Unemployment is on Rise, So is Youth’s Anger

* Among the 16,000 applicants who were interviewed for 21 posts of court peons in Chandigarh, there were 40 jobless post-graduates who had applied for those posts that required formal education of up to only the eighth class.
* 240 graduates, including B.Techs, had applied for sweepers’ jobs at a municipal corporation.
(Recent news reports from Hindustan Times)

Devil is in the Detail

BJP’S prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi addressing a meeting in Kerala has said, “I continue to be a victim of untouchability.”

Two- day Nation-wide Bank Strike Successful

TEN lakhs employees and officers of commercial banks - both public sector banks and private sector banks - and one lakh employees and officers of regional rural banks were on 48 hours strike from 6 am on February 10, 2014 to 6 am on February 12, 2014 demanding immediate and fair wage revision and opposing the so-called reforms of the banking industry. The strike call was given by UFBU (United Forum of Bank Unions) an umbrella organisation consisting of five unions of employees and four unions of officers.

On Aseemanand’s Revelation

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 11, 2014.

THE explosive material revealed in the article based on interviews given by Aseemanand to The Caravan magazine raises very serious questions which require further investigation. Aseemanand has revealed his links with the top leadership of the RSS while planning the series of terrorist bomb blasts on civilian targets.

Stop Attacks on People from North-East

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on February 12, 2014.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep concern at the continuing attacks on people from the North-East in Delhi. After the death of the Arunachal student, Nido Taniam, several other incidents have occurred, including the rape of a minor girl from Manipur and physical attacks on other young men.

EPF PENSION: Minimum Pension Upped to One Thousand

THE employees pension scheme (EPS), related to the employees provident fund (EPF) and being implemented from 1995, is to be amended to ensure a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 and also to increase the eligibility wage ceiling to Rs 15,000 per month from the existing Rs 6,500. The decision about it was taken in an urgently called meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) on February 5.

On VS’s Letter to Kerala CM

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 8, 2014.

THE Polit Bureau considers the letter written by Comrade V S Achuthanandan, as leader of the Opposition, to the chief minister of Kerala on February 7, 2014, as a wrong step and not in conformity with the stand of the party.

Interim Rail Budget: Most Disappointing

THE interim railway budget presented by the railway minister has disappointed the people of our country. This was the opinion the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) expressed through a statement issued from New Delhi on February 12.

The Emerging Alternative

AS the Lok Sabha elections draw near, it has become clear that the electoral battle will be between not two but three combinations – the Congress-led UPA, the BJP-led NDA and the non-Congress non-BJP combination of parties.

Spectacular Rally Echoes Peoples’ Anger

AS the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata turned into a sea of humanity, splashed with crimson red all over, roaring slogans reverberated in every street leading to the ground, even the Ganges became red with streams of boats carrying hundreds of people, the question emerged, how this ‘miracle’ was made possible.

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