Himachal Pradesh Battles Natural Disaster: Urgent Need for National Attention and Aid

SINCE June 2025, Himachal Pradesh has been facing one of the worst natural disasters in its history. Continuous heavy rainfall has triggered devastating flash floods and massive landslides across the state, causing widespread destruction and suffering.The scale of damage is enormous. Lives have been lost, and thousands have been displaced. Livestock, homes, cowsheds, shops, milk chilling plants, dispensaries, schools, roads, bridges, flyovers, hydroelectric projects, and even traditional water mills (gharats) have been washed away or buried under landslides.

Flood Fury Exposes Systemic Bankruptcy Yet Again

MILLIONS of people in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and other regions are suffering unthinkable agony due to unprecedented floods – despite weather forecasts of very heavy monsoon rains issued months in advance. Nothing worthwhile was done by those responsible for the crucial duty of protecting people’s lives and livelihoods.Shockingly, Himachal Pradesh is facing worst devastation even before it could recover from the cloudbursts and landslides that struck just last year.

STFI Deplores Changes in NCERT Books

THE all India conference of the School Teachers Federation of India (STFI) held recently had strongly opposed the irrational changes made in school textbooks. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which is entrusted with the responsibility of developing curricula and textbooks that uphold scientific temperament, historical accuracy, and the secular, pluralistic values enshrined in the Indian Constitution, has instead altered textbooks in line with the dictates of the RSS and the BJP government at the centre.

Statue of Legendary Communist Heroine Godavari Parulekar installed in Talasari College

ON the 118th birth anniversary of the legendary Communist and Kisan heroine Godavari Parulekar, her statue was installed in the senior college at Talasari in the Palghar district of Maharashtra. The name of the college is Comrade Godavari Shamrao Parulekar College of Arts, Science and Commerce. The college was started 31 years ago in 1994.

Party Media In-Charges’ Meet

THE Party Media In-Charges’ meeting was held in New Delhi on August 26-27, 2025 at HKS Surjeet Bhawan. The meeting began at 10:45 am on August 26 and was focused on strengthening the Party’s media work. Spread over two days, the discussions were organised in two sessions.

Maha: Solidarity with Palestine

DESPITE heavy rains and disruption of traffic in South Mumbai due to the Maratha Reservation Morcha, the public hall meeting on August 30, 2025, at Y B Chavan centre against genocide in Palestine and in solidarity with Palestinian Struggle was well attended.

It was addressed by ambassador of Palestine in India, Abdullah Abu Shahwesh, and by leaders from political parties.

Kolkata Stands with Palestine: Grand Anti-Imperialist March Demands Peace

ON September 1, International Anti-War Peace and Solidarity Day, Kolkata once again lived up to its legacy as a bastion of anti-imperialist struggle and a city that values peace above all else. In a powerful display of solidarity, a massive march, organised by ten Left parties, took over the streets of central Kolkata to condemn imperialist aggression and stand with the freedom-loving people of Palestine.

Vice Presidential Election

Below we publish the joint appeal issued by CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, RSP and AIFB, on August 29, 2025THE Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc, jointly issue the following appeal on the vice presidential election:We, the Left parties, endorse the candidature of Justice Sudershan Reddy (Retd.), who is contesting the election on behalf of all the opposition parties.

Jharkhand: CPI(M) Welcomes Formation of Displacement Commission

THOUGH delayed, the approval by the state cabinet of the Jharkhand State Displacement and Rehabilitation Commission Functions and Responsibilities Rules, 2025 for the formation of a Displacement Commission to safeguard the rights of the displaced, is indeed a positive initiative. The CPI(M) state secretariat, in a statement issued on September 3, has welcomed this move of the Hemant Soren led state government.

AP: Socialism is the Future

CPI(M) Politburo member BV Raghavulu has said that respect and admiration for socialism is steadily increasing in society, and that the future of the country lies with socialism. He was addressing a seminar organised by the CPI(M) West Godavari district committee on August 8, in Bhimavaram, which was presided over by the Party’s district secretary JVN Gopalan.Raghavulu explained that many of the country’s problems stem from caste and economic inequalities, and that without these divisions, nearly half of India’s problems would not exist.

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