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Two senior leaders of China's ruling Communist Party of China visited a renovated ancient temple and offered prayers. It has sparked heated debate on whether Communists, ' who are supposed to be atheists' can do Idol worship.

Denouncing Maoists in the strongest possible terms, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday described them as terrorists who had no connecting with the ideology of Mao Zhedong.

New Delhi: The controversy over Spanish writer Javier Moro's book 'The Red Saree', a fictionalised account of the life of Sonia Gandhi, is getting murkier with the author threatening to sue her counsel Abhishek Singhvi

Shillong (Meghalaya): Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said Saturday there was evidence of Maoists establishing links with insurgents in the northeastern region.

The CPM Mayor of Kollam, Shri N Padmalochanan recently inaugurated the karyalaya of RSS Mahasangik at Ashramam Grounds, Kerala. He lighted the lamp in front of the photographs of Doctorji and Guruji.

After questioning the existence of Lord Ram, the party has now trained its guns on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon), describing it as a "major threat" to Communists.

Hazirabag (Jharkhand): Ravi Sharma, the 50-year-old agricultural scientist-turned-Maoist who was arrested on October 10, has said the Left radicals do not regret having killed so many people, including policemen, in the past 25 years.

Those who like to change our Nepalese national Flag, they are traitors. After the regime of Maoist Now, we have culprits & antinationalist Regime in Nepal. The Maoists are changing their hues and showing new dramas.

Trivendram (Kerala): A day after Kannur MP A P Abdullakutti praised Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's investor-friendly policies for the second time within two months, the Kerala CPM suspended him from the party for one year on Saturday.

'If it had not been (Major) Sandeep's house, not even a dog would have glanced that way.' This was how Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan heaped scorn on Monday on the family of NSG Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

New Delhi: The kerala link to the Ahmedabad blasts confirms that Gujarat has only paid for the failure, or worse, reluctance of the LDF government to act against fundamentalist elements thriving in the state.

Purulia (West Bengal): Suspected armed Maoists on Wednesday looted over Rs 84 lakh from a branch of the Punjab National Bank in Purulia.

Kochi: The event was attended by over 1,500 people spilling over the hall that is part of the three-storeyed building.

Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who fought a 10-year-long civil war to oust the nation's ruling royal dynasty, have now given embattled King Gyanendra a deadline of four weeks to quit the palace.

Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala government committee has recommended banning religious worship in private schools that receive assistance from the state.