Last Updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 18:02
CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said an era has passed with the death of Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu and that no one can replace him.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 17:51
Volatile international situation in 1930s inspired Jyoti Basu, then studying law in England, to turn a Communist.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 16:31
The death of CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu marks the end of an era in Indian politics, PM Manmohan Singh said.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 13:42
Jyoti Basu, who died here Sunday, resigned from active politics in 2000 but continued to guide the communist movement in India. <br><br> Following is a chronology of his life:
Last Updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 13:05
As a young barrister who embraced Communism, Jyoti Basu showed remarkable pragmatism in a dogmatic party that prevented him from becoming Prime Minister at the height of coalition politics.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 12:40
Former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, who is regarded as a pioneer among Leftist leaders in India, breathed his last on January 17. He was 95.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 23:12
The condition of 95-year-old CPI(M) patriarch Jyoti Basu, who has suffered multi-organ failure, turned "extremely critical" Saturday night after his blood pressure began dropping when he was on dialysis.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 17:39
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday saluted ailing Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu as a `great son of India` and wished him quick recovery.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 00:34
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu`s condition turned "very, very critical" Friday night after he suffered multi-organ failure and was not responding to treatment, doctors attending on him said.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 22:59
CPI-M patriarch Jyoti Basu was put on haemo-dialysis today after further deterioration in his cardiac and renal functions, doctors attending on him said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 23:19
Two policemen have donated blood to ailing 95-year-old CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu, who needed a transfusion for his low haemoglobin level.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 20:41
Ailing Marxist leader Jyoti Basu had a second blood transfusion on Wednesday and is responding to treatment though he is still critical and on ventilation in hospital.
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