Kolkata | 1 hour ago
CPI-M suspends former party MP
Kolkata, April 30 - Former Lok Sabha member Anil Basu, who acquired infamy for his lewd comments against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls last year, has been suspended from the Communist Party of India-Marxist -.The decision to place Basu, a Hooghly district strongman, under three-month suspension for indulging corruption and nepotism, was taken by t ... read more

Kolkata | 6 days ago
By-polls in two Bengal assembly constituencies June 12
Kolkata, April 24 - By-elections in two West Bengal Assembly constituencies - Daspur and Bankura - will be held June 12, the Election Commission announced Tuesday.Both the Assembly constituencies fell vacant after the death of legislators Ajit Bhunia of Trinamool Congress who represented the Daspur constituency in West Midnapore district and Kashinath Mishra who had won from Bankura -. While Bhun ... read more

21 days ago
Karat again elected CPI-M boss
Kozhikode -, April 9 - Prakash Karat was Monday re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist -, but the veteran V.S. Achuthanandan failed to make it to the politburo.Karat, 68, who has headed the CPI-M since 2005, said a new politburo and a central committee had also been elected.Former Kerala chief minister and now the opposition leader in the state assembly, Achuthanandan ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Mamata decries 'growing tendency' to attack her personally
Kolkata, March 30 - The West Bengal assembly Friday witnessed noisy scenes over a bill that seeks to restructure the state medical council, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the opposition Left Front of trying to disrupt proceedings in a 'concerted' manner.There can always be a discussion in a democracy, but the way things are being said is unwarranted and in bad taste. Regularly, in a ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Left walks out over newspaper ban, to meet Bengal governor
Kolkata, March 29 - The opposition Left Front staged a walkout from the West Bengal assembly for the third consecutive day Thursday after its adjournment motion on the newspaper ban issue was disallowed.Our move for adjournment motion against the government order banning mass circulating dailies from state libraries was disallowed. We are not being given an opportunity to discuss the order, Leader ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Mamata strips non-Trinamool panchayat heads of power
Kolkata, March 27 - The opposition Left Front in the West Bengal assembly Tuesday staged a walk out after an adjournment motion by it against a government order stripping panchayat heads of their financial powers was disallowed by the Speaker.The adjournment motion was mooted by former panchayat and rural development minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist - leader Anisur Rahman.The motion w ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Bengal to set up rescue centres for stray jumbos
Kolkata, March 27 - In a bid to reduce man-elephant conflict and rehabilitate jumbos driven away from the herd, the West Bengal government is planning to set up two 'Elephant Rescue Centres' on a pilot basis.Instances of elephants straying away from the forests have been on the rise, resulting in man-elephant conflicts in the state. The stray elephants often destroy crops or kill humans or are kil ... read more

Kolkata | 2 months ago
CPI-M alleges disrespect to slain ex-legislator
Kolkata, Feb 23 - Amid allegations that slain former Communist Party of India-Marxist - legislator Pradeep Tah was not given due honour in the West Bengal assembly, thousands of Left Front workers Thursday took part in his last journey that stretched from Kolkata to Burdwan district.Tah, who represented Burdwan North, was hacked and stoned to death along with another CPI-M leader Kamal Gayen at De ... read more

Kolkata | 2 months ago
Parties criticise bar on press meets in Bengal assembly
Kolkata, Feb 11 - The West Bengal assembly's decision to bar press conferences at the media centre in the assembly premises when the house is not in session Saturday drew criticism from political parties, including the Congress, which is partner in the ruling alliance.The parties also urged Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay to discuss the matter with all political parties before taking a final decision o ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Mamata's 'poisoned water' allegation angers Left Front
Kolkata, Dec 23 - The opposition Left Front members Friday staged a noisy walk-out from the West Bengal assembly after failing to elicit any response from the government on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee?s allegation that the Marxists have mixed poison in the water at Nodakhali of South 24 Parganas district.The LF members were also incensed with Speaker Biman Banerjee turning down their demand for ... read more