Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, CPI(M) veteran and former West Bengal CM, passed away Thursday. In this 2003 interview, he talked about running a leftist government in a capitalist framework.
The two-term chief minister of West Bengal, the poster boy of reform in the Left who didn’t care if the cat was black or white as long as it caught mice, has now passed into history.
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee died on Thursday at his Kolkata home, CPI(M) state secretary Mohd Salim said.
He was suffering from...
Explaining the reasons behind refusal, CPI(M) said the party's policy was not to accept such state awards. Bhattacharjee, 77, has been one of the tallest leaders of Bengal CPI(M).
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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