THE Rajasthan state committee and Jaipur district committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) have strongly condemned the "hooliganism" by RSS-affiliated elements during the Udaipur Film Festival.

“NINETY days have passed since August 9. Ninety days of rage, ninety days of resilience. Ninety days since the brutal rape and murder of Dr Abhaya-Tilottama at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ignited a fire in our hearts. For ninety days, we've demanded justice, rising against the tide of lawlessness engulfing our state. We've amplified the voices of women and marginalised genders, victims of relentless violence. We've battled a crumbling healthcare system and the pervasive insecurity that plagues our workplaces. We've resisted the calculated destruction of our education system.

THE CPI(M) Shimla district conference took place on November 5-6 in the small town of Rampur, Shimla. Prior to the conference, a large public meeting was held, addressed by the Party's district secretary, Sanjay Chauhan. In his speech, Chauhan criticised the government for amending laws to favour corporate interests. He highlighted the devastating natural disasters that struck Himachal Pradesh in 2023 and 2024, which caused widespread destruction of homes and farmland. Despite this, he noted, the central government had failed to offer any relief to the state.

FERNANDO Gonzalez Lort, member of the National Assembly of Cuba and President of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the People of the World, (ICAP) was in Delhi on a three-day visit from November 5-7, 2024. He was returning after attending the 10th Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference with Cuba held in Beijing.In his three-day whirlwind visit, he interacted with students of various universities in Delhi and the all India leadership of student and youth organisations. He explained the current situation in Cuba and the effects of economic embargo on the small country.

THE battle for the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha is now in full swing. The one-day voting will be on November 20, 2024, and the counting for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand State Assembly elections as well as the several by-elections across the country will be on November 23.We can start by looking at the results of the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra six months ago. Compared to a one-sided election in 2019 in which the BJP-NDA won 42 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats, the UPA won only five, and the AIMIM won one, the 2024 elections saw a sea change.