TMC promises better drainage, traffic management at Jadavpur
Jadavpur, once considered a stronghold of the Left, the CPI-M has fielded former Kolkata Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.
Jadavpur, once considered a stronghold of the Left, the CPI-M has fielded former Kolkata Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.
The CPI-M has also fielded Sabina Yasmin, the mother of Class V student Tamanna Sheikh, who was killed allegedly during a bypoll victory celebration last year, from Kaliganj in Nadia.
The Left Front on Thursday announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly election in West Bengal, taking its total tally of declared nominees to 234 out of 294 seats.
Allegations of assault on a CPI-M worker have been levelled against the Trinamul Congress, as unrest erupted once again over wall writing campaigns.
During a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar earlier this week, majority of players, including the BJP, Congress and CPI(M), reportedly demanded that the polls be held in one or two phases.
Tensions flared in the Molandi village of West Bengal’s Kaliganj since Monday night after a police crackdown on individuals allegedly involved in protests demanding a judicial probe into the death of a young girl named Tamanna.
Thousands of people — cutting across political affiliations, religious boundaries, and social divisions — gathered at the Durbar Hall of the Kerala Secretariat on Tuesday to pay their last respects to legendary CPI-M leader and former Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan, who died on Monday evening at a private hospital here.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the RSS and the CPI-M of not having any empathy for the people.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has endorsed the global campaign Silence for Gaza, urging people to switch off their mobile phones daily from 9 pm to 9:30 pm (local time) as a symbolic act of solidarity with the people of Palestine.
Controversy erupted in West Bengal’s political circles after CPI-M youth leader and recently inducted central committee member Minakshi Mukherjee used a derogatory term against Trinamul Congress state general secretary Kunal Ghosh during a rally in Kaliganj.
