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Left parties banking on Jyoti Basu's memory for a revival?

After being marginalised by the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal in the Panchayat polls, the Left parties have appealed the prime minister to issue a commemorative stamp in the late leader’s......

Bihar: Maoist makes a plea to donate body for medical research

Just like veteran Marxist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, a senior Maoist leader, who is currently lodged in a Bihar jail has offered to donate his body for medical......

Ashok Mitra on communist-in-chief Jyoti Basu

The Left Front is still struggling to fill the ideological vacuum created by the death of Jyoti Basu, veteran Marxist and the longest serving chief minister in India, on May 17 this year. On the......

Karunanidhi's Tale: A divided Hindu family

At 86, Muthuvel Karunanidhi is a mere stripling compared to Jyoti Basu who died at 95--Basu had served as chief minister for 23 years, setting a record as India's longest-serving CM.Karunanidhi has......

Why Mamata didn't attend Jyoti Basu's funeral

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's decision to skip the funeral of Communist Party of India-Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu has snowballed into a major controversy.On Thursday, CPI-M leader......

Basu-led Left Front's labour story

It is worth wondering how far the fulsome national coverage Jyoti Basu received this week was warranted, except on the basis of his record as India's longest-serving chief minister, saysKanika......

As Mamata wields knife, Pranab has a cakewalk

Jyoti Basu, the 95-year-old communist, has lost touch with many of his comrades. But this morning the former chief minister of West Bengal did not forget to call his favourite Congressman to say,......

Singur: Basu welcomes Mamata's willingness to talk

Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu on Friday welcomed Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's readiness to sit with the Tatas for finding a solution to the Singur small car factory......

Singur land proposal being worked out: Jyoti Basu

West Bengal's Left Front government is working on a proposal to find a solution to the stand-off over acquisition of land in Singur for Tata Motors' car plant, veteran CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu said......

USIBC praises Jyoti Basu, Bengal CM

The Left Front government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal got tributes from a very unlikely quarter -- the US-India Business Council, premier American advocacy......

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Q. What is the specialty of 21-7?
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Q. Why did Gujarat people elect Modi for the record third time with two third majority ?
Kishore Malhotra: A. 21-7 is regarded as the martyr day in West Bengal as 14 people were killed by police firing at the regime of Jyoti Basu, a black day after Independence. more

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Q. What is the special news here today 8-7?
Sigma: A. why did they elect jyoti basu for the longest record who ruled kollata for almost 23 yearsand of course shiela dixit also is a record third time cm...... more

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Q. Who has been the longest serving Chief Minister of any Indian state?
Francisco: A. chief Minister Jyoti Basu and Sourav Ganguly born on this day. more

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Canteen regulars go hungry as T-flame douses kitchen fire

The cabinet note on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh is silent on the status of the Bhavan. Even Bhavan employees are divided on regional lines. (EPS... ...

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Working Women's All India Convention Expresses Concern At Sharp Decline in Women's Participation in the Labour Force

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Rahul Gandhi steals anti-Ordinance thunder from Opposition

Rahul Gandhi's show at last week, thrashing the Ordinance that the UPA had brought in to shield convicted legislators, and calling it "complete... ...

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Jyoti Basu

News for Jyoti Basu

Left parties banking on Jyoti Basu's memory for a revival?

Bihar: Maoist makes a plea to donate body for medical research

Ashok Mitra on communist-in-chief Jyoti Basu

Karunanidhi's Tale: A divided Hindu family

Why Mamata didn't attend Jyoti Basu's funeral

Basu-led Left Front's labour story

As Mamata wields knife, Pranab has a cakewalk

Singur: Basu welcomes Mamata's willingness to talk

Singur land proposal being worked out: Jyoti Basu

USIBC praises Jyoti Basu, Bengal CM

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