Gurudas Dasgupta

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  Veteran Communist Party Leader Gurudas Dasgupta Dies At 83

  Veteran Communist Party of India or CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta died today following a prolonged illness, party sources said. He was 83 and was suffering from lung cancer for last several months, West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said.

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  Left Front Yet To Get Proposal On Alliance With Congress, Says CPI

  CPI today said no proposal by CPI(M) has so far been received or discussed in the Left Front regarding an alliance with Congress for the West Bengal Assembly polls.

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  Merger of Left Parties Not on Immediate Agenda: Former Lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta

  Communist Party of India (CPI) today said that the merger of Left parties was not on its immediate agenda though their unity to put up a common fight against anti-people government policies and communalism was under consideration.

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  Strike Against Road Transport Safety Bill 'Complete': AITUC

  Terming the strike against Centre's Road Transport Safety Bill as "complete" in most states, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) today "congratulated" protesters for participating in the demonstration.

• Election Commission asks oil ministry to defer new gas price

  In a move that will delay revision of natural gas prices by a few months, the Election Commission today asked the UPA government to defer notifying doubling of price of the fuel produced by companies such as Reliance Industries till general elections are completed.

• Gas prices: Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging formula approved by Cabinet

  The Supreme Court will today hear two petitions challenging the hike in gas prices. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta and an NGO have petitioned against the gas pricing formula approved by a cabinet panel in June last year that has allowed gas prices to be hiked from $4.2 a unit to $8.4 from April.

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  Defiant Akhilesh Yadav showers largesse on Bollywood as Muzaffarnagar riots victims shiver in the cold

  A Bollywood night in Saifai, which had Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his family enjoying performances by stars such as Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone and Madhuri Dixit till late last night, has sparked criticism from political parties as well as on social networking sites.

• Will resign if charges of shifting official proved right: Veerappa Moily

  Strongly refuting charges of transferring an officer for being tough on Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today said he will resign if even an iota of evidence was produced against him.

• Oil Minister Veerappa Moily's stunning claim: I have been threatened

  Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today stunned with the declaration that petroleum ministers are "threatened" by import lobbies not to take decisions that will reduce India's USD 160 billion oil imports. However, he did not name anyone.

• UPA ready to sacrifice country for Walmart: CPI

  The government's firm stand on bringing in FDI in multi-brand retail is a "signal to make India the most favoured destination for foreign multinationals", said CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta.

• BJP and allies want vote on FDI, also ready to 'explore' no-confidence motion

  The stage is now set for what promises to be a heated Winter Session of Parliament. The BJP and its allies want a discussion on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail under a rule that allows voting. They also might bring their own no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government.

• Isolated Mamata Banerjee looks to Left for face-saver on no-confidence motion

  Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said she is willing to support even a Left-sponsored no-confidence motion on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail. "I am ready to talk to any party on no-confidence motion. If the Left brings no-confidence, Trinamool is ready to support it. If CPI brings no-confidence, Trinamool is re...

• Mamata's no-trust vote on FDI likely to fall flat; BJP wary, Left won't back

  Mamata Banerjee's plan to move a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government in the winter session of Parliament is heading towards a no-show, with most of the opposition eyeing it warily. She needs 50 MPs to even move the motion in the Lok Sabha; her Trinamool Congress has only 19.

• Govt talks tough on FDI; Mamata's 'no trust move' gets no eager takers

  Mamata Banerjee's plan to move a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government in the Winter Session of Parliament has been met with wariness by other opposition parties like the Left and the BJP. Instead of throwing their weight behind the idea, the two fronts, which have been relentlessly attacking the UPA, have issued caution notice...

• CPI will support no-confidence motion tabled by any party

  CPI would support a no-confidence motion against the UPA government brought by any political party, party veteran Gurudas Dasgupta today said.