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    CPM rules out apology for land acquisition in SingurMetros
    CPM rules out apology for land acquisition in Singur

    Refusing to accept the Supreme Court verdict that the land acquisition in Singur was “illegal”, CPI(M) state...

    1 Sept 2016 2:06 AM IST

    People stand outdoors after they rushed out of their offices following tremors in Kolkata. (Photo: AP)India
    6.8-quake strikes Myanmar; tremors felt in northeast, West Bengal,...

    Tremors were felt across West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of Northeast India on Wednesday as an...

    25 Aug 2016 1:50 AM IST

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    ‘Voice of justice’ Mahasweta Devi dies

    Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who served as the voice of the marginalised and oppressed, passed...

    29 July 2016 6:19 AM IST

    CPM sees worst defeat in 40 yearsMetros
    CPM sees worst defeat in 40 years

    The CPI(M) headquarters at Alimuddin Street wore a deserted look on Thursday afternoon after the party suffered its...

    20 May 2016 5:26 AM IST

    Left, Congress point fingers at each otherMetros
    Left, Congress point fingers at each other

    In what was viewed as a political master stroke before the Assembly polls turned into a major disappointment for both...

    20 May 2016 2:44 AM IST

    Voters stand in queues at a polling station during the final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)Metros
    West Bengal: 6-phase poll ends with 84 per cent voting

    A month-long six-phase West Bengal Assembly election, which had started on April 4, was brought to an end on Thursday...

    6 May 2016 5:48 AM IST

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee shows victory sign after casting her vote. (Photo: PTI)Metros
    78.25 per cent vote in 5th phase of West Bengal poll

    The fifth phase of the six-phase Assembly elections, in 53 constituencies across the districts of South 24 Parganas,...

    1 May 2016 2:33 AM IST

    A differently-abled voter comes out with a relative after voting in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district. (Photo: PTI)Metros
    West Bengal: 9 poll violence cases, 186 arrests

    Over 1.23 crore voters, including 60.07 lakh women, exercised their franchise in 16,642 polling stations in the fifth...

    1 May 2016 1:38 AM IST

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    Rahul Gandhi, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee share stage in unity show

    Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and former West Bengal Chief Minister and CPI(M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee...

    28 April 2016 7:22 AM IST

    An elderly couple after voting at a polling booth in Howrah, West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)India
    78 per cent turnout in phase 4 of West Bengal polls

    The fourth phase of the six-phase Assembly election in 49 constituencies across the districts of North 24 Parganas and...

    26 April 2016 1:07 AM IST

    BJP demands arrest of Trinamul Congress leadersIndia
    BJP demands arrest of Trinamul Congress leaders

    The BJP and CPI(M) on Sunday lodged separate complaints against the Trinamul Congress at the cyber crime department of...

    25 April 2016 1:56 AM IST

    ‘CPM won’t succumb to politics of terror’Metros
    ‘CPM won’t succumb to politics of terror’

    CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday asserted that his party would not “succumb to the politics of...

    24 April 2016 5:38 AM IST

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