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Kerala polls: 957 candidates from 140 constituencies to lock horns on Apr 6

Kerala heads in for Assembly elections on Tuesday with battle lines drawn between the ruling LDF and the Congress-led UDF, even as the BJP-led NDA is being seen as a potential threat in many places

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

Why does PM never say 'CPI(M) Mukt Bharat', asks Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi on Friday said the BJP leader seems to have issues only with the grand old party and not with the CPI(M)

West Bengal Polls LIVE: Chaos, violence cloud voting; 80% turnout till 5 pm

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE updates: 72 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm. TMC and BJP are contesting in all the 30 seats. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on West Bengal election 2021 Phase 2

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

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

Kerala Assembly polls: BJP alleges candidate attacked by CPI(M) workers

The BJP alleged its candidate Anoop Antony, contesting the April 6 state Assembly polls from Ambalappuzha constituency, was attacked by some CPI(M) workers, a charge dismissed by the Left party

Puducherry assembly polls: CPI(M) announces candidate for one seat

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has named its candidate for the Muthialpet seat in the April 6 Puducherry Assembly elections while announcing that it would support SDA in other constituencies

Earlier CPI-M used to attack me, now BJP is at it: Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee on Wednesday played the underdog card to woo the voters in the state's Junglemahal

Mamata vs Suvendu: West Bengal prepares for battle royale in Nandigram

Banerjee's stronghold is the 71,000 minority votes. So the task is to cut into the remaining that the BJP is hoping to get a fair share of

Bengal polls: No NEP, industrial growth on Left Front's draft manifesto

The manifesto also promised to fill up vacancies in the state government

Bengal assembly polls: Young nominees find place in CPI(M) list

The CPI(M), which has fielded young candidates from its student and youth wings, is pinning hopes on budding leaders to take on the BJP and the TMC

Kerala CPI(M) workers take out march in Kuttiyadi over seat sharing

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers took out a march in Kuttiyadi town to protest against the decision of the party to offer the Kuttiyadi assembly seat to Kerala Congress (M).

Poriborton without change

Mamata faces off against former disciple-turned-defector Adhikari in a very different contest in Nandigram. It's not land acquisition but an ego clash that has acquired, tragically, communal overtones

CPI(M) fields candidate in Nandigram against Mamata, Suvendu

The Congress-Left Front-ISF alliance on Wednesday chose CPI(M) youth wing state president Minakshi Mukherjee to contest from Nandigram seat where a war of titans is on the cards

Mamata Banerjee betrayed the people of Bengal, says PM Narendra Modi

He also accused her of nepotism by choosing to play the limited role of bua (aunt) to her bhatija (nephew) instead of becoming Didi (elder sister) to the people

West Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata releases TMC list for 291 seats

CM will contest from Nandigram; state FM dropped

Vijayan has a sporting chance

Can the Left Democratic Front (LDF) break the political tradition in Kerala: That the Congress- and CPI(M)-led alliances take turns in running the state?

Best of BS Opinion: Rising bond yields, 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

At mega rally, Left leaders call for Janhit Sarkar in Bengal

The Left Front, in alliance with the Congress and the newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Sunday projected itself as a "third alternative force" in West Bengal