M.B. Sajjan, district secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), a addressing press conference in Kalaburagi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded that the City Corporation increase the number of public toilets in Kalaburagi. CPI(M) district secretary M.B. Sajjan, addressing a press conference here on Friday, said … Read more
CPI-M Polit Bureau Member BV Raghavulu | Photo Credit: V RAJU The main agenda before the CPI(M) is to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from coming to power again in the 2024 general elections, says its Polit Bureau member B.V. Raghavulu. “The nation’s future will be in danger if Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes … Read more
The ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has reportedly walked back from its decision to wrest the chairmanship of the Kerala State Welfare Corporation for Forward Communities (KSWCFC) from its Left Democratic Front (LDF) ally, the Kerala Congress (B). KC(B) leader K. B. Ganesh Kumar said the decision to remove the party’s nominee, K.G. … Read more
The Communist Party of India (M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao | Photo Credit: KVS Giri Activists of the CPI(M) staged a protest against the spiralling prices of essential commodities, increase in power tariffs, and rise in unemployment, here on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering, CPI(M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said that the Central government … Read more
The National Conference (NC) and CPI(M) on Monday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to drop the title Sher (lion) from the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), now referred to as KICC, in Srinagar. Referring to the Lieutenant-Governor’s administration, NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said this airdropped government’s unwavering determination to obliterate the history … Read more
An elderly woman from Ambalamedu tops a parcel with a pappadum. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat From the small pond within the premises of his home in Ambalamedu, Kerala, Basil nets around 20 fish, retains a few for his family, and distributes the rest to his neighbours. The next morning, his mother Leela Varghese starts … Read more
Liaqat Sheikh followed a simple morning routine. Every day, he would wake up early and walk to the tea shop located just 20 metres from his house at Gangadhari village in Nowda block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. On the morning of July 8, Liaqat, 62, sat on a bench at the shop in peace, … Read more
The Communist Party of India-Marxist will organise a roundtable conference on the problems faced by village panchayats in the State, here on July 11. CPI(M) state secretary V. Srinivasa Rao, in a statement on Sunday, requested the State government to immediately release the 15th Finance Commission funds to the village panchayats. Also, the State government … Read more
CPI(M) party’s Tripura state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury sought intervention by CM Dr. Manik Saha to stop eviction of families from a village in Gomati district. | file photo | Photo Credit: C.V. Subrahmanyam The CPI(M) on Monday sought intervention by Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha to stop eviction of families from a village in Gomati … Read more
Three CPI-M cadre were killed during exchange of fire with security forces in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on May 9. Acting on intelligence input, security forces launched a combing operation in Taprang Reserve Forest under Madanpur Rampur Police Station limits of Kalahandi district early in the morning. The left-wing extremists, who are believed to be part … Read more