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Tripura Govt’s Priority is Throttling Media, Not Covid-19 Management

THE democratic and rational-minded people of Tripura were bewildered to hear the rude threat of the chief minister against the media, which has been critical of its Covid-19 management, particularly its criminal callousness in providing minimum healthcare at the Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, the main hospital of the state.  While addressing a government programme at the inauguration of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Jalefa in South Tripura district on September 11, chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb belligerently threatened the media which is critical of his government, saying “some media bein

Protests Condemn Repressive Policies of BJP Govt & Delhi Police

Below we publish reports on the protests held across the country against the false charges made by the Delhi police on Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, renowned economist Jayati Ghosh, Delhi University professor Apoorvanand, Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav and documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy, among other prominent personalities.

HP: Three days, three protests outside the Vidhan Sabha

THE Himachal Vidhan Sabha is convened for a short period of 10 days at Shimla. For three consecutive days from September 14 to 16, there were three protests held by SFI, CITU and DSMM respectively.SFI BANGS PLATES OUTSIDE THE VIDHAN SABHAOn September 14, the SFI state unit held a demonstration outside the state assembly and banged plates as a form of protest to wake up the government.

WEST BENGAL: Student-Youth Rallies

STUDENTS and youth came out onto the streets in large numbers on September 15, demanding end to anarchy in education and demanding jobs for all. At the call of eight student-youth organisations, thousands of students and youth joined in protest rallies and demonstrations throughout West Bengal.In Kolkata, as the rally began from College Street, police tried to stop it. But the militant mood of the rally forced them to clear out. The rally, decorated with yellow umbrellas with demands written on them, marched upto Esplanade.

‘Women’s Work is Invisible, Under-counted & Underestimated’

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and former general secretary of AIDWA, Brinda Karat remarked that ‘There was a systematic tendency in academics and policy discourse to make women’s work “invisible.” This applied particularly to the work of rural women.’ She highlighted problems of “under-counting and underestimation,” and “the policy-driven refusal to recognise the problem of unemployment and underemployment of women in rural India.” She made these remarks in a key note address after releasing the book titled Women and Work in Rural India, edited by Madhura Swaminathan, Shruti Nagbhushan, and V

TRIPURA: BJP’s Rage against CPI(M) Workers Reflects its Weakness

COVID-19 infections have been spreading in Tripura at an alarming scale, coupled with a total collapse of health services for both Covid and non-Covid patients. At a time many people are dying at a premature age, bike-borne BJP miscreants started another drive of terror, attacks, intimidation, arsons and destruction of properties targeting the opposition leaders, supporters and sympathisers throughout the state.On the call of the CPI(M) Central Committee, protest demonstrations were organised throughout the state on a 16-point charter of burning demands of people on August 26.

TRIPURA: BJP’s Rage against CPI(M) Workers Reflects its Weakness

COVID-19 infections have been spreading in Tripura at an alarming scale, coupled with a total collapse of health services for both Covid and non-Covid patients. At a time many people are dying at a premature age, bike-borne BJP miscreants started another drive of terror, attacks, intimidation, arsons and destruction of properties targeting the opposition leaders, supporters and sympathisers throughout the state.On the call of the CPI(M) Central Committee, protest demonstrations were organised throughout the state on a 16-point charter of burning demands of people on August 26.

TRIPURA: BJP’s Rage against CPI(M) Workers Reflects its Weakness

COVID-19 infections have been spreading in Tripura at an alarming scale, coupled with a total collapse of health services for both Covid and non-Covid patients. At a time many people are dying at a premature age, bike-borne BJP miscreants started another drive of terror, attacks, intimidation, arsons and destruction of properties targeting the opposition leaders, supporters and sympathisers throughout the state.On the call of the CPI(M) Central Committee, protest demonstrations were organised throughout the state on a 16-point charter of burning demands of people on August 26.

CITU-AIKS-AIAWU Demonstrations on September 5

Below we publish reports on the nationwide demonstrations called by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and the All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU), on September 5.ON September 5, the central leadership of the CITU, AIKS and AIAWU held a demonstration outside the  BTR Bhawan in New Delhi to condemn the anti-working people and pro-corporate policies of the BJP-RSS Modi regime.

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