Politburo Meet

China's top leaders said the country's economy was facing "new difficulties and challenges" in a meeting of the 24-person Politburo on Monday, state media reported.

CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat on Tuesday met agitating wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and said that she fully supported their demands.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a meeting of the politburo of the ruling Workers Party the North had stopped the novel coronavirus from making inroads in the country, state news agency KCNA said on Friday.

A Chinese delegation headed by a Communist Party politburo member met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to discuss bilateral and economic ties between India and China on Thursday. They later paid a visit to the top Congress leadership for a party-specific exchange.

Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury was greeted by anti-CPM slogans today as he was on his way to address the media in Delhi. Sources said as Mr Yechury was on his way in to the party headquarters, a man started shouting slogans. He was overpowered and Mr Yechury was whisked away by the security personnel. Police sources said the man was probably a w...

The ruling CPM of Kerala -- its leaders known for championing austerity -- has rented space at a 5-Star hotel for its first ever Central Committee meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. Under attack from the opposition UDF, Politburo members sound defensive, saying it is turning out to be cheaper than the other options.

China's top leaders pledged on Monday to keep economic growth within a reasonable range this year, state radio said after a meeting of the Politburo chaired by President Xi Jinping.

Pushing Kerala unit of the party further over the edge, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) founding-leader V S Achuthanandan today rejected the central leadership's directive to attend the concluding session of party state conference from which he walked out over sharp differences with the state leadership.

A crucial meeting of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi or TRS politburo, lawmakers and state executive will take place in Hyderabad today to deliberate on the political strategy for the future, including whether to merge with Congress or forge an alliance.

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will meet his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal in Cairo today, Mursi's office said.

The central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) will meet in Hyderabad on Friday to discuss the party's poll debacle that resulted in the end of the uninterrupted 34-year rule of the Left Front in West Bengal.According to sources, former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will not be attending the three-day Politburo meet. The r...

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya had skipped the Politburo after the Left's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections last year. Now, that bit of history is repeating itself after the Left's drubbing in the civic polls. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya won't be attending the two-day Politburo meeting beginning in Delhi on Saturday."He is not going ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya will skip the two-day CPI (M) Politburo meeting in New Delhi beginning on Saturday."I am not going. I am staying here," he told reporters at the state secretariat here.Bhattacharya skipping the politburo meet follows the drubbing of the ruling Left Front in the civic elections at the hands of Trinam...

The CPM politburo is meeting in Delhi over the weekend to discuss what the party calls a rectification programme.

A crucial meeting of CPM's Politburo began on Friday to review the Maoist siege of Lalgarh, post-poll violence in parts of West Bengal.

China's top leaders said the country's economy was facing "new difficulties and challenges" in a meeting of the 24-person Politburo on Monday, state media reported.

CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat on Tuesday met agitating wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and said that she fully supported their demands.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a meeting of the politburo of the ruling Workers Party the North had stopped the novel coronavirus from making inroads in the country, state news agency KCNA said on Friday.

A Chinese delegation headed by a Communist Party politburo member met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to discuss bilateral and economic ties between India and China on Thursday. They later paid a visit to the top Congress leadership for a party-specific exchange.

Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury was greeted by anti-CPM slogans today as he was on his way to address the media in Delhi. Sources said as Mr Yechury was on his way in to the party headquarters, a man started shouting slogans. He was overpowered and Mr Yechury was whisked away by the security personnel. Police sources said the man was probably a w...

The ruling CPM of Kerala -- its leaders known for championing austerity -- has rented space at a 5-Star hotel for its first ever Central Committee meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. Under attack from the opposition UDF, Politburo members sound defensive, saying it is turning out to be cheaper than the other options.

China's top leaders pledged on Monday to keep economic growth within a reasonable range this year, state radio said after a meeting of the Politburo chaired by President Xi Jinping.

Pushing Kerala unit of the party further over the edge, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) founding-leader V S Achuthanandan today rejected the central leadership's directive to attend the concluding session of party state conference from which he walked out over sharp differences with the state leadership.

A crucial meeting of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi or TRS politburo, lawmakers and state executive will take place in Hyderabad today to deliberate on the political strategy for the future, including whether to merge with Congress or forge an alliance.

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will meet his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal in Cairo today, Mursi's office said.

The central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) will meet in Hyderabad on Friday to discuss the party's poll debacle that resulted in the end of the uninterrupted 34-year rule of the Left Front in West Bengal.According to sources, former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will not be attending the three-day Politburo meet. The r...

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya had skipped the Politburo after the Left's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections last year. Now, that bit of history is repeating itself after the Left's drubbing in the civic polls. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya won't be attending the two-day Politburo meeting beginning in Delhi on Saturday."He is not going ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya will skip the two-day CPI (M) Politburo meeting in New Delhi beginning on Saturday."I am not going. I am staying here," he told reporters at the state secretariat here.Bhattacharya skipping the politburo meet follows the drubbing of the ruling Left Front in the civic elections at the hands of Trinam...

The CPM politburo is meeting in Delhi over the weekend to discuss what the party calls a rectification programme.

A crucial meeting of CPM's Politburo began on Friday to review the Maoist siege of Lalgarh, post-poll violence in parts of West Bengal.