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Abdur Razzak Molla, who rebelled against CPI(M)’s land policy, dies at 80

Abdur Razzak Molla hit the headlines when he criticised the chief minister’s 2006 decision to acquire farmland for the Tata small car factory at Singur in Hooghly district. (Photo: HT Bangla)
Published on Apr 11, 2025 06:45 PM IST

No one inside or outside Left front will be allowed to destroy SFI: A K Balan

No one inside or outside Left front will be allowed to destroy SFI: A K Balan
Updated on Jul 05, 2024 02:38 PM IST

Seat sharing among Left Front partners in Bengal triggers dissent

CPI(M) and its LF partners lost all Lok Sabha and assembly seats in the last elections (Representative Photo)
Published on Mar 29, 2024 04:29 PM IST

Left Front fields Bengal CPIM secretary Md Salim from Murshidabad seat

Bengal CPIM state secretary Md Salim (File Photo)
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 08:35 PM IST

Tripura by-polls: Left Front alleges rigging, to boycott counting of votes

By-polls to Tripura’s Boxanagar and Dhanpur assembly seats were held on Tuesday. (PTI)
Updated on Sep 07, 2023 11:27 AM IST

Left to hold demonstrations in Bengal against election malpractices

West Bengal civic body elections were held to 107 municipalities across the state. (ANI PHOTO.)
Updated on Feb 28, 2022 12:07 AM IST

Left leaders, DMK MP celebrate 100 years of Chinese Communist Party in Delhi

Left leaders like Sitaram Yechury and D Raja attend a virtual seminar hosted by the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday to observe the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
Published on Jul 29, 2021 04:11 PM IST

Left parties' fortnight-long stir against fuel price hike begins today

The prices of petrol and diesel have soared across India in the past few weeks.
Published on Jun 16, 2021 06:04 AM IST

West Bengal elections: Congress deems offering ISF more seats 'problematic'

The state is likely to witness a triangular contest this time with Trinamool Congress, Congress-Left-ISF alliance, and the BJP in the fray.
Published on Mar 06, 2021 04:11 PM IST

West Bengal: How the Left diluted its own politics to try and outmanoeuvre TMC

A gathering at the Brigade rally, organised by the Left Front, Indian National Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF), ahead of the West Bengal assembly election in Kolkata on February 28, 2021. (Samir Jana/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 05, 2021 07:08 PM IST

Brigade rally: Massive gathering at Left-Cong-ISF rally in Bengal | 10 points

Supporters during Left-Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF) joint rally, ahead of West Bengal assembly polls, at Brigade Parade Ground, in Kolkata,
Published on Feb 28, 2021 08:17 PM IST

Left calls 12-hour bandh in West Bengal. All you need to know

Left Front leaders said that the bandh was called after discussing with the Left Front constituents and the Congress party. (PTI PHOTO).
Updated on Feb 12, 2021 10:10 AM IST

Left Front calls 12-hour state-wide bandh in Bengal tomorrow

Left Front leaders said that the bandh was called after discussing with the Left Front constituents and the Congress party. (PTI PHOTO).
Published on Feb 11, 2021 09:57 PM IST

Bengal Assembly elections: Cong to contest on 92 seats, Left Front get 101

Congress had won 44 seats while the Left Front emerged victorious in 33 seats during the 2016 elections.
Updated on Jan 29, 2021 12:06 AM IST

Congress, LF leaders hold seat-sharing talks in poll-bound West Bengal

State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury, following the meeting, said talks on seat-sharing between the two sides are likely to conclude by the end of the month.
Published on Jan 17, 2021 01:44 PM IST

‘I hate a party like BJP’: Mamata Banerjee

The BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal, only four less than the TMC’s 22.
Updated on May 30, 2019 08:58 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Why BJP gained despite TMC vote share rise

Mamata Banerjee’s experience in 2019 elections can be compared to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s in the 2017 Gujarat assembly elections.
Updated on May 24, 2019 08:57 AM IST

Kerala CM to ring bell at LSE for listing of 2.1k cr masala bonds

Spices and herbs in metal bowls and wooden spoons. Food and cuisine ingredients.
Published on May 17, 2019 12:43 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will 2019 be the year of BJP’s rise in Bengal?

The BJP and RSS affiliates did all they could to position themselves as the main challenger to Banerjee
Updated on May 13, 2019 07:20 AM IST

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Tripura Left Front to protest on Tuesday against ‘rigging’ in phase 1

The first phase of poll was conducted in West Tripura constituency on April 11.
Published on Apr 14, 2019 06:32 PM IST

Rift between Bengal CPM and RSP over contesting against 4-time Congress MP

In a bid to clarify the CPI(M)’s stand, the party’s Bengal state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said at an election rally on Saturday that RSP’s Berhampore candidate Id Mohammad is not a Left Front nominee.
Updated on Apr 14, 2019 05:01 PM IST

In West Bengal, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar to go for polls in first phase

A host of issues ranging from corruption to communalism, the NRC to chit fund scams, development to security and tea garden issues featured in the election speeches of the party leaders.
Updated on Apr 11, 2019 05:43 AM IST

Rahul in Wayanad may contribute to the Left’s fall

Congress President Rahul Gandhi along with party General Secretary and Uttar Pradesh-east in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other leaders wave at party supporters during a roadshow ahead of his nomination filing, in Wayanad, April 4
Updated on Apr 10, 2019 10:00 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Left Front can’t accept Congress’ unjustified demands on seat sharing in Bengal: CPI

CPI(M) activists with party symbol in an open rally at Bridge Parade Ground in Kolkata.
Updated on Mar 19, 2019 04:09 PM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Left to contest from five Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand

The decision was taken at a joint meeting of the CPI, CPM, CPI(ML) and MCC here at the state headquarters of CPI(ML).
Published on Mar 16, 2019 12:15 PM IST

High command to decide on seat sharing with Left, says Bengal Congress

According to West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra, the party wanted to contest the three seats, two of which are held by CPI(M) leaders.
Updated on Mar 04, 2019 07:00 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee had once accused Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar of tapping phones for Left govt

Rajeev Kumar was instrumental in the arrest of Chhattradhar Mahato, the much-feared convenor of People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities, a frontal organisation of the CPI (Maoist).
Updated on Feb 05, 2019 09:15 PM IST

‘Enough is enough’: Mamata warns against disruption of normal life during trade union strike

In the last 34 years, the Left Front has destroyed the state by calling bandhs, said Mamata Banerjee.
Updated on Jan 08, 2019 10:20 AM IST

Kerala women stage a wall to uphold gender equality, renaissance values

Lakhs of women across Kerala lined up from one end of the state to the other to form a women’s wall on Tuesday to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.
Updated on Jan 01, 2019 08:28 PM IST