THE Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), in a statement issued on December 21,  has castigated as ominous, unconstitutional and a direct attack on the freedom of the press, the order of the union home ministry authorising central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt  “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.” This order we feel is reminiscent of the dark days of the Emergency, the statement said. DUJ noted the broad ranging powers given to no less than ten agencies, ranging from the Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation to the Delh

THE 9th national conference of CWFI (Construction Workers Federation of India) was held at Sholapur, Maharashtra on October 26-28. The conference was presided over by R Singaravelu-president of CWFI.Tapan Sen, general secretary of CITU inaugurated the conference. He termed the BJP rule as disastrous for the Indian economy and to the working class. He said, the Modi government is destroying the public sector companies and banks and is giving impetus to the private Indian and foreign monopoly companies to take over the Indian PSUs.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements on December 24The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses deep grief at the passing away of Comrade Nirupam Sen, former member of the Polit Bureau and an outstanding leader of the Party. He died on December 24 after a prolonged illness at the age of 72.Nirupam Sen began his political life as a student activist and became a prominent leader of the Bengal Provincial Student Federation and later the Students’ Federation of India.

A FACT-finding team of Bhumi Adhikar Andolan comprising members of parliament, leaders of kisan organisations, advocates from Supreme Court and senior journalists has, on December 20, visited the family of assassinated police officer Subodh Kumar Singh who was shot and lynched when he was on duty, by a mob led by Bajrang Dal.

AT a time when the entire officers and workers of BSNL are engaged in continuous struggles against the pro-Reliance Jio and anti-BSNL steps being taken by the government, BSNLEU, the biggest trade union of BSNL, has conducted its 9th all India conference at Mysuru. The conference which was held from December 17-20, 2018, has taken many important decisions to defend BSNL and the future of the employees.INAUGURAL SESSIONThe four-day conference got kick-started with a colourful cultural programme, followed by the hoisting of the national flag and the union's red flag.