MAHARASHTRA: CPI(M) Organises Mass Fund Collection Campaign Successfully

THE CPI(M) Maharashtra state secretariat and state committee met at Mahur in Nanded district in the Marathwada region from February 7-9, 2014 in the presence of CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury and Central Secretariat member Nilotpal Basu. This was part of the 2012 decision to rotate some Party state committee meetings in different districts of the state.

Struggle Committee for Annihilation of Caste Holds State Convention

THE first state convention of the Struggle Committee for the Annihilation of Caste (Jaati Anta Sangharsh Samiti) was held at Nagpur on January 25, 2014. The venue was named after Surekha Bhotmange and the hall after Priyanka Bhotmange, the mother and daughter duo who were raped and killed in the horrendous Khairlanji caste atrocity that took place in the adjoining Bhandara district in 2006. The convention was attended by 203 delegates from 25 districts of the state.

Beedi Workers Court Arrest in Mumbai

The participants came from different parts of Maharashtra, but a big majority was from Sholapur. On the conclusion of the sit-in dharna and demonstration, the participants courted arrest.

The dharna of the beedi workers was joined by members of Rashtriya Bal Kamgar Prakalp Shikshak Karmachari Sanghatana.

Resolve to Oppose Private Varsities

IT was a scenario of great zeal and enthusiasm when a procession of shouting slogan students, with flags in their hands, hit the busiest roads of the historic city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra. They all were assembled here for the open session of the 15th Maharashtra state conference of Students Federation of India (SFI), which took place from January 3 to 6.

Struggle Committee for Minority Rights Holds First State Convention

THE Struggle Committee for Minority Rights (Alpasankhyank Hakka Sangharsh Samiti) held its first Maharashtra state convention at Solapur on January 8, 2014; it was attended by 625 delegates from 10 districts. The convention was presided over by Narsayya Adam, Rehana Shaikh and Mohammed Tajuddin. The reception committee chairman, Yusuf Shaikh (Major), welcomed the delegates.

Mumbai Pays Homage to Nelson Mandela

ON December 19, 2013, a meeting organised by the Mumbai committee of the CPI(M) on paid homage to the memory of the revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela. The memorial meeting held at Dhuru Hall in central Mumbai was chaired by the CPI(M)’s Maharashtra state secretariat member Dr K K Theckedath.

AIDWA Observes Savitribai Phule Birth Anniversary

MORE than 5,500 adivasi women from around 100 villages of the Talasari, Dahanu, Palghar, Vikramgad, Jawhar, Wada and Shahapur tehsils of Thane district gathered at the Comrade Godavari Shamrao Parulekar Bhavan at Talasari on January 3, 2014, to observe the birth anniversary of legendary social reformer Savitribai Phule who was born that day in 1831.

Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch Holds First State Convention

THE Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) organised its first Maharashtra state convention on December 21-22, 2013, at the Comrade Godavari Shamrao Parulekar Bhavan at Talasari in Thane district. It was attended by 362 delegates from 15 districts plus the union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli. There were also five observers from the adjoining tehsil of Umbargaon in Gujarat.

DYFI, SFI Hold Statewide Rally in Mumbai

THOUSANDS of youth and students thronged the streets of Mumbai on November 29, 2013 demanding employment and education opportunities. They were singing and drumming in protest. Slogans condemning the state and central governments filled the air. Protesters had gathered from Thane, Solapur, Pune, Beed, Aurangabad, Jalna, Nanded, Raigad, Mumbai and several other districts of Maharashtra, demanding government action against rapid commercialisation of education and acute unemployment in the state.

Construction Workers Stage Huge Demos

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KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA

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