The waves of farmer’s agitations across the country are beyond anything that has been seen since ’80s. India being an agrarian society with around 70% of its people depending directly or indirectly upon agriculture has started showing a clear indication of discontent as neoliberal policy reforms made their situation extremely[Read More…]
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Telangana: Congress expels 24 rebel leaders over anti-party activities
The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Saturday expelled 24 leaders over involvement in anti-party activities. As per the reports, Congress leaders, who are contesting against the official candidates of the party and grand alliance including Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi TJS and Communist Party of India (CPI) in the[Read More…]
Odisha: Former Rajya Sabha MP Baishnab Charan Parida passes away
Former Rajya Sabha parliamentarian Baishnab Charan Parida passed away at the age of 77 on Thursday morning at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar of Odisha. Parida was undergoing treatment for many days after he was diagnosed with cancer. In 1960 Parida started his political career and joined Communist Party of India[Read More…]
Telangana Assembly Polls: Sonia Gandhi to make grand show of TRS exodus in Medchal rally
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leaders’ exodus to Congress in Medchal is all set to place under the leadership of Former Congress Chief and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday in a grand show. The major opposition party Congress is leaving no stone unturned to make the grand show a spectacle[Read More…]
Pune Police likely to question Digvijaya Singh in Maoist investigation
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is likely to get questioned by Pune Police in connection with a probe into activities of certain Maoist, which has earlier witnessed the arrest of some high-profile activists. Digvijaya Singh’s cellphone number was reportedly mentioned in one of the letters the Pune police claimed to have[Read More…]
Congress fields 7 Muslim candidates from Telangana
Ahead of Telangana polls, Congress party on Saturday has ensured to provide platform to minorities, following which out of the 94 seats Congress got in grand alliance, the grand old party has fielded 7 Muslim candidates. Mohammed Ali Shabbir will contest from Kamareddy, Esa Misri from Chandrayangutta, Kaleemuddin Baba from[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: First phase of campaigning ends, prestigious Rajnandgaon seat heads to battle
Ahead of Chhattisgarh polls, campaigning for the first phase of elections concluded on Saturday. Chhattisgarh, which goes to poll in two phases, voting for 18 seats will be held on November 12 and the remaining 72 constituencies on November 20. Congress and BJP are going alone in polls, while Ajit[Read More…]
C-Voter survey: Congress likely to get clear majority in Telangana with 64 seats
Ahead of Telangana polls, Congress in the state would perform better than 2014 assembly elections, revealed during a survey conducted by the Center For Voting Opinions and Trends in Election Research (C-Voter), in its November (week 2) poll, which has projected a clear majority of 64 seats to the Congress-TDP combine[Read More…]
Telangana: Grand alliance finalises seat sharing, Congress to contest 93 seats
Seat-sharing deal among partners of the grand alliance in Telangana has been finalised. Grand alliance led by Congress includes Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) and the Communist Party of India (CPI). As per the agreement, Congress will contest on 93 seats, TDP 14, TJS 8 and CPI 3, for the[Read More…]
CPI to hold massive rally in Patna on October 25, claims support of opposition parties
In view of Lok Sabha elections 2019 and to ensure the defeat of BJP-led NDA in polls, several national leaders of the Left and other like-minded parties will participate in the state-level Communist Party of India (CPI) rally ‘Bhajpa Bhagao, Desh Bachao’ to be held Patna at Gandhi Maidan on[Read More…]
Telangana: KCR likely to declare TRS poll strategies and road-map on October 21
Telangana Rashtra Samithi Supremo K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is likely to provide necessary instructions to all the 105 candidates of TRS on the strategy to be implemented in the upcoming elections at Telangana Bhavan on October 21. According to reports, TRS leaders and all the 105 candidates will be present[Read More…]
Telangana Polls: CPI gives ultimatum to Congress over seat sharing
The Communist Party of India (CPI), who is a partner in the grand alliance of Telangana along with Congress, Telugu Desam Party and Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) has fixed a strict deadline to the Congress. Stating it as a final move to finalise the seat-sharing formula for the upcoming elections[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Why Naxal prone areas are crucial for assembly polls?
Ahead of assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, where voting is scheduled on November 12 and 20, has become a triangular contest and various Naxal hit areas are considered as key to the election outcome. Bastar, Sarguja, Bijapur and Korba are the most affected areas and considered as Red corridor of state.[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Polls: Ajit Jogi’s wife Renu Jogi likely to join Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
In a major development on Sunday in Raipur, Janta Congress Chhattisgarh chief Ajit Jogi has hinted that Renu Jogi would join his party ahead of the assembly elections. Kota MLA Renu Jogi may not get Congress ticket and following that she would be moving to the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh, sources[Read More…]
Somnath Chatterjee; a distinguished politician with various shades in political career
Somnath Chatterjee has always been a leader of Communist Party of India (CPI-M) except for the last few years of his life when he was expelled from his party after refusing to resign from the position of Lok Sabha speaker. He was the speaker of Lok Sabha from the year[Read More…]
MPs not taking salaries have guilty conscience: D. Raja
New Delhi: Slamming the ruling BJP and NDA MPs for saying they would not take salaries and perks for the days Parliament did not function, CPI leader D. Raja on Thursday said those not taking salaries have a “guilty conscience”. “They are not taking salaries as they have a guilty[Read More…]
Finance minister always makes loud claims, says CPI
The leader of Communist Party of India, Atul Anjan on Wednesday slammed finance minister, Arun Jaitley over his economic policy speech and asked the government about the results of Goods and Service tax (GST). “Finance Minister is all the time making loud claims and what is the result? We have[Read More…]
Rajasthan Lynching: Little did he know that safeguarding his wife’s dignity would cost him his life?
It is every man’s moral responsibility to save his family from all ills. And when it comes to a woman’s dignity, especially his wife and daughter, a man anywhere on the planet, would go to any extent to protect it. Well, that’s what Zafar Khan was doing. Khan was allegedly[Read More…]
CPI accuses WB CM Mamata Banerjee for Darjeeling agitation
The Communist Party of India, on Thursday, blamed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the “violent” stir for a separate Gorkhaland state, saying her “unnecessary promise” earlier was the cause for the fresh round of protests. “Unnecessarily, Mamata Banerjee has given them some sort of hope on statehood earlier.[Read More…]
Kerala: Rudy slams CM Pinarayi Vijayan over RSS worker’s death
On Monday, Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy called the “murder” of 14 BJP supporters in Kerala in recent months disturbing and accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of failing to maintain law and order. The Minister, who will travel to Kerala this week to meet the family of an RSS activist[Read More…]
Kerala: Politicos demands probe after girls being asked to remove clothes during NEET exam
After the cases of the authorities allegedly forcing a girl to remove the button of her jeans and another to remove her bra in an effort to stop cheating and irregularities during National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) exam in Kerala surfaced, many politicians across the nation has demanded probe[Read More…]
Lok Sabha passes GST Bill, Finance Bill returned from Rajya Sabha with five amendments
Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed all the four bills under the Goods and Service Tax (GST). The bill was moved by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for consideration in Lok Sabha. The GST is all set to roll from July 1. The government faced a major embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha[Read More…]