'I had to persuade him. I think he was a sceptic to begin with, but later on he was convinced that what we were doing was the right thing to do, that there was no other way out.' A revealing......
Biman Basu, the senior-most Marxist leader in the country, pays homage to a comrade he has known and admired since the 1980s. IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in......
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who will be remembered both for his commitment to the communist ideology and a pragmatic approach to industrialising the state, passed......
Sitaram Yechury strived to have the country's Left movement shed its doctrinaire approach to India's socio-cultural complexities and stitch electoral and social alliances to fight the Sangh......
'...or go to jail.''The government is getting them silenced.' IMAGE: Paramilitary personnel and Jammu and Kashmir police receive instructions ahead of the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir......
The Left Front government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal got tributes from a very unlikely quarter -- the US-India Business Council, premier American advocacy......
West Bengal's Left Front government is working on a proposal to find a solution to the stand-off over acquisition of land in Singur for Tata Motors' car plant, veteran CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu said......
Housing minister in the previous West Bengal government, Gautam Deb, is credited with creating New Town in Rajarhat or Jyoti Basu Nagar, a planned township spread over 7,000 acres in West Bengal,......
The West Bengal government has decided to postpone its ongoing industrialisation drive for three months to take up an extensive campaign to convince people that it would not take place at the cost......
West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen has been admitted to a Kolkata hospital following chest pain and other complications late Tuesday night. His condition is stated to be stable.......
'Mithun has showed Hindi cinema that a tall, dark man with a charming smile and a great physique can take the world on.' The Mithun Chakraborty starrer Disco Dancer (1982) was the first Indian......