Deshabhimani at 80 Years

ON September 6, 2022, Deshabhimani celebrated its 80th anniversary. Deshabhimani was begun on September 6, 1942, as a weekly. Later on, it was on January 18, 1946 that Deshabhimani began publishing as a daily.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Deshabhimani’s anniversary celebrations on September 6, at Kozhikode, where its first edition was published. Malayalam’s favourite story writer M T Vasudevan Nair was the chief guest. Several dignitaries from multiple walks of life participated in the celebrations.

Maha: DYFI Holds Jatha to Rajgurunagar

ON August 24, 2022, hundreds of activists of the DYFI in Maharashtra reached Rajgurunagar in Pune district from various districts demanding employment and against the continuous repression of democratic resistances in our country. August 24 is the birth anniversary of martyr Rajguru, who was hanged by the British along with Martyrs Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev on March 23, 1931. Rajgurunagar (named after Rajguru), originally called Khed, is his birthplace.DYFI all India general secretary Himaghnaraj Bhattacharya was present in the programme.

Massive Convention of Workers, Peasants and Agri Workers

THOUSANDS of workers, peasants and agricultural workers participated in the National Convention held at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on September 5. The convention called by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) unanimously decided to strengthen the unity of these three class organisations and intensify joint combative actions against anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-people neoliberal policies pursued by the ruling dispensation.

Tripura: Seminar in Agartala Raises Fighting Spirit

THE ruling dispensation of the country has been rushing ahead with its agenda of establishing a Hindu Rashtra. Secular and democratic forces must get united to resist this effort, for which the Left, particularly the CPI(M) needs to be strengthened so that a formidable challenge can be thrown to the divisive forces trying to polarise the society in communal lines, said CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury at a seminar organised by CPI(M) Tripura state committee, held on August 24 in Agartala Town Hall.

Tripura: Tall Claims of BJP President Refuted

IT is really shocking that BJP national president J P Nadda, during his two-day visit to Tripura, could stoop so low to claim false credit of successes of his party-led government and spread a volley of falsehood to discredit the commendable achievements of 25 years rule of the Left Front. On August 29, Nadda addressed a rally in Khumulwng, where the TTAADC is headquartered, and thereafter addressed a press conference at the BJP state office in Agartala.

Mischievous elements are trying to create unrest in Punjab

IN a press note issued on August 31, CPI(M) Punjab has strongly condemned the attack on a church in Thakkarpura village near Patti town in the Tarn Taran district.Alleging a conspiracy behind this attack, CPI(M) demanded from the Punjab government that strict action should be taken after identifying such mischievous and anti-social elements.It is pertinent to mention here that the miscreants tried to create an atmosphere of fear and terror by setting fire to a church in the village so as to disturb the communal unity of Punjab.CPI(M) said that Punjab has been suffering losses due to commu

Kerala: M V Govindan Elected as CPI(M) State Secretary

ON August 28, 2022, CPI(M) state committee elected M V Govindan as the new secretary of the state unit. According to the statement issued by the state committee, the decision was taken as Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, CPI(M) current state secretary was not well due to health reasons.

Bring Down Bengal’s Era of Kleptocracy

SARADHA LOOT ON April 9, 2013, Ponzi boss Sudipta Sen, the head of chit fund organisation Saradha Group which went bust robbing lakhs of people of their life savings, fled Kolkata. A few days later at a general council meeting of her party, chief minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly said “No one will be spared. I am not on the side of any culprit.” She followed this affirmation with a burst of sarcastic questions, “Kunal chor? Madan chor? Tumpai chor? Mukul chor? Aami chor? Sabai chor? Baki ra shob sadhu! (Is Kunal a thief? Is Madan a thief? Is Tumpai a thief?

WB: People’s Struggle against ‘Looters Raj’

CRORES of Indian rupee notes and quasi-equivalent amounts of gold jewellery are found in the properties of former state education minister, Partha Chatterjee and his ‘khaas’ emissary Arpita Mukherjee. This year the month of July took the attention over anything in West Bengal as the ‘eyes wide shut’ of the intelligence regarding the loot of people’s assets moved to ‘do something' about it.

Convention and Rally in Support of Struggle against Deucha Pachami Coal Mine Project

“THEY may take my life, but I will not go. I will not leave my father’s land. All that I have in the world is here,” declared Sohagini Saren. She was not alone. Many more villagers present in Suvarna Vanik Samaj Hall in Kolkata on Wednesday, August 3, expressed their determination to fight to the end to protect their land and livelihood, under threat because of the Deucha Pachami coal block project.

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