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BJP, Left, Congress Are Ram, Baam And Shyam, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 22, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday alleged that the Congress and the Left are working together to help the BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls so that Narendra Modi could become the Prime Minister again.

Bengal CPM To Wait For Congress Response On Alliance Till Today Evening

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 20, 2019

The CPI(M)-led Left Front Tuesday announced candidates for 13 more Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, taking the total number of its contestants to 38.

Rahul Gandhi To Talk To Sitaram Yechury Over Bengal Lok Sabha Seats

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 6, 2019

AICC president Rahul Gandhi will speak with CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury to resolve the impasse over seat-sharing formula between the two parties in West Bengal, Congress leaders said Wednesday.

In West Bengal, CPM, Congress Hit Seat Sharing Challenge For 2019 Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 21, 2019

The Congress' West Bengal unit is upset with CPM as both the parties are keen on contesting Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituencies, leading to an impasse in seat-sharing talks between them.

CPM's Nirupam Sen, Architect Of Bengal's Industrial Drive, Dies Age 72

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 24, 2018

Veteran CPI (M) leader Nirupam Sen, credited as the architect of West Bengal's industrial drive during the Left Front rule, died at a city hospital on Monday morning after a prolonged illness, family sources said.

CPM Expels Rajya Sabha Member Ritabrata Banerjee For 'Anti-Party Activity'

India News | Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Friday September 15, 2017

The CPM today expelled its Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata Banerjee on charges of "gross anti-party activity", its West Bengal secretary Surya Kanta Mishra said.

CPM Rips Into Bengal Unit For Congress Tie-Up, Says 'Rectify It'

India News | Reported by Hridayesh Joshi, Monideepa Banerjie, Sandeep Phukan | Tuesday June 21, 2016

After the unprecedented and summary expulsion of a member of its top decision making body on the issue, the CPM today pulled up its Bengal unit for its alliance with the Congress in the just concluded Assembly elections that Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress won by a mile.

Sporadic Clashes Across West Bengal as Government, Opposition Face Off Over Bandh

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Shyam Balasubramanian | Friday May 1, 2015

Transport unions and workers went on a strike across the country on Thursday, but in West Bengal, this took a back seat. The CPM and the BJP separately organised a bandh against what they claimed was violence by Trinamool cadre during the recent civic polls. The bandh turned into a direct face-off between the ruling Trinamool on the one hand and th...

Delhi not safe, says Mamata; war in Bengal between Left and her Trinamool

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie; edited by Mala Das | Wednesday April 10, 2013

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today flew to Kolkata on a private jet after declaring "Delhi is not safe." She was referring to violent protests against her yesterday in the capital by students affiliated to her political rival, the Left.

Lalgarh firing death toll rises to nine

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 16, 2011

With the death of an injured woman undergoing treatment, the death toll in the January 7 firing at a Lalgarh village in West Midnapore district rose to nine.     Hospital sources said Arati Mondal, who was admitted to SSKM hospital died of her bullet wounds on Sunday morning.     She was rushed to the hospita...

Ahead of Assembly elections, CPM brainstorms in Kolkata

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 15, 2011

The CPI-M politburo meets in Kolkata today for a two-day session, primarily to finalise the party's strategy and prospects in poll-bound five states, particularly West Bengal and Kerala, and its stand on the 2G spectrum scam and rising food prices.The meet comes at a time when the ruling CPI-M-led Left Front is in a tight situation following a sudd...

Suspected Maoists gun down three CPM workers

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 10, 2009

Suspected Maoists shot dead three CPI(M) workers at Sebaytan village in Midnapore West district on Thursday.

Protests in Bengal after CPM men 'attack' Cong MLAs

India News | NDTV Correspondent | Thursday July 16, 2009

In West Bengal, there is a series of public protests after the attack on nine Congress MLAs at Dhanno-rukhi village near Mangalkot.

Buddhadeb skips politburo meeting

Elections News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 18, 2009

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattarcharjee on Monday skipped the CPM politburo meeting in New Delhi.