The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) congratulates the workers, farmers and agricultural workers who made the February 12, 2026, All India General Strike a historic and resounding success. Reports received up to 3:00 PM from across the country indicate that several crore people participated in strike action, demonstrations, picketing and solidarity mobilisations. The strike witnessed massive participation from organised and unorganised sectors, public and private enterprises, multinational companies, scheme workers and rural toilers.

The Delhi State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) organised an immediate protest demonstration today at Jantar Mantar against the objectionable video released from the official Twitter handle of the Bharatiya Janata Party, featuring Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. In the video, he is seen firing a gun while targeting the minority Muslim community.

THE Indo-US Trade Agreement, even leaving aside specific provisions, has two unusual features that mark it out as an Unequal Treaty, of the sort that imperial powers used to impose on countries of the global south that they did not directly rule. The first is the stipulation that, leaving aside commodities excluded altogether from the purview of the agreement, while the U.S. would impose 18 percent import duty on Indian goods, India would impose, according to Donald Trump’s rough description, zero import duty on American goods.

The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has welcomed the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India, which has rightfully recognised menstrual hygiene as a fundamental right under the Constitution. By linking menstrual health to the Right to Life, Dignity, and Education (Articles 14, 21, and 21A), the bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan has addressed a long-standing systemic barrier that has historically forced girl students into absenteeism and becoming dropouts.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 12, 2026

The Government of India has issued an order giving precedence to the National Song over the National Anthem, which does not reflect the spirit of the Constitution.