NEW DELHI: In a language war of sorts, CPM deputy leader in Rajya Sabha John Brittas on Sunday raised objections to junior rail and food processing minister Ravneet Singh writing official responses to him in Hindi. “In a compelling gesture of protest”, Brittas has written to the minister in Malayalam.The minister in his written replies…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid an emotional tribute to late CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury at a condolence meeting, recalling their last meeting and Yechury’s reluctance to go to the hospital despite persistent coughing. “That was the last time I saw my friend,” Gandhi shared, recounting how he urged Yechury to seek medical…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi and prominent leaders of the country condoled the passing of CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury with the PM calling him a “leading light of the Left known for his ability to connect across the political spectrum“.Murmu said Yechury, a committed ideologue, won friends across party lines. “Saddened…
NEW DELHI: Veteran CPM leader Sitaram Yechury passed away at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. The CPM general secretary was in a critical condition and receiving respiratory support at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. Yechury was being treated in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for…
KOZHIKODE: Independent MLA with LDF, PV Anvar, has made shocking allegations against Kerala ADGP (law and order) Ajith Kumar, calling him a “notorious criminal” and alleging that the top cop – considered to be the most influential officer in the state police force – had got people murdered in connection with gold smuggling.The MLA from…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah announced Thursday that his party and Congress have finalised an alliance for the three-phase J&K assembly elections from September 8 to Oct 1. The decision followed discussions with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi, who are on a two-day visit to…
NEW DELHI: Communist Party (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on Monday after he complained of high fever.Yechury was admitted to the hospital‘s emergency department in the evening and later shifted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU).Yechury had initially gone for a checkup and was subsequently admitted for pneumonia, news agency PTI…
KOLKATA: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, 80, the first Left Front CM who wanted to give an industry- and investor-friendly face to Bengal and his party, passed away around 8.20 am on Thursday at his modest Palm Avenue flat in Kolkata following a cardiac arrest. He was 80 and is survived by wife Meera and son Suchetan.Bhattacharjee, a…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his “Double A and A1,A2” jibes at the BJP-led NDA government as she reminded the Congress leader about the recent milestone reached at Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala which welcomed its first mothership, ‘San Fernando’. Rahul, who…
KOLKATA/HALDIA: A day after Mamata Banerjee said that Trinamool Congress would “extend all possible help from outside” in the event of the INDIA bloc forming the next govt at the Centre, the Bengal CM clarified that her party would very much be a part of that regime.On Wednesday, she had said at a rally in…
