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Ma in temple to trade built by Marxists

Nov. 15: A portrait of Sarada Ma is among a panoply of mascots emblazoned atop the Bengal trade fair stall in Delhi, the pavilion becoming a modern-day pantheon built by Marxists honouring the Holy Mother.

Somnath rules out return to CPI(M)

“I am not giving thought to the question at this age” “If expulsion strengthens party, I will be happy” Jyoti Basu did not tell me to quit, he says Kolkata: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled from the CPI(M)...

Somnath rules out returning to CPI-M

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled from the CPI-M after he refused to toe the party decision to quit from his post during the trust vote in July ruled out returning to the party 'at this age' on Sunday.

The ‘Yatra’ continues!

For all his achievements Goutam Ghose comes out as an extremely modest man, as he speaks passionately about his films and documentaries. For a man who has got National Awards with such regularity as to let an element of...

CPI-M favours amending Articles 356, 355

New Delhi: Calling for a debate on centre-state relations, Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) leader Prakash Karat on Wednesday demanded amending Articles 356 and 355 of the constitution to incorporate safeguards against...

Dada voices a dad's worry

Nagpur, Nov. 4: Sourav Ganguly has, over the years, been the epitome of a passionate cricketer. He's passionate about other things too, not least the well-being of Bengal and the future there for the present generation as also...

The United States of Indamerica in the making

2 Nov 2008, 0212 hrs IST, Jug Suraiya,TNN Though the reverse needn't hold true, till very recently America — perhaps even more than Pakistan, if such a thing were possible — was the country India most loved to hate, and hated...