New Delhi, Sep 8, Accusing the government of “indifference and neglect” of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint a full-time chairperson of the organisation.
Kolkata, Sep 7, A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was killed by suspected Maoist rebels late Sunday night near the troubled Shalboni area of West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, an official said Monday. This was the fifth party activist to be murdered since Saturday night.
Kolkata, Sep 5, The central government’s proposed reforms in education will lead to the closure of state-run schools, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Saturday, demanding a nationwide debate on the proposed changes in the country’s education system.
Kolkata, Aug 31, Claiming that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is “surrendering to the imperialists” and framing policies adversely hitting the poor, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu Monday said the Left parties will staunchly oppose such moves.
New Delhi, Aug 31, The Supreme Court Monday admitted CPI-M Kerala state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan’s plea against the state governor’s approval to the Central Bureau of Investigation to prosecute him for his alleged role in a corruption case as a minister in 1997.
New Delhi, Aug 27,Political parties Thursday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court judges to make public their assets and put up the information on the website of the apex court for scrutiny.
Kolkata, Aug 26, Train services were disrupted in West Bengal’s Howrah division Wednesday after youth activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist’s (CPI-M) vandalised the Srirampur station venting their ire against Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee.
New Delhi, Aug 24, The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw an advertisement issued by the railways, saying it “alluded to the election symbol” of the rival Trinamool Congress.
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 22, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Saturday charged Kerala’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) with misleading farmers on the Asean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed by India earlier this month.
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday asked Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Kerala unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan to appear before the CBI court at Kochi Sep 24 in the Rs.374-crore SNC Lavalin scam, in which he is the seventh accused.