TRIPURA: Booklets Released Marking the 50th Anniversary of CPI(M)

TO mark the 50th anniversary of the CPI(M) a series of four booklets were released by the Tripura state committee of the Party on October 1, 2014. The booklets were released by Central Committee member Badal Choudhury, CPI(M) state secretariat member Narayan Kar, PCM Matilal Sarkar and Satyabrata Bhattacharya.

Punjab CPI ( M ) to Start Research Institute In Memory of Comrade Surjeet

THE Punjab state committee of the CPI(M) has decided to establish a research institute in memory of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet at Chandigarh. The institute will be named as Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet Institute Of Social Sciences Research. This institute will take up research in emerging socio-economic and political problems and phenomenon in Punjab.

On Special Court Judgment

THE Special Court at Bangalore has convicted Jayalalitha, the chief minister of Tamilnadu and the general secretary of AIADMK in the case against her for acquiring disproportionate wealth. Based on the judgment, Jayalalitha should immediately step down from the post of chief minister of Tamilnadu.
This judgment is a warning signal for those who indulge in corrupt activities and are dishonest in public life. CPI(M), Tamilnadu state secretariat is of the view that this judgment will strengthen the struggle against corruption.

CPI(M) Candidates for Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha 2014

Below we publish the list of CPI(M) candidates contesting Maharashtra assembly polls No. District Name of Constituency Name of Candidate

Thousands Protest against Mining, Land Scams in Odisha

THOUSANDS of people, on the call of the CPI(M) district committee of Malkangiri, the southern most Adivasi populated district of Odisha, demonstrated before the sub-collector’s office demanding a CBI inquiry into the land allotment and mining scams, in which the ruling BJD and its leaders are involved.

Iraq: Chickens Coming Home to Roost

THE gruesome beheading of three westerners by the Islamic State (IS), previously known as ISIL and ISIS, has once again led to a large scale American military intervention in Iraq. Alarmingly, the US has used the alleged threat posed by the IS to its homeland security to extend the military intervention to Syria. The chorus of right wing voices in the United States has demanded a full scale military intervention in the region. In the videotapes released by the IS on the beheadings, it is a masked man speaking with a pronounced British accent, who carries out the decapitations.

Thousands of MNREGA Workers March in Mohali in Support of Their Demands

MORE than five thousand workers, under the banner of MNREGA Mazdoor Union Punjab (affiliated to CITU), marched to the office of the Punjab rural development and panchayats department director in Mohali on September 23, and organised an impressive dharna against the government’s move to weaken the rural job scheme.

SFI Bihar State Conference Held

THE Bihar state conference of SFI, held in Patna on September 6 after a long gap, has raised a great hope among the participants and the newly-elected leadership to bring the mass of the students under the banner of ‘independence, democracy and socialism’ and foster the vision of socialism as the battle cry against the onslaught of neo-liberal agenda pursued by the ruling classes of the county.

CPI(M) Delegation Visits China

AT the invitation of the International Department of the Communist Party of China, a 12 member CPI(M) delegation was sent by our Party. This delegation was led by Janardan Pati, Central Committee member of the Party. The delegation visited China from September 15-24, 2014. The delegation went to China at a time when the President of China was in our country on a goodwill visit. So the timing was very important.
Our delegation visited the most industrially advanced province of China i.e., Guangdong, the granary of China i.e., Hunan province and the national capital, Beijing.

Telangana Armed Struggle Day Observed

TELANGANA armed struggle day was observed under the aegis of CPI(M) Telangana state committee through an anniversary celebration meeting at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Hyderabad on 17th September, 2014. Before the meeting Telangana armed struggle warrior and noted writer Dasarathi Rangacharya was honoured by CPI(M) leaders at his residence.

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