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CPI(M) Lifts Suspension Of Bengal Party Leader Accused Of Sexual Harassment
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has revoked the suspension of veteran party leader and former MLA Tanmoy Bhattacharya, who was accused of sexual harassment by a woman journalist associated with an independent YouTube news channel.
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CPI-M Leader Shyamal Chakraborty Dies In Kolkata At 76, Had Coronavirus
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.
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Ordered "Communist Manifesto", Got "Bhagavad Gita", Says Kolkata Man
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.
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"Its Inquilab vs Hindutva": CPM At Launch Of 100 Year Celebration Event
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.
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Admitted To Kolkata Hospital, Condition "Serious"
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.
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Sitaram Yechury Attacks Both BJP, Mamata Banerjee Over Kolkata Protest
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.
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PM Modi, Leaders Pay Tribute To Somnath Chatterjee
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.
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Somnath Chatterjee, Former Lok Sabha Speaker, Dies At 89
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.
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CPM Leaders Out On Kolkata Streets After Lenin Statues Razed In Tripura
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...
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Blog: Cloak-And-Dagger Games At Sedate CPM Meet To Sideline Party Chief
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.
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Kolkata Communists Mark Countdown To October Revolution Centenary
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.
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Born With The Left, Living With Trinamool, Change Eludes Bengal Voters
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.
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VK Singh Shown Black Flags in Kolkata
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.
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'Politics is Not Misusing Power But Working for the Masses,' Says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
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".
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Left Front Announces Candidates for Kolkata Civic Polls
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.
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CPI(M) Lifts Suspension Of Bengal Party Leader Accused Of Sexual Harassment
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has revoked the suspension of veteran party leader and former MLA Tanmoy Bhattacharya, who was accused of sexual harassment by a woman journalist associated with an independent YouTube news channel.
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CPI-M Leader Shyamal Chakraborty Dies In Kolkata At 76, Had Coronavirus
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.
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Ordered "Communist Manifesto", Got "Bhagavad Gita", Says Kolkata Man
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.
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"Its Inquilab vs Hindutva": CPM At Launch Of 100 Year Celebration Event
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.
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Admitted To Kolkata Hospital, Condition "Serious"
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.
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Sitaram Yechury Attacks Both BJP, Mamata Banerjee Over Kolkata Protest
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.
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PM Modi, Leaders Pay Tribute To Somnath Chatterjee
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.
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Somnath Chatterjee, Former Lok Sabha Speaker, Dies At 89
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.
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CPM Leaders Out On Kolkata Streets After Lenin Statues Razed In Tripura
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...
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Blog: Cloak-And-Dagger Games At Sedate CPM Meet To Sideline Party Chief
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.
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Kolkata Communists Mark Countdown To October Revolution Centenary
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.
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Born With The Left, Living With Trinamool, Change Eludes Bengal Voters
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.
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VK Singh Shown Black Flags in Kolkata
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.
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'Politics is Not Misusing Power But Working for the Masses,' Says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
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".
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Left Front Announces Candidates for Kolkata Civic Polls
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.
