Raipur, Feb 28 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has apprehended Raghu Midiyami, a prominent figure associated with the Moolwasi Bachao Manch (MBM), a group linked to the outlawed CPI (Maoist) organisation. This arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into a terror funding case in Chhattisgarh, registered as RC-02/2023/NIA/RPR, the leading investigating agency has … Read more
Kochi, Feb 27 (IANS) Senior CPI leader and two-time former legislator P. Raju passed away here at a private hospital on Thursday. He was 73. Raju had been under treatment for cancer for some time. He represented the Paravur Assembly constituency twice from 1991 till 2001, winning two successive elections. Incidentally, at the 1996 Assembly … Read more
Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) The elite Q-Branch police of Tamil Nadu has arrested a long-absconding member of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation, wanted by multiple states and intelligence agencies. The accused, identified as Karthik alias Chinna Karthik, a native of the Theni district, has been involved in several cases. According to sources within the Tamil … Read more
Chennai, Feb 8 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) has announced nationwide protests against the Union Budget on Saturday, condemning the complete neglect of Tamil Nadu in the allocation of funds. As part of the demonstration, CPI members will burn copies of the Union Budget on Saturday. According to the CPI, the budget fails … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) The Kerala government’s proposed Private Universities Bill hit a roadblock at the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday with the ruling LDF’s second-biggest constituent – the Communist Party of India (CPI) – expressing its strong reservation to the measure. As State Agriculture Minister and senior CPI leader P. Prasad expressed his doubts … Read more
Raipur, Feb 5 (IANS) In a crackdown against terrorism, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested four members associated with banned CPI (Maoists) in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Arrested persons are Over Ground Workers (OGWs), who have been involved in harbouring members of the terror outfit and in providing them with logistics support, NIA said … Read more
Agartala, Jan 29 (IANS) Top CPI-M leaders in Tripura on Wednesday claimed that the 11-year rule of the BJP-led Narendra Modi government at the Centre destroyed democracy in the country and the saffron party was running the government to favour only the millionaires. Addressing a public rally, CPI-M politburo member Prakash Karat said that in … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) A day after the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand, committee member Manu Gaur, who was a member of the UCC rules drafting committee, on Tuesday spoke with IANS about the various aspects related to the Act. Gaur said that before the 2022 Assembly elections, Chief Minister … Read more