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Brinda Karat on Bihar Campaign Trail

Due to inclement weather the mass meeting to be addressed jointly by Tejashwi Yadav and Brinda Karat in Bibhutipur Constituency was cancelled. But, braving incessant rain, Brinda Karat reached Bibhutipur on October 31 and was received there by CC member and in-charge of Bibhutipur Constituency Awadhesh Kumar and the Party candidate Ajay Kumar, District Secretary Ramashray, State Committee Member Neelam Devi and others. She visited the village of Martyr Ram Nath Mahto, tallest leader and organiser of the party in Samastipur, and garlanded his statue along with the accompanying leaders.

Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls: A Political Critique

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.

Kurnool Bus Tragedy: Deadly cocktail of govt negligence and owner’s greed claims 19 lives

Nineteen passengers were burnt to death when a Hyderabad-Bengaluru sleeper coach bus, run by V Kaveri Travels, caught fire after a collision with a motorcycle on the outskirts of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh on October 24. The accident brought to light the chronic government negligence in enforcing safety and other rules, and exposed the mad-for-maximising-profit private bus owners who blatantly flout norms and cut corners in utter disregard for safety norms.

Kochi Global City Project to generate 1.20 lakh direct jobs and 3.6 lakh indirect jobs

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.

SIR aims to overthrow democratic system, must be rolled back

The special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union territories, announced by the Election Commission on October 27, is intended to overthrow the country's democratic system, the CPI(M) Kerala state secretariat has said and demanded that the central government roll back the move. The commission has hastily started efforts to expand the Bihar-model SIR across the country, including Kerala.

Bihar: Campaign for Phase I of Election Reaches Zenith

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

Big protest action against bribery, drugs and crime against women

THE CPI(M) in Tripura has organised a statewide protest movement on three key demands – dismissal of state minister Sudhangshu Das who admitted to accepting bribe from contractors and government suppliers, immediate identification and arrest of the drug-traffickers who transported two huge consignments of banned Eskuf cough syrup, and prompt action against the perpetrators of several recent dastardly incidents of rape and murder -- between October 24 and 31.

UN Finding of Gaza Genocide: India Must Fulfil Duties

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.

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