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CPI-M blames Left disunity for council poll reverses

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:25:00 -0400

Fissures in West Bengal's ruling Left Front were responsible for its reverses in the rural body elections in May, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) that leads the grouping said Saturday.

RSS chief slams Gurjars agitation in Rajasthan

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:26:00 -0400

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief K C Sudarshan on Sunday criticised the ongoing Gurjar agitation in Rajasthan and accused its leadership of holding the entire state to ransom.

RSP's pique apart, Congress-Left unlikely to part ways

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:54:00 -0400

Within hours of the prime minister's statement, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leader Abani Roy informed the media of his party's decision to pull out of the UPA-Left coordination committee.

Article 370, uniform civil code back at BJP conclave

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:41:00 -0400

The contentious issues of a uniform civil code and scrapping of Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir are back on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agenda ahead of the assembly and Lok Sabha elections due in 2009.

Yediyurappa: a staunch RSS activist to chief minister

Sun, 25 May 2008 15:28:00 -0400

Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa, who seems set to take over as the Karnataka chief minister following his party's historic electoral win, began his political career as an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at the age of 23 years.

People rejected Centre's policies, says Modi

Sun, 25 May 2008 15:20:00 -0400

With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set to form next government in Karnataka, senior party leader Narendra Modi today said the poll outcome shows that people of the southern state have rejected the policies of the Centre.

BJP is front-runner for Lok Sbaha polls: Rajnath

Sun, 25 May 2008 15:18:00 -0400

After its remarkable showing in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become the "frontrunner" ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections, party president Rajnath Singh today.

Cong will not commit harakiri by raising fuel prices: Left

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:48:00 -0400

Ruling-out any possibility to increase domestic fuel prices in the respect of sky-rocketing crude-oil prices in the international market, the Left parties have cautioned the government against committing “suicide” on this issue.

Veteran CPM leader Surjeet slips into coma

Sat, 17 May 2008 13:34:00 -0400

Veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet, who was admitted to a hospital in Noida with an acute respiratory problem

CPI-M to try to repair Left Front cracks

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:20:00 -0400

With CPI-M patriarch Jyoti Basu acknowledging "cracks" in West Bengal's three decades-old ruling Left Front, the party in a fire fighting effort said it would sort out the differences through discussions.