THE 20th state conference of Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in Tripura was held on October 17-18, 2022 at Agartala. The open session, held on October 17 in the auditorium of Town Hall, was attended by a house full of participants. Apart from the delegates coming from different parts of the state, there were representatives from youth, teachers and other mass organisations.The conference started with hoisting of SFI flag and paying floral tributes to the martyrs. The open session was addressed by former students’ leader and ex-minister Ratan Bhowmik, who is presently an MLA.

THE massive rally held at Vivekananda Maidan (Astabol Ground) in Agartala town on October 21, at the call of the CPI(M), threw a challenge to the authoritarian BJP rule in the state.The rally was presided over by Aghore Debbarma, Central Committee member of the Party and it was addressed by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member Manik Sarkar and CPI(M) state secretary and Central Committee member Jitendra Chaudhury. BJP’S PLOT TO FOIL THE RALLYBJP used its government machinery both in the state and at the centre, leaving no stone untu

The Kerala governor, Arif Mohammad Khan, has asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to remove Finance Minister K N Balagopal, on the grounds that he made a speech that was “seditious”. We publish excerpts of the speech as reported in The Hindu (dated October 27). It shows the absurdity of the governor’s charge. Below we publish excerpts of the speech of K N Balagopal at a students’ meeting in University of Kerala, on October 19, 2022.“KERALA has benefited a lot by the democratisation of education. My experience as a student is mostly from Kerala University.

THE United States never fails to project itself as the champion of human rights. But, recent media reports have exposed its ugly track record of suppressing basic trade union rights. The big corporations of the United States don’t take kindly to trade unions. Trade union busting activities are reported to be a routine affair of these corporations. As a part of this, every employee has to attend anti-union meetings.

THE TET (Teachers Eligibility Test) qualifiers for the year 2014 are still on the wait and on-road too! They qualified in the exam with all that is required, but the government of West Bengal is still in favor of those who ‘managed’ ‘somehow’ to get the appointment. The current education minister of West Bengal justifies chief minister’s primary concern which is that she doesn’t want anyone to ‘lose the job’.