An expert committee has recommended that the state government can enact its own legislation against the Central Government’s Labour Codes, which strip away the fundamental rights of workers. This significant recommendation is part of a report submitted by a committee chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Gopala Gowda. The state government formed this committee specifically to suggest solutions to the adverse impacts of the new Labour Codes.

A joint statewide workshop of the Jati Ant Sangharsh Samiti - JASS (Maharashtra state chapter of DSMM), Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch – AARM, and the Alpasankhyak Hakk Sangharsh Samiti – AHSS, was held at the B T Ranadive Bhawan in New Mumbai on February 18, 2026. It was attended by 236 leading activists from 22 districts.

THE idea of India was not forged in the fiction woven by Savarkar’s Hindutva ideology. It was shaped by the blood and sweat spilled in the national freedom struggle to dislodge British colonial rule. Obviously, the idea set out a different playbook which contributed to the foundational pillars of the Constitution solemnised on January 26, 1950.

Assam today stands at a crucial political juncture. After nearly a decade of BJP rule, discontent is visible across the state. Prices of essential commodities are rising, unemployment among the youth remains very high and farmers, workers and small traders are facing growing economic distress. Instead of addressing these basic problems, the BJP-led government has increasingly relied on divisive politics and communal polarisation along with authoritarian rule to strengthen its political base.

RAHUL GANDHI, the national leader of the Indian National Congress, and the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, addressed a UDF rally on March 7. He spoke on many things, and even made a five-guarantees declaration, promising the Kerala people a series of doles, including free travel for women in KSRTC buses, monthly award for girl students, interest free loans for the youth, health insurance and an enhanced pension.