Petitioner, Ganesh Gupta, whose juice shop was among the properties which were razed by the Municipal Corporation has moved before the top court against the mala fide power exercised by the NDMC
The TMC bagged 56.62 per cent of the votes polled, while the BJP got 30.46 per cent votes. The by-poll saw a huge swing of 21 per cent votes in favour of the TMC from the saffron camp's kitty
In West Bengal, movie actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha of the TMC defeated BJP's Agnimitra Paul by 3,03,209 votes in Asansol
Supriyo garnered 51,199 votes against Halim's 30,971 votes
Yechury asked how a green signal can be given to "a train which is yet to arrive".
It said there have been "highly objectionable" incidents such as in Bihar where a saffron flag was planted on a mosque in the presence of police
He alleged that BJP, RSS were attempting to destroy the nation's federal structure through "diktats" or "decrees" like mandatory use of Hindi for official correspondence
Yechury was re-elected as the general secretary along with a 17-member politburo and an 85-member central committee during the 23rd party Congress
CPI(M) said the official data on unemployment was a "gross underestimation" and the distress was severe in view of the "absence of any meaningful social security provisions" for majority of population
Defying the edict of the Congress high command, senior party leader and former union minister K V Thomas said he would take part in a seminar being organised by the ruling CPI(M)
He referred to the film, 'The Kashmir Files', which has kicked up a political storm, and said movies that tend to create a divide cannot solve any problems but will create new ones
The Left Front (LF) on Wednesday took out a rally in Rampurhat town of West Bengal's Birbhum district, demanding justice for those killed in violence in the area the day before
Congress' Kerala unit has said the party had barred its leaders from attending the programme as it was strongly fighting the CPI(M)-led government over the proposed K-Rail project
CPI(M) state committee member and national president of DYFI, A A Rahim, will be the party's candidate for one of the three Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant from the southern state next month
The CPI later announced former national general secretary of the All India Youth Federation (AIYF), P Santhosh Kumar, as the party's candidate for one seat
The CPI(M) on Thursday said the BJP's emphatic victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls is due to communal polarisation, control of sections of media and money power.
CPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said that the weakened Congress is unable to challenge the ruling BJP at the Centre which does not see the grand old party as a major threat
The Left government's ambitious SilverLine project, is expected to reduce travel time from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod to around four hours
The family alleged that people in police uniforms entered their residence on Friday night, dragged Anish Khan to the terrace and threw him down, causing his death
CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has termed the draft recommendation of the Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir as "divisive and unacceptable"