Karnataka: Left to Project Alternative Policies

The BJP high command finally announced the first list of 189 candidates on April 11th late at night, after being subjected to hectic lobbying, threats, pressure tactics by candidates, and even senior leaders, as well as endless consultations, discussions, and postponements for several days. Eight sitting MLAs have been denied tickets, and most of them are unhappy, with some, including Minister S Angara, expressing their discontent openly.

Freak Weather, Heat Waves and Coming Monsoons: Climate Change

SUMMER has well and truly set in all over India. Monthly average temperatures in February have been the hottest since 1901. Temperatures were unusually high in western India in parts of Maharashtra and Konkan, and areas in Rajasthan recording as much as 7 C (degrees Celsius) higher than normal.

Press Information Bureau ‘Yes’ Police Information Bureau ‘No’

THE Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), in a statement issued on April 8, has strongly opposed the amendments made to the IT Rules 2021. The amendments in fact change the very nature and mandate of the Press Information Bureau, giving them virtual policing powers.

'Discrimination, Pressure' Force Marginalised Students to Quit IITs

More than 19,000 OBC, SC and ST students have dropped out of IITs, IIMs and Central Universities in the past five years.

MORE than 19,000 students from Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) have dropped out of central universities, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the past five years.

Centenary of Vaikom Satyagraha

THE observance of the centenary of Vaikom Satyagraha, one of the landmark social protest movements in Kerala, began on March 30. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin kick-started the centenary observance on April 1. Several other organisations also marked the occasion. They included the Indian National Congress, SNDP and some Hindu organisations. Almost all the Malayalam dailies carried articles and comments by eminent intellectuals and activists on the Satyagraha.

West Bengal: People’s Struggle for Restoring Peace

THE end of last month was marred by violent communal tensions and clashes in various parts of West Bengal. It is evident that organising Ram Navami processions has become a new tactic for Hindutva forces to incite communal activities and disrupt people's unity. Initially, the state government attempted to evade responsibility after failing to ensure law and order. The official statement was that a part of the police force did nothing to intervene. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee initially claimed that they were taking steps to maintain and restore peace.

Expedite Relief for Crop Loss in Unseasonal Rains & Hailstorm

THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), in a statement issued on April 11, has expressed its deep concern over mounting miseries of farmers and agricultural workers due to the recent spree of rainfall and hailstorm in different states, especially in north India. Unseasonal rain in Maharashtra, hailstorm and rains over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir have led to massive damage to crops.

BJP’s Cynical Approach towards Christians in Kerala

THE visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Easter day was notable, as it was his first visit to a church since becoming prime minister over nine years ago.

Fake History, Rockets and Tipu Sultan

THE British saw the Mysore Kingdom of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali as a significant obstacle to the British Empire in India. The British lost the first three Anglo-Mysore wars before defeating Tipu in the fourth war. The British allies were the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Peshwas. Cutting to the present, the BJP's battle against Tipu is limited: it is about the Karnataka elections. The attack on Tipu is a not-so-thinly veiled attack on the Muslims.

The Rubber Farmers’ Woes

RUBBER prices, which had recovered a little after the fall during the pandemic, have collapsed again, with the farmers in Kerala, which grows 80 per cent of the country’s rubber crop, being badly hit.

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