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Left campaign begins with pro-poor chant

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday kick-started the campaign for arguably the toughest Assembly election the Left Front is going to face in over three decades with the back-t

Mamata dismisses CM Maoist nexus charge

Unfazed by West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s complaint of Trinamul Congress-Maoist nexus to Union home minister P. Chidambaram, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee dismissed it as inconsequential.

CPM for price hike protest

Upping its ante against the Union government on price rise in the country, the CPI(M) will launch a countrywide agitation with other Left parties on this issue.

Buddha: PC used a nasty word

After the letter controversy, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in a public meeting criticised Union home minister P. Chidambaram.

Buddha: Partymen alienated people

Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee once again admitted that some CPI(M) leaders and workers had committed mistakes creating a distance between the people and the ruling party.

Trinamul responsible for anarchy: Buddha

Continuing his tirade against the Oppositions, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday said that the Trinamul Congress had brought terror and anarchy in the state.

Man who relied on a straight bat

Siddhartha Shankar Ray, or, perhaps the last Mohicans of the Congress creed and culture had once said: “Whether in cricket or in life, one does not succeed without a straight bat.” Yes, Siddhartha Sha

Pranab too can be CM: Mamata

After hiccups in the Opposition alliance in West Bengal, it seems the Trinamul Congress is finally ready to enter into a deal with its ally, the Congress, to sound the death knell for the long Left Fr

Eye on polls, CPM determined to shed ‘defeatist mindset’

With the crucial Assembly polls drawing closer, the ruling CPI(M) is determined to shed the sense of despondency that had engulfed the party rank and file following the back-to-back electoral debacles in the state. The party leadership, which had at one time become virtually reconciled to their fate, has now decided to not give even an inch to the opponent without a fight.

Buddha address in Lalgarh today

Is a wind of change, although of a different kind, is now sweeping the Jangalmahal? Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who had been earlier barred by the CPI(M) from visiting the Maoist-dominated region, will be addressing a public rally at Lalgarh on Saturday.

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