Corporate Cronyism at its Worst

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 7, 2020THE collapse of Yes Bank has raised many disturbing questions about the functioning of private banks and the failure of the regulator, the Reserve Bank of India, to intervene in time. The Yes Bank episode is the worst example of crony capitalism. The record shows that the loan account of the bank increased spectacularly from Rs 55,633 crore in March 2014 to Rs 2,41,999 crore in March 2019. The bank was saddled with huge loans given to corporates favoured by the ruling regime. Some of these c

Condemn Ban on Media Channels

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 7THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the 48-hour ban imposed on two Malayalam news channels, Asianet News and Media One, by the information and broadcasting ministry.

The First Party Congress – 1943

THE first Congress of the Communist Party of India (CPI) was held in 1943 in Bombay. It was held for eight days, from May 23 to June 1. 139 delegates attended the Congress, representing a membership of 15,563. By this time, Party organs were being brought out in 11 languages, with a combined circulation of 60,000. It was estimated that at least 6,00,000 people were reading these organs, along with other leaflets and pamphlets brought out by the Party.

The Blistering Path to Change

THE usual folklore is that winters in North India, Delhi in particular, come to an end with Holi. But this year, Holi had gone, but the chill is still lingering, reflecting the times that our country is passing through. On one hand – riots, protests, anger and on the other the novel virus – Covid-19. All these are giving rise to a serious doubt, is Shelley right: ‘when winter comes, can spring be far behind’!It’s those December days in Delhi, when cold bites. No one prefers to come out. Everybody wants to lie in the bed with super warm blankets wrapped around them.

DYFI Holds Youth March in Maharashtra

ON February 16, 2020, more than a thousand volunteers of the DYFI in Maharashtra started a 125 km protest walk from Uran in Raigad district towards the state capital Mumbai, demanding employment and education opportunities and against the unconstitutional and communal CAA-NRC-NPR drive of the BJP central government.The Maharashtra police mounted inexplicably severe repression on all four days from February 16 to 19 to stop the youth march from moving towards Mumbai. The DYFI had chosen BPCL Terminal at Uran as the starting point and Chaityabhoomi, Mumbai, the final resting place of Dr B R

Corona virus Precautionary Measures are exemplary: Telengana team

TWELVE member official (government) delegation from Telengana visited Kerala on March 7, it has opined that Kerala government’s intervention to control the threat of novel corona virus is exemplary and a model for all. They were talking to the media after their consultation with K K Shailaja, minister for health. Kerala has been successful in preventing the spread of the deadly virus.Telengana has also been taking exemplary precaution. All states are following the guidelines of World Health Organization. But the measures taken by Kerala can be considered as model to follow.

Thousands of Working Women Court Arrest on International women’s Day

JAGAH hai kitni jail me teri, Dekh liya aur dekhenge! (How much space is there in your jails, we have seen, we will see)”, a popular protest slogan, was literally turned into action by women workers under the banner of the All India Coordination Committee of Working Women (CITU) on March 6.

Haryana: Kisan state conference Resolves to unleash Movement

THE 13th state conference of the AIKS Haryana state was held on March 7-8 at Jind. On March 7th a public meeting was held which was attended by a large number of kisans. Because of hail and heavy downpour the venue of the rally had to be changed. The space of the public meeting fell short and a large number of people had to stand in outside the venue. The public meeting was addressed by Ashok Dhawale, Amra Ram, Inderjit, Phul Singh and Harpal Singh.Ashok Dhawale spoke in length about the present condition of the kisans in the country.

Delhi Violence: Realities of New India

THE aftermath of the communal violence in Delhi has clarified many of the questions which arose during the outbreak of violence in North-East Delhi. Upto now, 53 bodies have been found of those killed and over 500 people had suffered injuries.

From a Formal to an Informal US-empire in Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN’S seven-day “reduction in violence” plan negotiated by the US and the Taliban commenced on February 21. Subsequently, the two erstwhile warring parties signed a deal to bring peace to Afghanistan on February 28. America promised phased withdrawal of its military forces from Afghanistan. It is hoped that this will mark the beginning of end of the American involvement in nearly two-decade-old Afghan war which began after the September 11 attacks.The ambiguous US-Taliban agreement signed in Doha, Qatar, was negotiated for more than one year.

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