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.
The 24-hour bandh called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in protest against alleged attacks on Hindu families in Matigara received near-total response in Siliguri, largely due to the weakening of the Left Front in the region, claimed veteran CPI-M leader and former minister Asok Bhattacharya.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday demanded the government not to use religion to identify illegal migrants and follow laid out procedures in dealing with undocumented Bangladeshi migrants.
Former MLA and CPI-M state secretariat member M Swaraj will contest as the LDF candidate in the Nilambur bypoll to be held on June 19.
The Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Wednesday sentenced CPI-M worker Sajeev, alias Kali Sajeev, a native of Pattathanam, to life imprisonment for the 1997 murder of RSS leader Pattathanam Santhosh.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee thanked the people for giving her party unflinching support for the past 15 years.
