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Maha: Elections to Mumbai University Senate & Academic Council BUCTU Trounces Right Wing Opponents

 THE Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union (BUCTU) once again and unequivocally reaffirmed its stamp of authority in the affairs of University of Mumbai with an overwhelming victory in the just concluded elections to the senate and academic council with a thumping majority.Elections with preferential voting system were held for ten senate seats (five general and five reserved) and eight academic council seats. The results of these elections were declared on July 7, 2023. BUCTU contested all ten senate seats and won eight out of ten.

Kerala CM Assures to Provide Market Support For Apple Farmers through Co-operatives

ON August 5th, a delegation from the Apple Farmers’ Federation of India (AFFI) met with Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister of Kerala, in New Delhi to explore opportunities for establishing a robust marketing network within the domestic market of Kerala through co-operatives. The objective of this initiative is to ensure fair and profitable prices for apple farmers from the states of Jammu Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

Mewat Violence: Foil the Venomous Game plan

THE violence in Nuh district, Haryana, on July 31st was not a random incident or a result of law enforcement oversight, as some perceive. It was a premeditated conspiracy, forming part of the BJP's larger communal strategy that has been unfolding systematically. A team, including Inderjit Singh, former Central Committee member of CPI(M) and AIKS vice president, CITU state general secretary Jai Bhagwan, along with Vinod and Akhtar Husain, visited Nuh and neighbouring villages on August 5.

Jharkhand: Tributes Paid to Martyr Subhash Munda

"CPI(M) and its Red Flag are destined to reach even greater heights! We shall continue to uphold the legacy of Subhash Munda and his predecessors," declared Chhotun Devi Munda, the mother of the late Comrade Subhash Munda, during a resolute gathering on August 3, 2023. This meeting took place at the recently renamed Shaheed Subhash Munda Chowk, formerly known as Daladali Chowk.Preceding the gathering, Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, unveiled a statue honouring Subhash Munda and inaugurated the newly christened chowk.

NAJ, DUJ Blast Bills on Media

Stress Necessity of Tripartite Autonomous Media Commission to Save JournalismTHE National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) in a joint statement on August 10, expressed their deep distress at the way bills affecting the media and personal liberties have been bulldozed through parliament without proper debate. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 includes surveillance clauses, which means surveillance of citizens including journalists and their sources.

WB: Victory Won by Rigging Cannot Undermine People’s Struggle

THE 10th panchayat elections in West Bengal were marred by massive fraud, vote looting, and manipulation at the counting centres, reducing the electoral process virtually to a farce.  These can no longer be called “unprecedented” because such methods of widespread election rigging have characteriSed virtually all Bengal’s local body elections in the past decade. There is almost a consensus now that a major characteristic of the electoral process in Bengal is the incidence of pervasive rigging of elections.

AP: Stalling the Privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant for 900 Days

THE ministry of finance sub-committee (central) announced the strategic sale of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), popularly known as Vizag Steel, on January 27, 2021. The then recognised union, CITU, united all permanent workers' unions, contract workers' unions, and officer's association on one platform, forming a struggle committee to save Vizag Steel Plant from privatisation.

TN: ‘Manipur Violence is an Assault on Federalism and Plurality’

THE CPI(M) Madurai urban and rural district committees jointly organised a special conference on the ‘Protection of States’ Rights’ on July 23, at Madurai. Addressing the conference, CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury said the violence in Manipur is an attack on federalism and plurality of the country unleashed by the BJP has been trying to convert the secular democratic republic of India into a fascist Hindutva rashtra.Yechury said the freedom struggle underlined the need to uphold diversity such as of language, culture and religion.

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