Public Asset, Private Loot: The Struggle for Land & Livelihood in Jharkhand’s Pachwara Coal Blocks

In the forested plateau of Santhal Pargana in Jharkhand, a vast and violent transformation is underway. Beneath the hills and agricultural lands of this region lie some of eastern India’s most valuable coal reserves. Over the past two decades, mining of these reserves has begun through the development of three adjacent blocks in the Pachwara coal belt, located in the Rajmahal coalfield and spread across the Pakur–Dumka region. These blocks are called Pachwara North, Pachwara Central, and Pachwara South. But this is not just a story of industrial progress.

NCR Workers Struggle: Manesar Police Operation to Arrest CITU Leaders

On the intervening night of May 4 and 5, dozens of police personnel belonging to the Manesar (Gurugram) Crime Investigation Agency of Haryana Police surrounded and laid siege of CITU leaders' homes in Rohtak. They were attempting to arrest the leaders in connection with the workers movement for better wages that had started in early April.

AP Tenant Farmers’ Conference Calls for Intensifying Struggles

The 4th State Conference of the Andhra Pradesh Tenant Farmers’ Association (Andhra Pradesh Koulu Rythu Sangham), affiliated with the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), concluded successfully in Uyyuru town of Krishna district after three days of deliberations, marked by a massive rally, public meeting, and organisational decisions.

Distress Brewing ……..may Reflect in Anger

A crisis is looming as the war on Iran by the United States and Israel begins to affect all sections of society in Andhra Pradesh.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the cancellation of cargo flights have brought exports to Gulf countries to a halt, severely impacting producers of bananas, mangoes, coconuts, prawns, and poultry.

Joint Intervention of Left Parties on Workers’ Unrest in Delhi-NCR

A joint demonstration was organised today at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, by Left parties—Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (ML), Revolutionary Socialist Party, Forward Bloc, and CGPI. A large number of workers and trade union leaders from Noida, Ghaziabad, and Delhi participated in the protest.

Left parties in Uttar Pradesh hold statewide demonstrations against repression of workers in the state.

Left parties in Uttar Pradesh including Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (ML-Liberation), and Forward Bloc, jointly organised demonstrations at District Magistrate offices across all districts of the state on April 23, 2026, registering their protest against the tampering with service conditions of workers in Noida and surrounding areas, the violation of their rights, and the crushing of their movement.

Core Electoral Agenda: Left Resurgence in Bengal

Within twenty-four hours of the election schedule being announced, the Left Front released its first list of candidates. In light of the current political climate across both the nation and the state, the Left Front decided to form a united coalition for the upcoming Assembly Elections based on a comprehensive seat-sharing arrangement. The primary objective was to mobilize maximum strength against the BJP and the Trinamool Congress to bring about a change in the state's governance.

Maharashtra: Social Justice Week Observed

April 11, 2026, was the 200th birth anniversary of Mahatma Jotirao Phule and April 14, 2026, was the 135th birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Hence, April 11 to 17, was observed as Social Justice Week across the state by the CPI(M) in Maharashtra by organising various socio-cultural programmes to take the struggles and thoughts of these radical social reformers against caste and gender oppression to the people from a Marxist perspective.

AIFUCTO Slams Higher Education Bill, Asks JPC to Frame Alternate Bill

All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO), the apex federation representing thousands of teachers has submitted a representation to the Joint Parliamentary Committee for Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishtan Bill (2025) on April 24, 2026. The text of this representation is reproduced below:

The Chairperson,

Joint Parliamentary Committee for VBSA Bill (2025),

Govt. of India.

Respected Madam,

Stop plunder of Gas from KG Basin

A state-level public convention was organised on April 16 at Samhita Convention Hall in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, under the aegis of the KG Basin Gas and Oil Sadhana Samiti. The event focused on the demand that 50 per cent of the gas and oil extracted from the KG Basin be allocated to meet the needs of the state’s people.

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