Tackle drought on war footing

THE Supreme Court of India has held the central government accountable for the failure to put in place comprehensive steps in dealing with one of the worst droughts that the country is facing in recent memory. The Court also criticised the state governments of Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana for an “ostrich-like attitude” to drought-hit areas. The Court issued a series of directives to the central government and the states on tackling the drought as a disaster.

Foreign Funds for Political Parties: Dangerous Step

THE BJP government has taken the dangerous step to allow foreign companies to fund political parties in India. Till now, as per the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), political parties were prohibited from receiving foreign money and this included foreign companies and their subsidiaries in India.So far, a company operating in India was considered foreign, if 51 percent or more of its share capital was from a foreign source.

Ugly Faces of the New `Trimoorti’

Two Years of PM Modi led BJP Govt Ugly Faces of the New `Trimoorti’ ON May 26, 2016, this BJP-led Narendra Modi government completes two years in office. At the conclusion of the CPI(M)’s 21st Congress, we had warned that under this government, a new `trimoorti’ is being sculpted. Its three faces represent the following: one, the relentless pursuit of aggressive communal polarisation in the effort to transform the secular democratic character of the Indian Republic into the RSS version of a rabidly intolerant fascistic `Hindu Rashtra’; t

Kerala: Historic LDF Victory

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on the state assembly election results, on May 19.POLIT Bureau of the CPI(M) salutes the people of Kerala for reposing faith in the CPI(M) led LDF in a resounding manner in these assembly elections. Kerala electorate has decisively rejected the Congress-led UDF’s track record of unprecedented corruption and misgovernance.The LDF campaign was received enthusiastically by the people for a positive programme as detailed in the LDF manifesto for the holistic development of Kerala.The BJP mana

Karl Marx on Political Action

IN another two years, the world will be observing the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx, who was born on May 5, 1818. Hailed as the greatest thinker of the millennium, Marx had an enormous impact on the world and hence it is not an exaggeration to say that his bi-centennial birth anniversary will be observed by the entire world.

ASSAM: Assembly Elections: Close Fight between Congress & BJP

IN this assembly election 2016, Assam has registered highest ever polling percentage in its electoral history. The overall poll percentage has been recorded at 84.72 percent. While the first phase recorded 82.72 percent voter turnout, the second and final phase held on April 11 witnessed record breaking 87.03 percent voters exercising their franchise.In fact, Assam had set a state record in 2014 Lok Sabha elections with a voter turnout of 80.08 percent. In the last assembly elections in 2011, 76.05 percent electorate had cast their votes.

The Week in Parliament

IN the second week of this session, the Rajya Sabha witnessed a serious debate on the Augusta Westland chopper deal. Speaking on this, Tapan Kumar Sen said that a blame game is going in this matter. In many cases, nobody has yet been convicted. CBI is having the regulator in its hands and regulates the case as per the situation. It is very unfortunate in our society. Instead of making political postures, it should be taken to a logical end. The whole system is economically polluted and is in a state of crony capitalism. There is failure in maintaining the pace of the probe.

MPs Meet President on JNU Row

A DELEGATION comprising Digvijay Singh (INC), Sitaram Yechury (CPI(M)), D Raja (CPI), K C Tyagi and Pawan Kumar Verma (JD-U), KTS Tulsi (nominated), Majid Memon (NCP) and Baishnab Parida (BJD) met the president on May 6, 2016 and handed over a letter, seeking his intervention to resolve the current crisis in the Jawaharlal Nehru University and to restore normalcy. JNU is considered among the best universities in India which has an unblemished global ranking and standing.

Emeritus Professors of JNU Stand in Solidarity with Students

The following is the statement issued by emeritus professors of the JNU, on May 9, 2016.

DEAR Vice-Chancellor,

As emeritus professors of the JNU we are disturbed by the turn of events at the JNU. The university has always been a space where we allowed free discussion of issues raised by students and faculty. In the course of such discussion whether in seminars or at other informal gatherings, speakers from both within the university and from outside were invited to participate.

Student Resistance against Authoritarianism in JNU

THE two years of the Modi regime has seen unbridled and systematic attacks over the higher educational institutions in particular to further the RSS’ agenda of Hindutva.In the latest of these attacks, the witch-hunt of students continues in JNU with harsh punishments to students based on the recommendations of a farcical High Level Enquiry Committee (HLEC). Students have been fined from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 and some have been rusticated for different lengths of time; one student has been declared out of bounds from the campus for five years.

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