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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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TMC has secret understanding with BJP, we’ll be secular & won’t implement CAA: Left manifesto

Left Front manifesto released Saturday promises to 'restore the rule of law', ensure safety of liguistic and religious minorities if it comes to power in Bengal polls.

‘Will suffer Mamata misrule, not BJP’ — Bengal intellectuals don’t want another ‘poriborton’

Looking to unseat Mamata in 2021 Bengal polls, BJP has been trying to establish a rapport with intelligentsia. It hasn’t seen much success.

CPI(M) alleges Congress has ‘surrendered’ to Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala

The Congress has hit back, saying the Left party is emulating the communal politics of the BJP.

Mohan Bhagwat to release ‘first-of-its-kind’ book detailing violence against RSS in Kerala 

The book has been authored by retired prof A.K.M. Das. It carries an introduction, narrating ‘communist terror’, by senior RSS pracharak J. Nandakumar.

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.

On Camera

Musk’s golden touch is on the line. Tesla needs him to do what he does best — sell a pen

Tesla sales have been sliding, profits have been shrinking, and brand loyalty is faltering. Elon Musk’s politics has something to do with it.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.