The counting of votes began in Tripura amidst tight security and CPI(M) is leading in one seat. ...
08:09 AM, Feb 28, 2013
While the AIADMK and the Left parties accused the government on Wednesday of not doing anything for the Tamils in Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the government was committed to bringing justice to Lankan Tamils. During the debate on Sri Lankan war crimes in the Rajya Sabha, Khurshid said, "I reiterate the commitment of government to see the end of hostilities in Sri Lanka." ...
02:48 PM, Feb 27, 2013
There were noisy scenes in the Rajya Sabha as the government came under fire from the AIADMK over war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government in the last days of the crusade against the LTTE in 2009. The AIADMK's V Maitreyan lashed out at the government for not doing anything for the people of Tamil origin living in Lanka. ...
01:42 PM, Feb 27, 2013
A day after two terror suspects in Bangalore were let off by a court after spending six months in jail, the issue of wrongful arrests on terror charges was raised in Parliament. The Left parties have criticised the police, with Basudeb Acharia referring to the Malegaon blasts arrests. ...
03:43 PM, Feb 26, 2013
CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta called the trade unions' strike unprecedented and said the government had not tried to reach out to unions. "The strike across the country is unprecedented. Autos and taxis are off the roads. Bank, insurance, telecom is closed. All oil supply is being stopped in Delhi. Unfortunately, violence is being used. The treasurer of union of Haryana Roadways has been brutally murdered in Ambala," Dasgupta said. ...
12:00 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Union Minister for Finance, P Chidambaram criticized the Left Front government in Tripura on February 12 for its alleged failure to improve the standard of life despite fund flow from the centre. ...
07:40 PM, Feb 12, 2013
The Left has hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for shouting at her security guards publicly at the Kolkata Book Fair. CPM leader called the Mamata's behaviour despicable and said, "It clearly brings out that she lost it. The language used by her befits a feudal empress rather than an elected leader." ...
01:45 PM, Feb 07, 2013
With the Tripura Assembly polls hardly a fortnight away, both the ruling Left Front and opposition Congress are holding a series of meetings to woo the voters. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, the star campaigner for the LF, has already addressed 25 poll meetings since the announcement of the polls, CPI(M) state Secretary Bijon Dhar said. ...
12:30 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Ruling Trinamool Congress MLAs were involved in a fistfight with their Left Front counterparts inside the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday. ...
02:14 PM, Dec 11, 2012
The Opposition is crying foul over reports of global retail giant Walmart lobbying US lawmakers to get into India. The BJP and the Left Front joined hands to collectively take on the government, demanding an inquiry into reports that Walmart had spent Rs 125 crore on lobbying with US lawmakers to facilitate its expansion into markets including India over the past four years. The BJP, in fact, compared it to...
02:15 PM, Dec 10, 2012
After winning the battle for FDI in retail with the help of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, the UPA government is planning to introduce an amendment bill for reservation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in promotions in government jobs in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. ...
09:03 AM, Dec 10, 2012
The Left Front on Saturday suggested to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to buy alternative plots from adjoining areas to return land to the farmers of Singur who had refused compensation for their land acquired earlier for an industrial project. ...
04:26 AM, Dec 02, 2012
An all-party meet was held to break the FDI deadlock in Parliament on Monday. Sources say the government proposed a debate without voting on retail FDI, but the BJP, the Left and the Janata Dal (United) insisted on a vote. The parties stuck to their demand of discussion under rule 184 that entails voting. ...
03:07 PM, Nov 26, 2012
The war over FDI in retail reached Parliament giving a stormy start to the Winter Session on Thursday. ...
06:57 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: The war over FDI in retail reached Parliament giving a stormy start to the Winter Session on Thursday. The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day, after being adjourned thrice in the day, following a ruckus over FDI. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Front are demanding a debate and vote on FDI. BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said, "I want to bring to your notice that...
03:39 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA government is not worried about the proposed no-confidence motion and is confident of the support of over 300 MPs in the Lok Sabha, say sources. While the UPA claims to enjoy the support of several parties who are not part of the alliance formally that takes it past the half-way mark of 273 in the 545-member Lok Sabha, even Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is confident...
12:29 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Kolkata: One-and-a-half years after she took over as West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee might have dredged out “serious financial irregularities” with which she could launch a scathing campaign against key leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI-M, ahead of the crucial panchayat elections to be held in the state next year. She has launched investigations into a number of housing projects undertaken by the previous Left...
06:19 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) boycotted the Joint Parliamentary Committee meet on the 2G Scam, the Left Front leaders also walked out of the meeting on Thursday. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta walked out of the meeting demanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram depose as witnesses in the case. The Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party have also supported the Left leaders'...
01:53 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the share markets surge ahead of Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government's second round of reforms, the Opposition is getting ready to stymie the move. The UPA Cabinet is expected to clear 26 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in pension and raise the cap in insurance to 49 per cent on Thursday. But the passage of the two bills in Parliament is likely to be...
03:04 PM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the UPA government becomes a minority government after the Trinamool Congress's exit, it has been maintaining that it has the numbers and is under no threat. The Congress is now putting together its strategy to maintain its stronghold at the government. Sources say the Congress will play the secular card and reach out to the JD(U) and the BJD. Sources say the Congress will also reach...
11:27 AM, Sep 21, 2012
