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WB: Left Candidates File Nominations for Panchayat Polls Repelling TMC Terror

THE previous panchayat polls in Bengal held in May 2018 saw reckless violence as the Trinamool-backed miscreants forcibly prevented opposition candidates from filing nominations. Consequently the TMC had bagged about 34 per cent of the total seats uncontested. The elections turned into a farce. This time also attempts are on to muzzle democratic voices and decimate the opposition. But, in the meantime, the situation has changed. Anti-Trinamool, anti-BJP forces have gained momentum under the leadership of the Left.

CPI(M) Delegation Visits Bihar Sharif

THE Ram Navmi festival and procession this year was used by the Sangh Parivar in states like Delhi and Madhya Pradesh to instigate violence against the minority community.  Madhya Pradesh is a BJP ruled state and the Delhi police is controlled by the home ministry and therefore the violent communal attacks that were carried out were not surprising.  What was very shocking, however, was the fact that on Ram Navmi this year, violent attacks on religious structures, shops and businesses owned by Muslims were attacked in Bihar Sharif in the state of Bihar which has a Mahagathbandhan government

Maha: AIKS Storms Palghar Dist Collectorate, Wrests Demands

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×IT was the largest mobilisation of people on the Palghar district collectorate, in the nine years that the new Palghar district was formed after dividing the original Thane district in 2014.On May 30, 2023, over 25,000 peasants led by the AIKS stormed the Palghar district collectorate in Maharashtra.

AIAWU Holds Day-Night Dharnas across Bengal

ON June 1, after months of confronting an administration unwilling to negotiate, agricultural labourers, including women, from different villages sat on dharnas (sit-in protests) outside the offices of the concerned panchayats. The  All India Agricultural Workers ' Union (AIAWU) organised the dharna-deputation programme in panchayats across the state on June 1, demanding resumption of 100 days work, payment of arrear wages, release of money for  houses to be built under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) and other related issues.

Kerala's Rubber Farmers Unite: Parliament March Planned for Sept 14

ON May 26, 2023, more than 10,000 rubber farmers from all over Kerala, led by the Kerala Karshaka Sangham (AIKS), marched to the Raj Bhawan at Thiruvananthapuram. The rubber farmers' march began from Asan Square near Kerala University and marched up to the Raj Bhawan.AIKS president Ashok Dhawale, general secretary Vijoo Krishnan, Karshaka Sangham general secretary Valsan Panoli, president M Vijayakumar, AIKS vice president SK    Preeja, and others marched with the farmers. CITU, AIAWU, AIDWA, SFI, and DYFI also marched in solidarity.

Swiggy Workers on Warpath

SWIGGY, is an Indian online food ordering and delivery platform and a subsidiary of Bundl Technologies of Bengaluru. It was floated in 2014 and currently operates in more than 500 cities in India, and has around 6,000 employees. About 1,100 workers are hired as office and restaurant staff, and the rest as delivery persons.Besides food, the app provides grocery deliveries and a same-day package delivery service.

Kerala: K-FON Provides Free Internet to Economically Backward Families

The publicly owned K-FON was conceived to provide a free internet connection to 20 lakh BPL families to end the digital divide and ensure access to the internetEIGHT tribal families in the Panthalakudu Colony in Kaniyambetta village panchayat in Wayanad district have a high-speed internet connection at their homes. Around 2,000 families have the free connection, while 17,000 government offices are now connected to the facility.

Weeklong May Day Celebrations in Telangana

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×MAY Day celebrations in Telangana have transformed from mere customary events to occasions that have all-round participation of the working class and the people at large. The special initiatives introduced last year have further enhanced the celebrations this year.

Odisha: ‘Defeating Neo-Liberalism & Neo-Fascism is Both Imperative & Attainable’

ON the occasion of the first death anniversary of Sivaji Patnaik, a distinguished person who was a former member of CPI(M) Central Committee, former secretary of CPI(M) Odisha state committee, a former member of Parliament, and a revered Communist leader of Odisha, rich tributes were paid to him in Bhubaneswar on May 23.

United Farmers’ Movement Paves the Way

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×UNDER the leadership of the All India Kisan Sabha, the ongoing farmers' movement of Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh has been successful in instilling renewed faith in the united struggle of farmers and landless farm workers. What started on April 25, 2023 in Greater Noida, has now entered its 36th day with support among farmers increasing every day.

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