Kolkata Communists

A seasoned leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M in Bengal- Shyamal Chakraborty - died this afternoon of coronavirus at a hospital in Kolkata.

A Kolkata man last week got a copy of "Bhagavad Gita" instead of "The Communist Manifesto" in an apparent mix-up of online deliveries that he would probably remember for a long time.

The Communist movement in India will turn 100 years next year and to mark the occasion the Communist Party of India (Marxist) commenced year-long celebrations with a meeting in Kolkata on Thursday where the party called for a no-holds barred battle against Hindutva and the BJP-RSS attempts to polarise the country on communal lines.

Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after he complained of breathlessness on Friday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also visited the facility to enquire about his health.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's protest against the centre as a drama orchestrated by the BJP and her party.

Leaders from several political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, have tweeted condolences on hearing that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has died. He was 89. The 10-time parliamentarian was admitted to a Kolkata hospital with a kidney ailment.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning in Kolkata days after he was admitted to hospital with a kidney ailment. He was 89 years old. Mr Chatterjee, who was admitted to Bellevue hospital on August 8, was put on ventilator support after he suffered a heart attack. His condition turned critical on Sunday morning.

The shock defeat in Tripura was bad enough for the CPI(M). But the demolition of the statue of communism's icon Vladimir Lenin at south Tripura's Belonia, a four-hour drive from capital Agartala, was such a symbolic blow that it brought the party's top leaders out on the streets of Kolkata on Tuesday. Leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxis...

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.

Left parties in Kolkata on Monday marked the October Revolution that swept across Russia 99 years ago and changed the world forever, ultimately dividing it into Communist and Capitalist. Vladimir Lenin, who led the revolution, also gave the world its first Communist government.

The only thing Mridul Nandi was told about June 21, 1977, the day he was born, was that Kolkata bore a new red glow. "My father says the street lights were covered with red paper that night," he says.

Union minister and former Army Chief VK Singh was on Sunday shown black flags in Kolkata by Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M activists over his controversial remarks on the killing of two Dalit children in Haryana.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that "Politics doesn't mean misusing power but working for the masses". At a meeting with veteran communist leader Ashok Ghosh in Kolkata, Ms Banerjee said, "Politics means what you say on day one you should follow that on day 100 also".

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M-led Left Front on Sunday announced its first set of candidates for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) polls. At least 71 women candidates are set to be in fray out of the 144 wards.

Veteran communist leader Govind P Pansare and his wife were shot at near their home in Sagarmala in Kolkata today morning, officials said.

A seasoned leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M in Bengal- Shyamal Chakraborty - died this afternoon of coronavirus at a hospital in Kolkata.

A Kolkata man last week got a copy of "Bhagavad Gita" instead of "The Communist Manifesto" in an apparent mix-up of online deliveries that he would probably remember for a long time.

The Communist movement in India will turn 100 years next year and to mark the occasion the Communist Party of India (Marxist) commenced year-long celebrations with a meeting in Kolkata on Thursday where the party called for a no-holds barred battle against Hindutva and the BJP-RSS attempts to polarise the country on communal lines.

Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after he complained of breathlessness on Friday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also visited the facility to enquire about his health.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's protest against the centre as a drama orchestrated by the BJP and her party.

Leaders from several political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, have tweeted condolences on hearing that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has died. He was 89. The 10-time parliamentarian was admitted to a Kolkata hospital with a kidney ailment.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning in Kolkata days after he was admitted to hospital with a kidney ailment. He was 89 years old. Mr Chatterjee, who was admitted to Bellevue hospital on August 8, was put on ventilator support after he suffered a heart attack. His condition turned critical on Sunday morning.

The shock defeat in Tripura was bad enough for the CPI(M). But the demolition of the statue of communism's icon Vladimir Lenin at south Tripura's Belonia, a four-hour drive from capital Agartala, was such a symbolic blow that it brought the party's top leaders out on the streets of Kolkata on Tuesday. Leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxis...

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.

Left parties in Kolkata on Monday marked the October Revolution that swept across Russia 99 years ago and changed the world forever, ultimately dividing it into Communist and Capitalist. Vladimir Lenin, who led the revolution, also gave the world its first Communist government.

The only thing Mridul Nandi was told about June 21, 1977, the day he was born, was that Kolkata bore a new red glow. "My father says the street lights were covered with red paper that night," he says.

Union minister and former Army Chief VK Singh was on Sunday shown black flags in Kolkata by Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M activists over his controversial remarks on the killing of two Dalit children in Haryana.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that "Politics doesn't mean misusing power but working for the masses". At a meeting with veteran communist leader Ashok Ghosh in Kolkata, Ms Banerjee said, "Politics means what you say on day one you should follow that on day 100 also".

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M-led Left Front on Sunday announced its first set of candidates for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) polls. At least 71 women candidates are set to be in fray out of the 144 wards.

Veteran communist leader Govind P Pansare and his wife were shot at near their home in Sagarmala in Kolkata today morning, officials said.