Differences between CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat and West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee led to the latter walking out of the party politburo meeting on Sunday evening.

A section of Bengal leaders in Kolkata feel that time and again the “Left parties are hotly pursuing the BJP line, which was sending a wrong signal”.
It was further argued that “since the Left parties were rapidly losing people’s support, such bandhs (like the Bharat bandh) would further erode their vote banks”.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with his new bride Sakshi, left from Dehradun on Monday, a day after their low-key marriage at a resort near the hilltown.
While many of Dhoni’s family members arrived at Ranchi on the day, the couple remained elusive.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday said that there will be no hike in electricity rates for the ongoing financial year. The statement has come after disagreements on the issue in between the Delhi government and regulator DERC over fixing new power tariff.

The central leadership of the Congress Party has cleared two more names for the impending bypolls in the Telangana region. They are Mr V. Krishna Rao for Huzurabad and Mr T. Srinivas Goud for Siddipet. Now only two more names need to be cleared for two more constituencies, namely Korutla and Manchiryala.

These are good times for Bastian Schweinsteiger. The Bayern Munich ace has been the player of the tournament; with his silken skills and his dominant outings, the 25-year-old has won praise from all quarters. However, none will sound sweeter than the words of appreciation from former World Cup winning captain and manager Franz Beckenbauer.

A 18-year-old woman working as a domestic help was found dead in mysterious circumstances at the servant quarters of a businessman’s residence in west Delhi on Monday morning.

Petroleum minister Murli Deora said Sunday that the Opposition bandh call was “totally unjustified” as the hike in fuel prices had only a “negligible impact” on the common man.

For the first time, top West Bengal CPI(M) leaders on Sunday openly questioned the line set by party general secretary Prakash Karat and felt it was time the CPI(M)’s central leadership admitted its “

To ensure the Bharat bandh’s success, Opposition party leaders on Sunday fanned out into different parts of the country.