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Topic: CPI(M)

This 71-yr-old leader is reason no one’s surprised by Left’s good show in Kashmir DDC polls

CPI(M) fielded eight candidates in the Jammu & Kashmir DDC polls. While it lost the two seats it contested in Jammu, it won five of six in Kashmir.

Hannan Mollah — Presidency graduate & CPM leader who has become face of farmer protest

Despite his political links, Hannan Mollah, general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha, has been embraced by protesters because he was pivotal in bringing together different farmer factions.

Grassroot presence and a ‘natural’ alliance — why the embattled Left did well in Bihar

CPI, CPI(M) & CPI(ML) Liberation won 16 Bihar seats under RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, showing fight despite the Left’s electoral marginalisation in recent years.

With Bihar success, CPI(ML) has smartly blended radicalism and pragmatic politics

CPI(ML) Liberation won 12 seats in Bihar despite relentless propaganda through terms such as ‘Naxalites’, ‘terrorist sympathisers’, ‘China-funded Maoists’, 'tukde-tukde gang'.

CPI(ML) Liberation, CPI(M), CPI make mark in Bihar elections, take lead in 18 of 29 seats

Left leaders say parties were able to make a significant improvement from the previous elections in Bihar due to issues like the migrant crisis and unemployment 

Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu, who fought militancy in Punjab, shot dead

Balwinder Singh Sandhu and his family was awarded the Shaurya Chakra in 1993 for their armed struggle against militancy in Punjab through the ’80s and early ’90s.

Modi govt pursuing ‘Atma Samarpan Bharat’ by privatising govt entities, PSUs, says Yechury

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury blamed the Centre for privatising all government entities and PSUs and trying to muffle the opposition by using draconian laws.

She’s incapable of doing anything unethical, says Ankhi Das’ father-in-law, a Trinamool MLA

Former Bengal minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, who is Facebook executive Ankhi Das' father-in-law, says she is wise and knows how to handle a campaign of 'conspiracy'.

Kolkata ‘Communist doctor’ conducts dialysis at Rs 50 per procedure, even for Covid patients

Dr Fuad Halim’s team, not affiliated to the CPM, has conducted 2,190 dialysis procedures since the start of the lockdown. Patients hail him as a ‘saviour’.

CPI (M) leaders move HC for early hearing to make public list of arrests in Delhi riots

The application for early hearing states Home Ministry has directed the police to ensure the probe does not slow down despite the Covid-19 lockdown and arrests continue.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.