THE decision to open a corridor from the Indian side to the Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan is one of the rare instances when the two governments of India and Pakistan have agreed to cooperate after a long period of stalemate and tensions between the two countries.The corridor from the Dera Baba Nanak Gurudwara in Gurdaspur district of Punjab to the Darbar Sahib Gurudwara where Guru Nanak Dev spent 18 years of his life, is being opened to mark the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism next year.

THE confidence of the masses has to be regained in the field of struggles. The CPI(M) in the present circumstances must be prepared for a long drawn battle. It must strive hard to become the voice of the people by maintaining and reinforcing live links with the masses. For that objective to be achieved, the primary task is rebuilding and streamlining the Party organisation. This was the resolve that marked the 22nd Tripura state conference of the CPI(M). The two day conference at Agartala Town Hall elected a new state committee of 75 members.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 17, 2018THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns the continuing attacks against the CPI(M) and its elected representatives in Tripura.On November 16, a meeting addressed by Manik Sarkar, leader of the opposition, at the Bishalgarh CPI(M) office was encircled by BJP men, who tried to  disrupt the meeting. Earlier BJP miscreants had sought to prevent people coming to attend the meeting.  On their return also, many participants were attacked. 35 were injured.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 21THE BJP and the RSS in Kerala have been organising their activists to send to the Sabarimala temple since it opened for the current pilgrimage season from November 16. The aim is to take control of the premises of the temple and to create a law and order problem there.Proof of this nefarious intent has now come to light with the exposure of a circular issued on November 14, 2018 by the Kannur district Committee of the BJP.

WHILE immersed in theoretical studies, Marx did not for a moment lose touch with current political affairs. As an active publicist, he closely followed economic development and the policy of the ruling classes in European countries and the United States, and took note of even the smallest success of the democratic and proletarian movement there.CHARTISTMOVEMENTIn the 1850s, the Left wing of the Chartist movement took energetic steps to organize propaganda work among the working class.