The CPI(M) on Thursday accused the Trinamul Congress-led combine in West Bengal of unleashing violence against its workers. In a latest editorial in the party mouthpiece, People’s Democracy, the CPI(M) said,” These attacks began soon after the declaration of election results on May 13. In various parts of the state, targeting

Former chairman of the Organising Committee (OC) Suresh Kalmadi is likely to be named as an accused in the CBI’s chargehseet related to the agency probe into the result update system of the Commonwealth games. This will be the CBI’s first chargehseet, to be filed either on Friday or Saturday, related to the agency’s probe into the CWG cases.

The Congress hopes that winds of change in Uttar Pradesh will blow from Purvanchal. The party plans to implement its revival plans from eastern UP which remains steeped in backwardness and two-day UPCC convention in Varanasi is an important part of the party’s game plan.

Delhi revenue minister A.K. Walia on Wednesday said that he would take up the issue of hike in Haj quota for the city with the Central government.
Dr Walia on Wednesday undertook a draw of lots to select 719 aspirants for Haj pilgrimage out of 6,889 applicants. Delhi power minister Haroon Yusuf was also present on the occasion.

The CBI special court at Chandigarh issued fresh summons to former Punjab and Haryana high court judge, Justice Nirmal Yadav, who has been charged along with four others in a sensational, 2008 bribery scandal widely known as the “cash-at-judge’s-door” scam.

Ms Mamata Banerjee will be happy if Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee attends her swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, a Trinamul Congress MLA said on Wednesday. Ms Banerjee will take oath as the new chief minister at 1.01 pm on Friday.

A 13-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her Mahipalpur residence in south Delhi on Wednesday afternoon.
The police said the incident took place at L-block in Mahipalpur Extension where the victim lived with her brother, Ajay Pandey and sister-in-law Shashi. Ajay works in a leading software company as technical support engineer.

The wildlife park managers in Madhya Pradesh are facing anger and stiff resistance from the villagers residing in the buffer areas in close proximity of national parks and sanctuaries because of the delay which is inbuilt in the system when it comes to disbursement of compensation for crop damage caused by wild animals. This issue

Is it the shock effect of the poll drubbing? In an “upside down world”, the Marxist party is really in a quandary over choosing a leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly. With all the bigwigs, including party two politburo members Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Nirupam Sen, losing the election, the CPI(M) mandarins are left with only one option: to choose between party central committee member Suryakanta Mishra and state committee member Abdur Rezzak Mollah.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Delhi high court Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday refused to stay the declaration of results of AIEEE exam which was mired in controversy following leakage of the question paper.