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The six seats in West Bengal where no mutual contest has been announ-ced are Murshidabad, Raiganj, Baharampur, Jangipur, Maldaha Dakshin and Maldaha Uttar.

CPM and Congress to fight 6 West Bengal seats jointly

The proposal comes in the backdrop of the Left party’s Kerala unit opposing any pact with the Congress.

05 Mar 2019 6:09 AM

While replying to a submission on the issue in the state assembly, Vijayan said such raids were not usually carried out at the party offices in the state. (Photo: File)

Pinarayi Vijayan slams Kerala officer for search in CPI(M) office

Vijayan's criticism comes amid a raging row over LDF govt ordering a departmental probe against the young officer Chaitra Teresa John.

29 Jan 2019 10:05 AM

Yechury alleged the RSS and the BJP were violating law in Kerala and had turned Sabarimala into 'Ayodhya of South India' by polarising people on religious grounds. (Photo: File)

PM Modi's Sabarimala comments 'contempt of court': Sitaram Yechury

PM said conduct of Kerala's govt on Sabarimala issue would go down in history as one of 'most shameful behaviours by any party and govt'.

17 Jan 2019 11:07 AM

Yechury's remarks came at a time a section of the state CPI(M) leadership was keen on an electoral understanding with the Congress to defeat the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in West Bengal. (Photo: File)

Talks of CPI(M)-Cong alliance for LS polls to be 'initiated at state level': Yechury

Yechury was replying to question on why CPI(M) was not initiating talks with Congress at the national level to put up an anti-BJP front.

14 Jan 2019 1:17 PM

Kerala had seen unprecedented violence after two women of menstruating age -- Bindu and Kanakadurga -- offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala last Wednesday, following which a shutdown was called by various Hindu outfits the next day. (Photo: File)

Crude bombs hurled at CPI(M), BJP workers' homes over Sabarimala issue

On Monday, a countrymade bomb was hurled at the house of a BJP worker at Koyilandy, while 18 crude bombs were seized from Kannur.

08 Jan 2019 12:36 PM

About 5,769 people have been arrested and 1,869 cases registered so far. (Photo: File)

Sabarimala violence: Peaceful Sunday in Kerala, over 5700 people arrested

Pinarayi Vijayan has asked the BJP national leadership to instruct its cadre in Kerala to stop creating violence in the state

07 Jan 2019 8:14 AM

Kerala public works department (PWD) minister and senior CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran asked if a man who treated 'a sister as impure' can be considered human. (Photo: File)

Kerala minister calls Sabarimala tantri 'Brahmin monster'

Following the entry of women, tantri closed the sanctum sanctorum to perform the 'purification' ceremony.

05 Jan 2019 4:23 PM

‘This is an issue of devotees, not an issue of the BJP. This is an issue concerning the Hindu society,’ BJP national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said. (Photo: File)

Violence at Sabarimala unleashed by Kerala govt: BJP

BJP claims that these incidents of violence have been carried out by state sponsored goons and cadres like DYFI and SDPI.

05 Jan 2019 3:30 PM

Pathanamthitta has witnessed widespread violence over the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple. (Photo: AFP)

Amid Sabarimala flare-up, bombs thrown at Left leaders' homes in Kerala

Kerala has been marred with violence since afternoon of Jan 2, after two middle-aged women managed to enter Sabarimala temple.

05 Jan 2019 10:25 AM

Alleging 'mysterious link between CPI(M) and radical outfits to destroy' the traditions of the Lord Ayyappa temple, a meeting of the Samiti leaders on Thursday also sought an NIA probe into the entry of two women into Sabarimala temple with the support of a Maoist group, hurting sentiments of devotees of Lord Ayyappa. (Photo: File)

Sabarimala Karma Samiti to intensify protests on women's entry into temple

BJP leaders who met RSS leadership said they would support Samiti's agitation to protect faith of Lord Ayyappa devotees.

04 Jan 2019 6:21 PM

Both the state Congress and CPI(M) leadership are hopeful that a ‘possible solution’ will come up when CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury meets Gandhi this month. (Photo: File)

Bengal Cong divided over whether to go alone or with CPI(M) in 2019 LS polls

‘Fighting alone in Bengal means a four-cornered fight which, in turn, will help the TMC. We can never allow that,’ Cong secy Sarkar said.

02 Jan 2019 2:12 PM

The other LDF constituents are CPI(M), CPI, Janata Dal (S), NCP, Kerala Congress (Scaria Thomas) and Congress (Secular). (Photo: File)

Ahead of 2019, 4 new allies to join Left government in Kerala

The LDF inducted more parties into its fold with an aim to win maximum seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sources said.

26 Dec 2018 9:41 PM

'The method adopted by Modi surpasses Goebells,' he said, drawing a parallel with Hitler's Propaganda Minister during the Nazi rule in Germany. (Photo: File)

'Statistics manipulated to distort facts': Sitaram Yechury attacks PM Modi

Yechury called PM Modi's announcement that 99 per cent goods will now attract 18 per cent or lower GST a 'post truth'.

23 Dec 2018 9:39 PM

Motorbike borne assailants attacked three persons including the driver of a vehicle when they were at a petrol pump in Joynagar on Thursday evening. (Photo: ANI)

CID takes over investigation into gunning down of three TMC activists

Incident happened in Joynagar, in South 24 Parganas district on Thursday.

14 Dec 2018 5:30 PM

'Economy destroyed single-handedly by Modi and co. Now resorting to illegal diversion of clean energy fund to even pay the states their share of GST. An all-round disaster from this thoroughly corrupt, inept and incompetent govt (sic),' he tweeted. (Photo: File)

Modi govt resorting to 'illegal diversion' of clean energy fund: Sitaram Yechury

Yechury alleged that the economy of the country has been destroyed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his associates.

10 Dec 2018 3:15 PM

'It's really good to see opposition parties trying to forge an alliance to fight against us. But, first let them declare their prime ministerial candidate, then they should dream of fighting against us and ousting us,' he said. (Photo: File)

BJP mocks all-party meet, asks oppn to reveal PM candidate's name

Top oppn leaders will huddle on Monday, to discuss forging a grand alliance to take on the saffron party in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

10 Dec 2018 8:41 AM

In an exclusive interview to PTI, Karat, her party's lone woman politburo member, claimed the entry of women of all ages into the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala is not about religion but politics for the BJP. (Photo: File)

RSS leading 'forces of darkness', it's now fight of ideas in Kerala: CPI(M) leader

Allegations against RSS-BJP came as Kerala witnessed protests by devotees opposing the entry of women of menstrual age into the Sabarimala.

09 Dec 2018 12:59 PM

'This is a collusion between the Congress and BJP-RSS and a belated awakening,' Kerala CM Vijayan said. (Photo: ANI)

Oppn disrupts Kerala Assembly over Sabarimala for fourth consecutive day

BJP was agitating in front of the secretariat, Congress-led UDF MLAs were observing a 'Satyagraha' at the Assembly

03 Dec 2018 3:07 PM

The saffron party was fuelling communal polarisation in the country by making 'unacceptable statements', Yechury said. (Photo: File)

BJP inciting religious tension, PM remark on Ayodhya dispute unacceptable: Yechury

The state BJP rejected the charges and claimed that Yechury was distorting facts and the CPI(M) has 'mastered the art of lying'.

27 Nov 2018 8:47 AM

Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member S Ramachandran Pillai said RSS was responsible for the stand-off on entry of menstruating women in Kerala's Sabarimala Temple. (Photo: Facebook Screengrab | @s.ramachandranpillai)

RSS acting like ‘Taliban, Khalistan terrorists’ in Sabarimala issue: CPI(M)

Ramchandran Pillai defended remarks by CPI(M) Kerala State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan who had also likened RSS with terror outfit.

21 Nov 2018 7:29 PM

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