WB: State Employees to Go on Strike on March 10

SIGNS of the protest-base broadening are prominent in West Bengal. The more the autocratic Trinamool Congress regime descends into tyrannical attitudes and practices, exposing its mercilessly anti-people character, the stronger will be the strength of people’s protest and resistance. For more than a decade, employees who earn their salaries from the state government exchequer have suffered deprivation of rights, intimidation, harassment, unfair and wrongful transfer and humiliation.

Three Years since the Communal Violence in North East Delhi

ON February 26, 2023, a programme was organised on the topic 'Three Years of North-East Delhi Communal Violence' at the Quami Ekta Bhawan of Major Jaipal Singh Trust in North East Delhi. Around 110 people took part in this programme. Indumati started the programme by reciting a poem.A large number of people from the families affected by the violence participated. Among the affected, Malika, Aagaz, Ramsugarath and Rehana narrated their harrowing experiences. All of them had one thing to say that neither justice was served nor adequate compensation.

Jharkhand: BJP’s Efforts to Destabilise State Government

THE RSS is using various tactics to destabilise the Hemant Soren government of Jharkhand, and the BJP is utilising all central agencies, including the ED towards this end. Several central government ministers, including Home Minister Amit Shah, are also pushing their agenda to destabilise the state government.

SFI-led Alliance Wins Student Union Elections in Hyderabad Central University

IN the recently held elections to the University of Hyderabad Students’ Union, the Students’ Federation of India led alliance stood victorious by sweeping all office bearer posts along with the GSCASH panel with huge margins. These elections happened after three and a half years since the last held election in 2019.In a context where the entire country is reeling under a regime of neoliberal and fascistic nexus, and where all democratic institutions are dismantled by the current BJP-led government, the victory of SFI-led alliance in HCU elections provides a spark of hope.

TN: Raj Bhavan Demonstration Demands Governor to Mend His Ways

SINCE assuming office as the governor of Tamil Nadu, the incumbent R N Ravi has been indulging in provoking and insulting the people of the state through his comments that are denigrating the cultural ethos of the state. Additionally, he has been promoting obscurantist right-wing ideology and attacking social justice, while showing disregard for constitutional conventions.

WB: Potato Growers to Block Roads on March 11

THE AIKS West Bengal state committee has called for an intense movement by blocking national and state highways on March 11 to force the state government to buy potatoes at a fair price. For this, a massive campaign has been started among farmers in districts. The leaders of the AIKS West Bengal state committee have said that there is no other way to save the farmers from committing suicide due to the potato crisis.

HP: Construction Workers Federation Demands Withdrawal of ‘Anti-Labour’ Decisions

Led by CITU, union leaders met the Workers’ Welfare Board secretary and demanded registration and benefits for MGNREGA workersA DELEGATION of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Himachal Pradesh Construction Workers Federation met the secretary of Himachal Pradesh Workers Welfare Board in Shimla and handed over a memorandum with their charter of demands.The delegation, consisting of state CITU leaders, told the board secretary that due to a letter issued by the board on December 12, 2022, the work of submission of forms for registration, renewal and assistance

Mewat Bleeds Again: Stand with Meo Peasants

THE shroud of uncertainty had barely lifted from the environs of Ghatmeeka, where few days ago a young man named Waris was allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes, when the news of the brutal murders of Junaid (35) and Nasir (25) shook the Meo village on February 16. Three abductions and killings within a fortnight, allegedly at the hand of the same outfit led by a local upstart popularly known as Monu Manesar, has once again brought forth the reality of being Muslim and poor in New India.A spate of lynchings has marred the region of Mewat (remember Pehlu Khan?) for some years now.

Delhi: CPI(M) Protests Anti-People Union Budget

THE Delhi state committee of CPI(M) held a dharna at Jantar Mantar on February 28 to protest against the anti-people budget of the Modi government. The dharna was addressed by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury who termed the central government's budget as a brazen attack on the people.Public sector enterprises are being handed over to corporates for a pittance. Loans worth lakhs of crores taken by big capitalists from public sector banks have been written off.

Tripura: CPI(M) Protests Party Activist’s Brutal Killing

Two BJP leaders and an MLA have been named in the FIRHUNDREDS of CPI(M) workers and supporters protested the brutal murder of Party activist Dilip Sukla Das (55) in Kalyanpur, in Teliamura subdivision of Tripura, on February 19.The names of BJP gram panchayat pradhan Krishna Kamal Das, Kalyanpur mandal secretary Manoj Dev and local BJP MLA figure in the FIR lodged by Das’s sons.Das was dragged out of his house and brutally attacked with stones, sticks and bricks in Dwarikapur village, under the Kalyanpur Police Station, around 11 pm on February 18.

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