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Isaac receives ED notice; says he won't be able to make it on Tuesday

Senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac on Monday said he has received summons of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by email

Isaac receives ED notice; says he won't be able to make it on Tuesday
Updated On : 18 Jul 2022 | 10:11 PM IST

How to hit the job creators

IFB Agro charged it was 'singled out by certain excise officials for not succumbing to their illegal demands'

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Updated On : 10 Apr 2022 | 11:30 PM IST

Assembly polls: Goal of CPM to keep BJP away from power, says Yechury

He said his party was also discussing this issue with other Leftist groups as the aim was to stop the division of anti-BJP votes

Assembly polls: Goal of CPM to keep BJP away from power, says Yechury
Updated On : 17 Jan 2022 | 7:35 PM IST

Centre has officially announced 'sale' of India, says CPI(M) on NMP

The CPI(M) on Tuesday alleged that the Centre with its decision to monetise its assets across key sectors has "officially" announced the "sale of India"

Centre has officially announced 'sale' of India, says CPI(M) on NMP
Updated On : 24 Aug 2021 | 8:26 PM IST

False secularism

Covid-19 restrictions should not be eased for any religion

False secularism
Updated On : 20 Jul 2021 | 1:05 AM IST

Change policies to promote industry, manufacturing: Kerala finance minister

We need to promote indigenous industry and indigenous knowledge and translate them into industrial production, says Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal

Change policies to promote industry, manufacturing: Kerala finance minister
Updated On : 05 Jul 2021 | 12:07 PM IST

Madras High Court quashes criminal cases against CPI, CPI(M) leaders

Madras HC quashed criminal cases pending before a lower court against K Balakrishnan and R Mutharasan, general secretaries of the Tamil Nadu unit of the CPI(M) and CPI respectively and two others.

Madras High Court quashes criminal cases against CPI, CPI(M) leaders
Updated On : 01 Jun 2021 | 8:59 PM IST

How first-time FMs of Kerala, TN, Assam may impact Centre-state relation

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Assam, all have first-time finance ministers. Aditi Phadnis looks at how they may impact Centre-state relation in terms of revenue and power-sharing

How first-time FMs of Kerala, TN, Assam may impact Centre-state relation
Updated On : 24 May 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Congress MLA VD Satheesan to be the leader of opposition in Kerala

Satheesan will be leading the 41 member UDF in the assembly

Congress MLA VD Satheesan to be the leader of opposition in Kerala
Updated On : 22 May 2021 | 10:47 PM IST

Shailaja's exclusion raises question of who is bigger: individual or party?

The former health minister's exclusion from Vijayan's second Cabinet raises the age-old question of who is bigger

Shailaja's exclusion raises question of who is bigger: individual or party?
Updated On : 21 May 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Exit polls close the gap with ads

Skybus ads across newspapers in Assam by major political parties raise serious questions about the business of polling

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Updated On : 29 Apr 2021 | 11:43 PM IST

Blame game begins between Centre and states over surge in Covid-19 cases

All through the campaign for the Assembly elections, both the BJP and Opposition are avoiding using Covid-19 as a campaign plank

Blame game begins between Centre and states over surge in Covid-19 cases
Updated On : 18 Apr 2021 | 8:24 PM IST

Bloodshed in Bengal

Violence has become a tragic fixture of state politics

Bloodshed in Bengal
Updated On : 12 Apr 2021 | 10:25 PM IST

West Bengal Assembly elections: In Singur, it's welfare schemes vs industry

In Singur, everyone is riding the industry plank in varying degrees. Banerjee, however, has her welfare schemes to rely on, and there are beneficiaries galore

West Bengal Assembly elections: In Singur, it's welfare schemes vs industry
Updated On : 10 Apr 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Assam and Bengal Assembly election results could stir up national politics

Whichever way the elections go, they should energise the anti-BJP parties to act concertedly. But there is no single national party that could play the sheet-anchor of a broad-based anti-BJP alliance

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Updated On : 05 Apr 2021 | 7:50 AM IST

Is Pinarayi Vijayan 'Captain' or not? Debate raging in poll- bound Kerala

One may feel there is nothing in a moniker, but it is not that simple in the ruling CPI(M), where Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is addressed as 'Captain' by admirers

Is Pinarayi Vijayan 'Captain' or not? Debate raging in poll- bound Kerala
Updated On : 04 Apr 2021 | 4:11 PM IST

West Bengal polls: BJP ministers doling out cash, says Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee is pitted against her one time loyalist-turned- rival Suvendu Adhikari of BJP in the high-profile Nandigram constituency that will go to vote on April 1

West Bengal polls: BJP ministers doling out cash, says Mamata Banerjee
Updated On : 31 Mar 2021 | 12:58 AM IST

TMC, BJP brought West Bengal to ruins: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya came down heavily on the ruling TMC and the BJP on Monday, accusing them of ruining the state and its secular credentials. Bhattacharya, 76, said it is only the Left-Congress- ISF alliance that can bring the state out of darkness. Noting that "the silence of a crematorium" prevails in Singur and Nandigram, he alleged that under the present dispensation, the state has gone backwards in agriculture, while no industry was established during its 10-year-tenure. Anti-land acquisition movements led by the Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee at Singur and Nandigram in 2007-08 had jolted the mighty Left Front government and laid the foundation of the TMC rule in West Bengal. "The conspirators of the devious play of that period are now divided in two groups engaged in mudslinging against each other," Bhattacharya said. Young people of Bengal have lost employment opportunities and the meritorious and skilled left f

TMC, BJP brought West Bengal to ruins: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Updated On : 30 Mar 2021 | 1:50 AM IST

West Bengal polls: BJP faces stiff opposition over choice of candidates

Altercations over candidate selection affect the party's last-mile connectivity in West Bengal, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

West Bengal polls: BJP faces stiff opposition over choice of candidates
Updated On : 28 Mar 2021 | 7:58 PM IST

West Bengal tops in Facebook political ad spend among poll-bound states

Besides West Bengal, Assembly elections will be held in three other states Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in the Union Territory of Puducherry

West Bengal tops in Facebook political ad spend among poll-bound states
Updated On : 26 Mar 2021 | 12:38 AM IST