Nilotpal Basu

Thousands of people gathered this afternoon outside the office of the student wing of the CPI(M) to pay tribute to Sudipto Gupta, the 22-year-old activist who died last evening from injuries he received while being transported on bus, along with other students, to a prison in Kolkata.

Many in Kolkata, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, were celebrating cricket Bollywood style at the IPL opening ceremony, when news came in that a 24-year-old Left student leader had died in police custody. Another student is in critical condition, after undergoing a seven-hour surgery. Their colleagues allege that the police beat them bruta...

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said the no-confidence motion will be moved on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament on November 22.

The Left is part in denial, part introspective. So used to ruling Bengal were the Communists, that leaders admit they had not factored in the rout. As it became clear that Mamata Banerjee would be the new Chief Minister in Kolkata, CPM leader Nilotpal Basu tried to analyse what went wrong for the Left. Why it lost its biggest stronghold. Primarily,...

The CPM has taken strong exception to Home Minister P Chidambaram's remarks that the Left has lost its popularity in West Bengal.

Thousands of people gathered this afternoon outside the office of the student wing of the CPI(M) to pay tribute to Sudipto Gupta, the 22-year-old activist who died last evening from injuries he received while being transported on bus, along with other students, to a prison in Kolkata.

Many in Kolkata, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, were celebrating cricket Bollywood style at the IPL opening ceremony, when news came in that a 24-year-old Left student leader had died in police custody. Another student is in critical condition, after undergoing a seven-hour surgery. Their colleagues allege that the police beat them bruta...

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said the no-confidence motion will be moved on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament on November 22.

The Left is part in denial, part introspective. So used to ruling Bengal were the Communists, that leaders admit they had not factored in the rout. As it became clear that Mamata Banerjee would be the new Chief Minister in Kolkata, CPM leader Nilotpal Basu tried to analyse what went wrong for the Left. Why it lost its biggest stronghold. Primarily,...

The CPM has taken strong exception to Home Minister P Chidambaram's remarks that the Left has lost its popularity in West Bengal.