On August 24, a rally was organised in the Jogendranagar area adjoining Agartala city by electricity consumers who have been struggling under the burden of high electricity bills. Following this rally, the BJP organised another rally, during which its supporters carried out extensive vandalism at the local CPI(M) office, creating an atmosphere of fear and intimidation in the area. Local residents strongly condemned the vandalism at the CPI(M) office.

The war against Iran must not be understood as an isolated eruption of aggression by US hyper-imperialism. Nor can it be explained merely by the obsessions of Donald Trump, the expansionist ambitions of Israel, or the influence of the most reactionary sections of the US ruling class. The war belongs to a much wider crisis. The United States is lashing out because the foundations of its power are weakening, while its ruling class has neither the political imagination nor the social capacity to repair them.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following on August 24, 2026

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly disapproves the manner in which the BJP and the Hindutva communal forces are misusing the question of prioritising ‘Vande Mataram’ with all the six stanzas as legislated by the Parliament.

On behalf of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), M. A. Baby, General Secretary, has submitted a Memo on Census 2027, to the Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner on August 24, 2026. We are herewith releasing the text of the Memo for publication.

Census 2027 is underway now. While in some places the first phase of house listing has just begun, in the snow bound areas the second phase with the option of self-enumeration has commenced.

THE nature of Indian democracy was established based on principles which were tempered in the course of the freedom struggle. Hence, it was not a coincidence that the Constitution was established after a protracted debate in the Constituent Assembly for almost three years. This was the institutionalised quintessence of values and ideas which evolved while adopting and customising some of the universal principles experienced and practiced by democracies elsewhere in the world.