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Condemn Badal Chowdhury’s Arrest

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 23THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the arrest of Badal Chowdhury, leader of the CPI(M) in Tripura, while he was in the ICU of a private hospital in Agartala.The BJP state government has levelled false charges against Badal Chowdhury concerning his tenure as the PWD minister, in the Left Front government, in the execution of certain projects. Other senior officials including the former chief secretary of the state have been named in the FIR.

Stop the Authoritarian Attacks

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 17THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the continuous attacks on the CPI(M) offices and the leadership in Tripura by the BJP-led state government.The attacks are purportedly on the plea that there are charges against Badal Chowdhury, a former PWD minister of the Left Front government and a Central Committee member of the Party.  There is enough evidence on record to clearly establish that there is absolutely no substance in this charge and is a case of blatant frame up.  This excuse is be

The State of J & K converted into a Municipality …….Tarigami

SITARAM Yechury and Mohd Yousuf Tarigami had an interaction with some of the press people at the former’s official residence at 36, Canning Lane in New Delhi on October 22.Sitaram Yechury said, today 80 days have passed since the people of Kashmir have been made incommunicado. Partial services of telephone networks were restored just recently that too only post paid mobile numbers.

LDF wrests two UDF seats in Kerala

WITH a scintillating performance in the by-elections for five assembly constituencies in Kerala, the ruling Left Democratic Front has increased its tally from 92 to 93. After winning Pala assembly segment which was a 45-year old UDF bastion, the LDF has wrested two more seats from the UDF base, though lost one to the UDF.In Vattiyoorkavu assembly segment in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram, and Konni in Pathanamthitta distrtict, which are both decade long sitting seats of the Congress, LDF won with huge margins.

KERALA: CPI(M) Workers Arrested in Murder Case Acquitted; Real Culprit Nabbed after 25 Years

THE real culprit in a political murder case has been nabbed by the Kerala Police after a long span of 25 years, exposing the clandestine operations of the police during the UDF government headed by Congress leader late K Karunakaran. Eleven CPI(M) workers and one dissident Congress worker were arrested and jailed in the killing of RSS worker Sunil Kumar on December 4, 1994. The main motive behind the arrests was political vendetta of the Congress.

Unprecedented Strike; Unprecedented Response

THE Telangana chief minister, who often creates ‘sensational news’, himself inadvertently confirmed the wide magnitude of the united strike of TSRCTC workers. Out of total 49,190 workers, 48,000 plus workers are on strike at the call of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Telangana SRTC Employees and Workers’ Unions since October 5 early morning. From the agitated reaction of the chief minister, the serious impact of the strike becomes obvious.

India’s Rank on the Global Hunger Index

THE news that India’s rank in 2019 according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) was 102nd among the 117 countries for whom this index was calculated (it is not calculated for countries where hunger is not a problem), instead of causing consternation as it should have, has generated a rather inconsequential debate. This debate ironically has been concerned with two issues.One is whether India’s rank which was 55 in 2014 has fallen dramatically to 102 in 2019.

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