The left promises to undo the overall stagnation in socio-economic development the state has faced in the last decade and a half under TMC rule and curb the rise in sectarianism and religious polarization.

Democratic Youth Federation of India leader Kalatan Dasgupta was arrested by the West Bengal police on Saturday over allegedly trumped up charges

In West Bengal, where left parties were elected to rule for over three decades until 2011, over a half dozen young leaders are waging a battle to defeat sectarian, anti-people politics of the right-wing parties

In the results to the latest round of elections in India, the ruling right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been cut to size, and the Left and regional, secular parties have made decisive gains

With elections coming up in several Indian states, Vijay Prashad explores the impact that the farmer’s protest and the government’s response to them could have on the correlation of forces

As per reports, about 150 protesters were injured, 100 have been hospitalized, and about 500 arrests have been made.

The protest started on the morning of Wednesday, November 6, and continued through the night until Thursday morning. The protesters demanded that the education minister of West Bengal fulfill his promise regarding the salary hike