FOLLOWING Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on October 27, that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would begin in West Bengal and 11 other states.WHAT IS SIR?SIR is a special campaign conducted by the Election Commission of India to purify the electoral rolls by eliminating errors, inconsistencies or defects. Its primary objectives include deleting the names of the deceased and permanently shifted electors, including new eligible voters, and removing multiple entries for the same individual across different booths.

The LDF Government's Industrial Development Policy aims to transform Kerala into a leading industrial centre in the country. It focuses on major projects such as 200 Global Capability Centres across the state, the Vizhinjam–Kollam–Punalur Growth Triangle on 1,700 acres, the Kochi Global City Project on 358 acres, a Skill Development and Entrepreneurship University in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, and a Mega Food Processing Park in Kollam.

Proclivity to resort to lies and slander against opponents comes naturally to the Prime Minister and his cohorts, and they are employing them daily in their election speeches.Prime Minister and his yes-man Amit Shah have nothing to say about unemployment, corruption of monumental proportion, growing attacks on women, Dalits, minorities and other sections of marginalized communities, and the large scale migration which came into full play when the migrants workers took their homeward journey to take part in Bihar’s most popular festival Chhath, packed like sardines in all the Bihar bound tra

At a national seminar organised by All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO) in Mumbai on October 4, 2025, senior lawyers and experts spoke on the legal consequences for India of the United Nations finding of genocide by Israel in Gaza.In introductory comments Dr Vivek Monteiro called out the duplicity of the present Indian government, of voting in favour of a ceasefire in December 2024 at the UN and then abstaining in a similar vote in June 2025.

ON October 10, Martyrs’ Day and the death anniversary of Godavari Parulekar were commemorated with great resolve across Thane-Palghar district, Maharashtra. This year’s observance carried special significance, marking 80 years since the first five martyrs of the Warli Adivasi Revolt, including key leader Jethya Gangad, were brutally gunned down by British colonial police-acting in collusion with the landlord class-on October 10, 1945.