for next year's assembly polls in the state. Gandhi, who set the pace for the party's campaign by a no-holds-barred attack on the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led state government at a rally in Kolkata...
06:59 PM, Sep 13, 2010
Says its cadres were at the receiving end of Naxal violence. ...
07:42 AM, Feb 16, 2010
Communist parties call for support at massive rally in Bengal capital. ...
05:57 PM, Aug 31, 2009
Achuthanandan-Pinarayi fight cost the party Lok Sabha polls in state. ...
12:50 PM, Jul 04, 2009
The Marxist faith of CPI-M General Secretary. ...
04:29 PM, Apr 29, 2009
Retiring Speaker of 14th Lok Sabha takes a dig at his former party. ...
02:18 PM, Feb 27, 2009
Indian political parties want action from Islamabad against terrorism. ...
06:00 PM, Feb 12, 2009
CM may lose post for insisting on action against party leader accused of scam. ...
06:14 PM, Feb 11, 2009
Political equation in the state start changing before 2009. ...
04:21 PM, Dec 05, 2008
The two men who murdered Tapasi were CPM workers. ...
03:31 PM, Nov 12, 2008
Basu suffered an internal haemorrhage in the head after he slipped and fell. ...
02:33 PM, Sep 06, 2008
Hobart: Rookie Dimuth Karunaratne was picked to open the Sri Lankan batting with veteran Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first Test against Australia in Hobart on Friday. The 24-year-old will be making only his second Test appearance on an expected lively Bellerive Oval wicket in the first of three Tests. Nuwan Kulasekara, Shaminda Eranga and Chanaka Welegedara lead the pace attack supported by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath and the swing bowling...
06:33 PM, Jul 29, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday said that retired fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar kept the board in dark about his upcoming autobiography to be launched next month. Akhtar's autobiography will offer revealing insights into the game, its intricacies and highs and lows from inside the dressing room as well as outside, according to details released at a press conference arranged by the publishers in New Delhi on Saturday. The ...
08:17 AM, Feb 21, 2008
Queenstown: South Africa-born Neil Wagner took an unprecedented five wickets in one over in a first-class domestic cricket competition on Wednesday. Wagner, a 25-year-old left-arm fast bowler for New Zealand's Otago, achieved his feat just before lunch in the Plunket Shield match against Wellington. Wellington began the over on 136-4 chasing Otago's first innings of 441-8 declared, but the visitors ended the over at 136-9. Wagner had opener Stewart Rhodes...
10:59 AM, Jan 12, 2008
