QUITE predictably, the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitin Nabin, has characterized the agitation launched on October 10, by Left student and youth groups and the Cockroach Janata Party, against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, as being driven by “foreign forces”. Following his lead sundry BJP leaders have accused the protesters of spreading “anarchy” in society: an agitation in defence of democracy and of universal adult franchise, an agitation which itself...
In the present atmosphere of Hindutva, traditionalism that looks backwards and ongoing protests led by GenZ about the crumbling of democratic and educational structures, writing about the Nobel Prizes may seem incongruous. But there is a common cause: the need for change.
A NEW report by a group of investigative researchers has revealed how two big front organisations of the RSS funnel funds from US to India, hiding the source of donations through a legal provision in US laws governing non-profit entities. The investigation studied tax filings of Houston, Texas-based Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA Inc (Ekal USA) and Sewa International Inc (Sewa USA) from 2020 to 2024.
The national council/general body meeting of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) held at Jat Bhawan, Karnal, Haryana, on October 12, decided to intensify the farmers' struggle and organise massive demonstrations on November 26 in New Delhi and across India. The state bodies of SKM will decide the spots. Lakhs of farmers will participate in this protest action. November 26 marks the 6th anniversary of the historic farmers struggle at...
The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) in a statement from Delhi today has cautioned against continued attacks on journalists, teachers, students, writers, trade unionists and leaders of various opposition parties targetting the capital and its neighborhood as anti-democratic and against the right of journalists to inform. Clear examples were available in Delhi today and its neighborhood while the...
PROTESTS, rallies and public meetings were held across Tripura on October 10, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and expressing solidarity with the ongoing movement in Delhi. Besides the state capital Agartala, demonstrations took place in Belonia, Amarpur, Sonamura, Longtharai Valley, Kailashahar and Panisagar. Workers, farmers, agricultural workers...
Brazil’s general election on 4 October delivered a severe warning to the Left. Flávio Bolsonaro, the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party (PL), finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with approximately 47 per cent against 45 per cent. Neither secured a majority, sending them into a runoff on 25 October. More troubling than this narrow presidential gap was the advance of bolsonarismo through Congress. The election...
Police arrested leaders of Left parties and mass organisations in Vijayawada on October 10 to stop the “Chalo Lok Bhavan” protest march called by the Left parties to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. Left leaders condemned the arrests and said the police had suppressed a peaceful protest meant to protect democratic rights and to question alleged irregularities in...
The Supreme Court has registered CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas’s letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant as Interlocutory Application No. 319609/2026 in the pending writ petition initiated by CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby and others challenging restrictions on peaceful protests in New Delhi.
MAKING it to the final electoral rolls after negotiating the labyrinthine processes of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is no guarantee of citizenship, liberty or even peace of mind, especially, if you happen to be a Bangla-speaking follower of the Islamic faith, it seems.
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