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Thousands of Tobacco Farmers Stage Massive Tractor Rally: Demand Rs 30,000 MSP and Government Procurement

THOUSANDS of tobacco farmers from across Prakasam district brought Ongole to a virtual standstill on Friday, June 19, as they staged one of the largest protests by tobacco growers in South India. Organised under the banner of various farmers’ unions with support from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, Left parties, CITU, and agricultural workers’ organisations, the rally saw hundreds of tractors and nearly 1,000 motorcycles choke the city’s major roads for several hours.

Mumbai trade unions protest murder of Indian sailors by US strike

On 19th June 2026, major trade unions of Mumbai held a militant joint demonstration at the Collectors office at Bandra Kurla Complex in the vicinity of the US Consulate, to protest against the murder of three Indian sailors by the US military missile strike on a civilian cargo ship in international waters near Iran.  The participating unions included the CITU, AITUC,  INTUC,  AICCTU, FSUI, and TUCI.

Historic Victory of Rural Sanitation Workers in Haryana

The struggle of Haryana’s rural sanitation workers in May 2026 stands out as one of the most significant working-class movements in the state in recent years. Around 10,500 rural sanitation workers have been employed across Haryana since 2007, with one worker serving approximately every thousand residents in rural areas. Most of these workers belong to the Valmiki community, and more than 20 per cent are women. Their labor ensures basic sanitation services in hundreds of villages across the state.

People’s Protest Against Demolitions in Faridabad

RECENTLY, large-scale demolitions of residential settlements have been underway in cities like Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana, bordering the national capital, Delhi. These actions are being carried out through the Municipal Corporation administration and the Country Town Planning Department, under the leadership of the ruling BJP party. The colonies, inhabited for 60-70 years, are being demolished, leaving lakhs of people homeless and pushing them into poverty.

Partition, Politics and June 20

IN recent years, a concerted political effort has been made to establish June 20 as ‘West Bengal Day’ and to project Syama Prasad Mookerjee as the founder of West Bengal. Political appropriation of history is not new, but any historical event must be understood in its full context. Therefore, examining the validity of the narrative surrounding June 20 is essential.

Petroleum Products’ Prices: Burden on the People

Let us look into the prices of crude oil in the international market, the prices borne by consumers in India, the policies behind them, the claims made by the rulers who formulated these policies, and what is actually happening in practice. Prior to 2002, a system called the Administrative Price Control Mechanism was established and functioning in India. It operated under the control of the Ministry of Petroleum. Its main objective was to regulate crude oil prices so that the burdens of fluctuations in the international market were not passed on to the people.

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