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CPI(M) Delegation Visits Violence-Hit Haldwani

A CPI(M) delegation led by Brinda Karat (Polit Bureau member), Vijoo Krishnan (Central Committee member), Rajinder Negi (Uttarakhand state Secretary) and others visited the violence-affected area of Banbhoolpura, Haldwani on March 13 and met scores of residents, including families of those killed. It met journalists who had been injured. It also met police personnel who had been injured.

Starvation is a War Crime: Note from Israeli Genocide against Palestinians

SPEAKING in Rome, Italy, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme Cindy McCain said, ‘If we do not exponentially increase the size of aid going into the northern areas’ of Gaza, ‘famine is imminent. It’s imminent’. Over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by the genocidal Israeli war, and the Palestinians in Gaza are on the verge of famine. Palestine’s Permanent Observer at the United Nations Riyad Mansour said that over half a million people are ‘one step away from famine’.

Kerala Opposes CAA & Will Not Implement It

Below we publish the statement issued by Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan on March 11THE central government's notification of the Rules to the Citizenship Amendment Act in the wake of the elections is aimed at disquieting the nation. The ministry of home affairs has issued the notification regarding the CAA, just ahead of the announcement of the elections to the Lok Sabha. This is to divide the people, incite communal sentiments and undermine the fundamental principles of the constitution.

Strongly Oppose CAA Rules

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 12

 THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly opposes the notification of the rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).  The CAA violates the secular principle of citizenship enshrined in the constitution by linking citizenship to religious identity.

ECI: Alarming Development

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 10THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is alarmed by the sudden development within the Election Commission of India.One of the election commissioners, who had three years remaining before retirement, has resigned, and the resignation has been formally accepted.

India’s MIRV Missile: Double-Edged Gain

ON March 11, 2024 India successfully conducted its first test of a new Agni-V missile with Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, together termed the “Divyastra (celestial weapon) Mission.” To those unfamiliar with the arcane world and terminology of nuclear weapons and missiles for their delivery, a MIRV missile carries on a single rocket several warheads, each of which can be programmed to travel in different directions at varying speeds to strike at multiple targets several hundreds of kilometers apart.

Haryana: CPI(M)-CPI Rally Calls for Defeating BJP

ON March 9, a joint rally named as ‘Badlav Sandesh Rally’ was organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India at HUDA Ground in Jind, Haryana. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI national secretary Amarjeet Kaur addressed the rally among others.At the rally, leaders of both Communist parties, Sitaram Yechury and Amarjeet Kaur, launched a scathing critique against the BJP.

Election-Eve Manoeuvres

THREE developments have taken place in the last week, on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections – one is positive and the other two are negative. The first issue is the Supreme Court’s order directing the State Bank of India to submit to the Election Commission by March 12 the details of electoral bonds and asking the Election Commission to put it up on their website by March 15.  This order comes in the wake of SBI’s appeal for a time of four months till June 30 to submit all the details about the bonds.The Supreme Court has firmly rejected this appeal and finally the people will come to know

Capitalist Trap for Scientific Advances

THERE is a paradox at the core of the efflorescence of science that has occurred over the last millennium. In essence this efflorescence has the potential to increase human freedom immensely. It increases the capacity of man within the man-nature dialectic; scientific practice aims to go beyond the “given” not just in a once-for-all sense but as a perpetual movement through incessant self-questioning, so that this practice is potentially a collective act of liberation.

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