General Insurance Employees’ Association (South Zone) Conference Held

THE 16th triennial conference of General Insurance Employees’ Association (South Zone), affiliated to All India Insurance Employee’s Association (AIIEA), was held in Mysore in Karnataka on June 6-8. In a resolution unanimously adopted at the conference, the Association demanded the government not to disinvest shares of public sector general insurance companies -- The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., United India Insurance Co. Ltd., National Insurance Co. Ltd., Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.

Kairana : False Story of Exodus

NOT just the BJP, but the entire Sangh Parivar has announced its intention of preparing for the UP state assembly elections in 2017 ‘on a war footing’. A victory in UP is essential to bolster its campaign for another big win in the next Lok Sabha elections. It needs to be remembered that the Sangh Parivar prepared for the last Lok Sabha elections of 2014 ‘on a war footing’ in UP – bloody riots, attacks on poor, Muslim families in Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Shamli districts of Western Uttar Pradesh and their forced exodus from the homes and villages to makeshift refugee camps were the resul

Farmers Resent Forcible Land Acquisition for Bangalore-Chennai Expressway

THE land acquisition process for Bangalore-Chennai Expressway project stands a testimony to the government’s neglect of the interests of the farmers and other stakeholders in the backdrop of globalisation and economic liberalisation policies. In three talukas of Kolar district and one taluka of Bengaluru Rural district in Karnataka, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is rushing for acquiring lands in an authoritarian way.

CPI(M) Will Fight Back Terror in West Bengal

THE CPI(M) has decided to develop broader unity to resist violent attacks on people in West Bengal after the elections. The state committee meeting of the Party, on June 11-12 called upon the Party workers and people to stand in unison against murderous attacks. Party will also focus on issues of livelihood to build up class and mass movements.

A Victory For Victimised Hindustan Times Workers: DUJ

THE Delhi Union of Journalists, in a statement issued on June 9, has congratulated the workers of Hindustan Times Ltd for yet another legal victory in their prolonged struggle against unfair dismissal by the management. A district court has told the management to “reinstate all the eligible Workmen with effect from 03.10.04 itself”.

CPI(M) Organises Dharna against Attempts to Communally Polarise Dadri

THE Delhi state committee of the CPI(M) had organised a dharna at Jantar Mantar on June 11 against the nefarious designs towards fresh communal polarisation in Dadri. Hundreds of people participated in this dharna.

CITU Condemns Retrograde Move to Sell-out CPSEs

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has condemned the retrograde move by the Modi government to fast-track sale of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) with huge asset base to private hands. With this dubious intent, the NITI Ayog has been made to submit a list of CPSEs to the Prime Minister’s Office recommending fast-track sale of these companies on various pretext.

AIKS State Conference Vows to Intensify Struggles Against BJP Regime’s Disastrous Agrarian Policies

THE 22nd state conference of the Maharashtra Rajya Kisan Sabha was held from May 30 to June 1, 2016 in Thane-Palghar district, with 271 delegates from 23 districts who represented a membership of 2,60,423 -- the highest AIKS membership recorded in the state so far. NOVEL COFFIN RALLY The conference began on May 30 with a novel 10,000-strong Coffin Rally in the heart of Thane city. The peasants carried bamboo frames (called tirdi in Marathi) covered with white cloth, on which dead bodies are carried.

Thinking Together

Is there any uniform advertisement policy for the organs of CPI(M)? We see that the central government ads on achievements of two years of Modi government have been published in various state Party organs even sparing full page of the paper. The contents of the advertisement which are always rejected by the Party in its day-to-day campaign, are given space in the Party organs. Doesn’t it create confusion among the common readers or common Party supporters who like to see that the Party organ does not carry anything contrary to the ideological stand of the Party?

CITU Calls for Extensive Campaign to Make Sept 2 Strike a Success

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions has called upon all state committees, federations and unions to intensify the campaign to make the September 2 general strike against the anti-people and anti-worker policies of the Narendra Modi government successful. CITU, in its national secretariat meeting held on June 13-14 in New Delhi, reviewed the preparatory campaign activities being undertaken in the states and industries in the run-up to the strike.

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