Yechury for a non-Congress, non-BJP alternative

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 02:36

CPI-M politburo member Sitaram Yechury said his party was in search of a non-Congress, non-BJP Political alternative which would implement alternative policies.

Nelson Mandela symbol of people struggling for freedom, democracy: CPM

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 21:17

Left parties on Friday paid glowing tributes to Nelson Mandela, describing him as "a lofty symbol" of people struggling for freedom, democracy and human dignity, and said real homage could be paid only by struggling for a world free from injustice, discrimination and inequality.

`Kerala court to decide on prisoners using Facebook`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 13:26

Kerala`s Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said that the trial court will rule on the prisoners of Kozhikode jail who were accessing the social media from inside the prison.

Two policemen die after gunfight with Maoists

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 10:33

Two policemen have been killed in a gunbattle with Maoists in Odisha`s Nuapada district, an official said.

Don`t make Aadhaar card compulsory: CPI(M)

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 14:11

The CPI(M) has asked the Centre to withdraw its decision to make Aadhaar cards compulsory for providing various benefits like cooking gas subsidy to people.

Vietnam Communist Party reasserts role in amended charter

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 17:01

Vietnamese lawmakers today approved a new version of the country`s constitution that upholds the ruling Communist Party`s dominant political and economic role.

Don`t hit bottle, practice martial arts: CPI-M tells cadre

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:16

Do not hit the bottle, stay away from religious functions and form clubs that engage in martial arts for self-defence, the Communist Party of India-Marxist has told party cadre in Kerala.

BJP-RSS trying to create communal tension: Prakash Karat

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 22:20

The CPI-M accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh of creating communal tension in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Vietnam appreciates India`s role in South China Sea

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 18:16

With India continuing to engage in oil exploration in South China Sea, Vietnam on Tuesday appreciated its "constructive role" in the resources-rich area notwithstanding China`s objections to Indian involvement.

China in no rush to relax one-child policy

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 15:47

The move comes as the Communist Party of China is set to relax the one-child policy in the country.

China to ease controversial one-child policy

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 19:42

China, the world`s most populous nation, will relax its controversial decades-long one-child population policy which restricted most couples to have only a single child, the ruling Communist Party announced on Friday.

China`s CPC to remove obstacles in modernising military

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 23:16

China`s ruling Communist Party on Tuesday unveiled a plan to bring the 2.3 million-strong military under its direct command and pledged to remove obstacles in modernising the world`s largest standing Army.