Jyoti Basu News

The jury is out as main architects Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Nirupam Sen and Asim Dasgupta of the policy step down from CPM's key panels due to advanced age

Fifty years into the violent Maoist uprising of Naxalbari, which milestones has the red revolution crossed?

Praful Bidwai's book, The Phoenix Moment: Challenges Confronting the Indian Left provides a comprehensive political history of the Indian Left

Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling is set for a consecutive fifth term, beating the record set by Jyoti Basu in West Bengal

2010 was the year Sachin Tendulkar scored a double century in one-day internationals, the first by any cricketer in the limited overs version of the game. The devastating earthquake in Haiti and the German Bakery blast, apart from the unearthing of the Adarsh Housing and Commonwealth Games scams, all happened during the year

Basu, West Bengal chief minister from 21 June 1977 to 6 November 2000, almost became the prime minister after the 1996 Lok Sabha elections

CPM signals ideological shift, prefers power over party

Once-powerful Communists fight for survival

Basu raj: West Bengal’s historic blunder

A political hero, honest to the core