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Massive Peasant March in Siliguri

OVER Thirty thousand farmers and agricultural workers at the call of AIKS and AIAWU from six North Bengal districts flooded the streets   of Siliguri in North Bengal , to protest against   the anti farmer policies of the Modi-led Union government and the West Bengal state government on  December 27.  All Siliguri bound trains virtually turned into ‘Kishan Express’ on that day and a day before.

Meanwhile in Tripura

CM Enjoys Lutyens’ Luxury While a Mother Sells her Girl ChildOFTEN such news reaches the newsrooms late, but however delayed they don’t lose the news value. We are talking about Binata Chakma of Kalagang-Charki ADC village of Pecharthal RD block, North Tripura. Parents of five children, Shek Chakma and Binata Chakma were forced to sell their fifth child, barely of 25 days to Sumanjoy Reang of Dainchharra ADC village on December 6 for a mere 2,500 rupees to feed their four children.

Left Democratic Front Expands in Kerala

THE Left Democratic Front (LDF) has expanded further in Kerala as four more parties, the Indian National League, Kerala Congress (B), Democratic Kerala Congress and Loktantrik Janata Dal join it, said A Vijayaraghavan, the convener of the front.While the Loktantrik Janata Dal is led at the national level by Sharad Yadav and Veerendra Kumar, MP, MV Sreyams Kumar is the chief at the state-level. The Democratic Kerala Congress led by Francis George, former MP, is a splinter group of Kerala Congress.

BSNLEU's Conference Resolves to Strengthen Unity and to Intensify Struggles

AT a time when the entire officers and workers of BSNL are engaged in continuous struggles against the pro-Reliance Jio and anti-BSNL steps being taken by the government, BSNLEU, the biggest trade union of BSNL, has conducted its 9th all India conference at Mysuru. The conference which was held from December 17-20, 2018, has taken many important decisions to defend BSNL and the future of the employees.INAUGURAL SESSIONThe four-day conference got kick-started with a colourful cultural programme, followed by the hoisting of the national flag and the union's red flag.

BSNLEU's Conference Resolves to Strengthen Unity and to Intensify Struggles

AT a time when the entire officers and workers of BSNL are engaged in continuous struggles against the pro-Reliance Jio and anti-BSNL steps being taken by the government, BSNLEU, the biggest trade union of BSNL, has conducted its 9th all India conference at Mysuru. The conference which was held from December 17-20, 2018, has taken many important decisions to defend BSNL and the future of the employees.INAUGURAL SESSIONThe four-day conference got kick-started with a colourful cultural programme, followed by the hoisting of the national flag and the union's red flag.

TAMIL NADU: Thousands Throng Keezhvenmani to Pay Homage to Martyrs

FIFTY years ago, in the morning of December 25, 1968, the landlords of  Keezhvenmani village in East Tanjore district, Tamil Nadu, unleashed one of the most violent attacks on dalits in independent India, killing 44 people including women and children.The attacks began as the landless dalits in the village started to agitate for wage hike under the banner of CPI(M), which was gaining ground in the state.

On Telangana Assembly Elections

THE election results  for Telangana state, have  not only brought Telangana Rashtra Samiti  to power for the second term, but also, the incumbent Party, TRS improved its position considerably by winning 88 seats out of 119 seats of the assembly. The Congress alliance could scrap through with only 21 seats, including two seats for the TDP. TJS and CPI drew a blank. Two independents who won the elections have also joined the TRS, taking the tally of TRS to 90.  The AIMIM could retain all their seven seats.The BJP could win only one single seat out of 119 seats contested.

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