'Band-aid for bullet wounds': Oppn slams Budget, says poll-centric

The Opposition on Saturday described the Union Budget as one offering "band-aid for bullet wounds" and said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre was only trying to woo voters in Bihar and Delhi......

CPI-M Leader Sitaram Yechury Passes Away

Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Thursday, September 12, 2024 following a prolonged illness,......

Yechury's body handed over to AIIMS amid 'Lal Salaam' chants

Wrapped in the red flag of the Communist Party of India-Marxist veteran Sitaram Yechury's body was donated to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences authorities in New Delhi on Saturday for......

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: Marxist who wooed capital for industry

Former West Bengal chief minister and a front-ranking Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will go down in the country's history as a pragmatic communist who kept aside his ideological......

'Indian economy under Manmohan Singh is in ICU'

With the rupee breaching an all time low of Rs 68 against the US dollar and fears of mounting fiscal deficit, Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said the government has run out of ideas and should......

LF demands rollback of petrol price hike

The Left Front on Friday demanded rollback of the petrol price hike and announced a six-day long protest programme in West Bengal."There has been no increase in international crude oil prices for......

Release Rs 5 l cr aid to people: CPI-M to Centre

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member and Andhra Pradesh unit secretary B V Raghavulu has demanded that the government of India immediately come out with a Rs 5 lakh crore (Rs 5......

Budget has no step to check recession: Left

Calling the Interim Budget a 'pre-poll declaration' by the Congress, Left parties said on Monday the government had not taken any step to check the impact of the global recession on the Indian......