ON May 20, Nand Kumar, district panchayat member was attacked by hired miscreants. The Party has demanded immediate arrest of these miscreants who are bent to cow down political voices in the region. The CPI(M) has stated that a peaceful town like Bilaspur in Chattisgarh in being converted into a den of anti-social , criminal elements.

A DELEGATION comprising of Sumitra Chopra from CPI(M), Rahul Chaudhary from (CPIML), former MLA Pawan Duggal and other leaders of mass organisations like the DSMM and AIDWA visited village Lalabari in Thanagaji in Alwar district. The delegation met the victim of gang rape and her husband who narrated the gory incident of rape by a gang of the region. This gang has ample support of the local police. This gang is also involved in incidents of rioting and loot. Sushila Devi , victim’s mother and Ramjilal, her uncle said they had no altercation with the gang.

THE state of Uttarakhand is supposedly believed to be calm, without any social and political prejudices. It is also termed as Dev Bhoomi(land of  deities). However, the reality is far away from that. The manifestation of social exclusion and differentiation in Uttarakhand is one of the worst forms in comparison to other states.

THE Index of Industrial Production has for the first time since June 2013 contracted in absolute terms by 0.1 per cent in March 2019 compared to a year ago. This comes on top of a mere 0.07 per cent increase in February, a 1.7 per cent increase in January, a 2.6 per cent increase in December, and a 0.3 per cent increase in November. Industrial growth in short has been slowing down for some time now and the latest figure only reaffirms this trend emphatically.