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The opposition CPI(M) on Wednesday alleged that its Central Committee member Badal Chowdhury was attacked by "BJP-sheltered goons" in South Tripura district.

CPI(M) central committee member, E P Jayarajan, who had resigned nearly two years ago from the Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet following nepotism charges, was sworn in as a minister today.

Sitaram Yechury - who scored a crucial point as the CPM endorsed his position on an electoral understanding with the Congress -- has been unanimously re-elected as the party's general secretary. The election of the 65-year-old -- approved by the party's newly-elected 95-member central committee -- took place at the once-in-three-years meeting in Hy...

Ahead of Sunday's assembly polls, the BJP's social media war room in Agartala is buzzing with activity. Among the volunteers busy tweeting and promoting the party's slogan "Chalo Paltai" (Let's bring change) are young people who had Left leanings in the past.

If you thought the Communist Party of India Marxist was a musty geriatrics club, only good for some theoretical intra party pedantry, think again. The three-day meet of the Central Committee in Kolkata that ended on Sunday in a devastating blow to party general secretary Sitaram Yechury was a cloak and dagger delight a la 007.

For the second time in six months, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury failed to convince the party's most powerful decision-making body, the Central Committee (CC), that it was imperative to forge an understanding with the Congress to oust the BJP from power at the centre.

A key vote on whether or not to work with the Congress to defeat the BJP in the 2019 general elections, was won today by those in favour of maintaining distance from the country's largest opposition party. The voting took place at the Central Committee or CC meet in Kolkata today.

Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury will not get a third term in the Rajya Sabha, his party has decided, sources told NDTV. The CPM's central committee, the party's highest executive body, met in Delhi over three days and voted against sending Mr Yechury to the upper house with the help of the Congress.

The ruling CPM of Kerala -- its leaders known for championing austerity -- has rented space at a 5-Star hotel for its first ever Central Committee meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. Under attack from the opposition UDF, Politburo members sound defensive, saying it is turning out to be cheaper than the other options.

Tanmoy Bhattacharya, a first time CPM legislator from Bengal on Saturday joined a protest on price rise called by the Congress, defying the stance of party's top decision-making body which has called for a 'rectification' of the state alliance.

Should the Left and the Congress come together and put up a united front against the Trinamool Congress in Bengal? That's the question the CPM's Central Committee -- party's highest executive body -- will discuss over the next two days in Delhi.

A day after Bengal Congress leaders met Rahul Gandhi to press for an alliance with the Left, senior CPM leader Prakash Karat told NDTV any decision on electoral alliance will be taken by the Central Committee -- the party's highest executive body -- when it meets in Delhi on February 17.

CPM chief Sitaram Yechury had lunch and a spent close to two hours on Sunday with former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The veteran leader had been expelled from the party in July 2008 for refusing to quit the Speaker's post as the Left withdrew support to the UPA government over the Indo-US nuclear deal.

Sitaram Yechury has been unanimously elected the new general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). His name was proposed for the post by outgoing party chief Prakash Karat and veteran S Ramachandran Pillai, who had initially been in the race for the post.

Kodiyari Balakrishnan was unanimously elected as the new state secretary of the CPM's Kerala unit. Mr Balakrishnan has been seen as a loyalist of Pinarayai Vijayan, the former CPM state secretary who is also Mr Achuthanandan's top political rival within the party.

The opposition CPI(M) on Wednesday alleged that its Central Committee member Badal Chowdhury was attacked by "BJP-sheltered goons" in South Tripura district.

CPI(M) central committee member, E P Jayarajan, who had resigned nearly two years ago from the Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet following nepotism charges, was sworn in as a minister today.

Sitaram Yechury - who scored a crucial point as the CPM endorsed his position on an electoral understanding with the Congress -- has been unanimously re-elected as the party's general secretary. The election of the 65-year-old -- approved by the party's newly-elected 95-member central committee -- took place at the once-in-three-years meeting in Hy...

Ahead of Sunday's assembly polls, the BJP's social media war room in Agartala is buzzing with activity. Among the volunteers busy tweeting and promoting the party's slogan "Chalo Paltai" (Let's bring change) are young people who had Left leanings in the past.

If you thought the Communist Party of India Marxist was a musty geriatrics club, only good for some theoretical intra party pedantry, think again. The three-day meet of the Central Committee in Kolkata that ended on Sunday in a devastating blow to party general secretary Sitaram Yechury was a cloak and dagger delight a la 007.

For the second time in six months, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury failed to convince the party's most powerful decision-making body, the Central Committee (CC), that it was imperative to forge an understanding with the Congress to oust the BJP from power at the centre.

A key vote on whether or not to work with the Congress to defeat the BJP in the 2019 general elections, was won today by those in favour of maintaining distance from the country's largest opposition party. The voting took place at the Central Committee or CC meet in Kolkata today.

Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury will not get a third term in the Rajya Sabha, his party has decided, sources told NDTV. The CPM's central committee, the party's highest executive body, met in Delhi over three days and voted against sending Mr Yechury to the upper house with the help of the Congress.

The ruling CPM of Kerala -- its leaders known for championing austerity -- has rented space at a 5-Star hotel for its first ever Central Committee meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. Under attack from the opposition UDF, Politburo members sound defensive, saying it is turning out to be cheaper than the other options.

Tanmoy Bhattacharya, a first time CPM legislator from Bengal on Saturday joined a protest on price rise called by the Congress, defying the stance of party's top decision-making body which has called for a 'rectification' of the state alliance.

Should the Left and the Congress come together and put up a united front against the Trinamool Congress in Bengal? That's the question the CPM's Central Committee -- party's highest executive body -- will discuss over the next two days in Delhi.

A day after Bengal Congress leaders met Rahul Gandhi to press for an alliance with the Left, senior CPM leader Prakash Karat told NDTV any decision on electoral alliance will be taken by the Central Committee -- the party's highest executive body -- when it meets in Delhi on February 17.

CPM chief Sitaram Yechury had lunch and a spent close to two hours on Sunday with former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The veteran leader had been expelled from the party in July 2008 for refusing to quit the Speaker's post as the Left withdrew support to the UPA government over the Indo-US nuclear deal.

Sitaram Yechury has been unanimously elected the new general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). His name was proposed for the post by outgoing party chief Prakash Karat and veteran S Ramachandran Pillai, who had initially been in the race for the post.

Kodiyari Balakrishnan was unanimously elected as the new state secretary of the CPM's Kerala unit. Mr Balakrishnan has been seen as a loyalist of Pinarayai Vijayan, the former CPM state secretary who is also Mr Achuthanandan's top political rival within the party.