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Three-day CPM central committee meeting begins in Kolkata; draft resolutions on Congress, BJP likely to be considered

The three-day Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) central committee meeting began in Kolkata on Friday to firm up the party's political and strategic resolutions

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi passes away at 72: Congress Leaders, supporters assemble to mourn veteran politician

Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi passed away at 72 on Monday

Fidel Castro: Left parties in West Bengal take out a rally in Kolkata as a mark of respect

Mishra said, "Fidel Castro will continue to inspire all struggles for social transformation through revolution. We salute the relentless fighter."

The sorry saga of a factionalised CPM and an insecure Congress

The chaotic scenes that dominated the CPM's three-day Central Committee meeting in New Delhi, however, saw neither democracy nor centralism, rather a Bollywood style fight sequence between the Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat camps

CPM politburo meeting: Karat cracks whip but Bengal unit may defy diktat on alliance with Congress

For far too long, the CPM's top crust has crushed all grassroot concerns with iron hand in the name of 'democratic centralism'. There have been clarion calls for 'inner-party democracy' in plenums after plenums. Party leaders who are still in touch with ground reality have accused the theorizing apparatchiks in Delhi of running a 'rule of fear' and have issued repeated warnings that party structure will crumble if the leadership doesn't listen to feedback from the grassroots.

New fizz in old wine: How Narada sting and TMC's high-handedness have revived the West Bengal elections again

Even though opinion polls are still predicting a victory for the TMC in West Bengal, there is a sense of urgency in the air, of expectation and possibility

West Bengal Assembly polls: Left Front manifesto calls for secular democratic government

West Bengal's Left Front, which has gone for seat adjustment with the Congress, on Sunday released its election manifesto calling for the formation of a secular democratic government and urging the people to defeat the ruling Trinamool Congress to restore democracy in the state

West Bengal Assembly Election 2016: Left Front jolts Congress on seat adjustment with second list of candidates

Angry at Left Front's list, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury threatened to put up candidates on all seats.

Modi trivialising Dadri lynching, evading his responsibility: Left Front

Expressing alarm over the "rise of communalism" across the country under the BJP regime, the Left Front in West Bengal on Wednesday flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "evading responsibility over the Dadri lynching".

Left targets Mamata, says women not safe in a state with a woman chief minister

Holding the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government responsible for the rise in number of crimes against women in West Bengal and demanding punishment for the culprits, Left parties organised a protest rally here on Friday.