THE recently conducted elections in the University of Hyderabad have been an important milestone in the struggle against the authoritarian and divisive politics of the BJP at the centre and the ABVP in the campuses across the country. Now, one might be tempted to ask the question, “What is so special about the UOH elections?” Every students’ union election at any university or college is bound to have its own significance.

BANK Employees Federation of India (BEFI) and All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) have given a joint nation-wide strike call on October 22 opposing the proposal made by Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitaraman to merge ten public sector banks (PSB).Calling the merger as a step closer towards privatisation of public sector banks, the unions sought the government to stop imposing neo-liberal banking reforms and demanded that it should ensure recovery of bad loans along with strict action against defaulters.  The unions also demanded that the customers should not be harassed with penal cha

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on October 7, has demanded the TRS government in Telangana to immediately stop its authoritarian measures to suppress the strike of the state road transport corporation (RTC) workers.

THE century, since the formation of the Communist Party of India, constitutes a glorious chapter in the history of modern India – a history of fierce struggles, immense sacrifices of countless revolutionaries during the freedom struggle and subsequently, and significant contributions in bringing people’s issues on to the national agenda.  From its very inception, the Communists provided a scientific materialist analysis of contemporary, evolving developments and forwarding solutions needed to improve both people’s livelihood and political structures in independent India.  This was based on

THE Vijayadashami address of the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has revealed glimpses of the fascistic ideology which permeates the RSS. The RSS chief took exception to incidents of mob killings being termed as “lynchings”. He said “By branding such incidents by words such as ‘lynching’, denoting traditions which were alien to Bharat and belong elsewhere, efforts are underway to defame our country and the entire Hindu society and create fear among the so-called minority communities”.This single sentence exposes the doublespeak and rabidly communal outlook of the RSS.