City’s Vision for the Future: Sustainable, Inclusive, Resilient and Safe

THE attention of global forces representing cities is keener to know how the planet earth will be shaped for the future. The COP-21 climate change talks had set a target of keeping the rise in global temperature to less than 2 degrees centigrade. And for that, all the nations will have to play a major role in reducing their carbon footprint.Historically, the developed capitalist world has taken the largest carbon space by massive production and changing the lifestyles of its people.

For All Workers Including Scheme Workers: Minimum Wage of Not Less Than Rs 18000

BECAUSE of the ever rising prices, the family budgets of workers across the country, in all sectors, are being squeezed. Whatever meagre increases they achieve through their struggles are offset by the rising prices. In effect, this means that for the same money, workers are able to buy less and less amounts of the commodities.The situation has become even more difficult for the lakhs of contract and casual workers who are not even paid the statutory minimum wages. Their wages are not even linked to the consumer price index (CPI).

Meanwhile in Tripura

Irregularities in Medical Seat AllotmentA MAJOR irregularity surfaced in the seat allotment in the MBBS courses of the two medical colleges. At least nine students who had not fulfilled the state domicile criteria were allotted seats though their name was not present in the state domicile list prepared by CBSE Neet. After the issue came to surface, the director of medical education was forced to declare that these nine were not eligible to get the letter of nomination for admission on July 7.

Homage to Nelson Mandela: To Beat the Unbeatable Foe

NELSON Mandela is no more.

MAHARASHTRA: Huge Mobilisations Planned for Aug 9 Jail Bharo Stir & Sept 5 Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally

THE AIKS and CITU in Maharashtra will mobilise over one lakh peasants and workers in the nationwide jail bharo struggle on August 9; over 3,000 women in the AIDWA central rally in Delhi on September 4 and over 10,000 people in the Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally organised jointly by the CITU-AIKS-AIAWU in Delhi on September 5.

KERALA: Prime Accused Arrested in Abhimanyu Murder Case

THE prime accused in Abhimanyu murder case was arrested on July 18, by the Kerala police. Maharaja’s college unit president of Campus Front of India and third year BA Arabic history student Muhammad was arrested from Kerala-Karnataka border. Four others, who helped Muhammad to get shelter somewhere in Goa have also been arrested.The police said that the conspiracy to kill leaders of SFI including Abhimanyu in Eranakulam Maharaja's college was hatched and the gruesome murder was executed by Muhammad. He had asked other accomplices to reach the college on the intervening night of June 30.

HARYANA: CPI(M) Holds Jan Sandesh Yatra for Alternate Policies

EXPOSING the Jhoot-Phoot and Loot (lies-schism and loot) governance of the BJP and aiming to bring a change on the basis of pro-people policies, the CPI(M) has started a state-wide campaign. From July 20 to August 21, mass meetings will be held in 69 villages and towns of the state. Two teams have been formed under the leadership of Surender Malik and Inderjeet Singh to participate in these meetings.Meetings are being held at the branch level to ensure that not just Party members but even sympathizers are activated during this campaign.

Capitulating to US Demands

THE contradiction between the strategic alliance with the United States and India’s national interest is coming to the fore. The Modi government is not going to resolve this contradiction in the national interest. Rather, it is getting ready to capitulate to the demands of the Trump administration.On the surface, the public stance adopted by the Modi government on issues such as maintaining economic and trade relations with Iran, or, buying sophisticated weaponry from Russia seems to be in consonance with national sovereignty and independent decision making.

TELANGANA: Abolish Corporate Donations to Political Parties

COMING down heavily upon the Modi government for relaxing corporate funding to political parties, Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary, demanded the abolition of corporate donations to political parties in the country.

CPI(M) to Unleash Peasant Movement in Bihar

AMIDST heating up state politics ahead of the 2019 general elections, the CPI(M) state committee has met on July 5-6 in Patna to formulate the Party’s further course of action with an aim of pooling the anti-BJP votes. Prior to this, three major Left parties, CPI(M), CPI and CPI (ML) met on July 2 and announced that they would work to defeat the BJP. The CPI(M) is firm on taking a final call in accordance with its 22nd Congress’ political line and has resolved to chalk out a detailed programme to unleash a powerful peasant movement in Bihar.

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