ANDHRA PRADESH: Makineni Basavapunnaiah Vignana Kendram Inaugurated in Vijayawada

Makineni Basavapunnaiah Vignana Kendram, a centre created to build unity among people and to serve as a venue to promote art and culture, was inaugurated in Vijayawada on December 13. MBVK has facilities to serve as a cultural centre. It has a 650-seat capacity auditorium, which would be in reach of everyone. It will serve as a centre where discussions, seminars, debates on issues concerning public would be held. It also has a huge library.CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the Makineni Basavapunnaiah Vignana Kendram.

CITU Calls for Protests on Jan 3 against the Attack on Livelihood through Demonetisation

THE secretariat of CITU, which met in New Delhi on December 19-20 has called upon the working people to voice their protest through holding country wide massive demonstrations on January 3, 2017 against the so-called demonetisation drive of the BJP led government at the centre, which has imposed serious hardships upon the workers, particularly those in the unorganised sector, on the farmers, on the small business people, small traders and street vendors etc.

Migrant Workers Left Without Money in Hyderabad after Demonetisation

THEY are away from their families and support systems and live in a state whose language they cannot speak. Thousands of migrant workers from Bihar, UP, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Orissa and Bengal are today stranded in Hyderabad without money in the wake of prime minister's demonetisation drive. There are about 30,000 migrant workers in and around Hyderabad in the construction sector, working under contractor and supervisors for big and small construction companies. Their wages are usually paid fortnightly or monthly.

AIKS-AIAWU Call for Anti-Demonetisation Protests on Dec 28-29

THE All India Kisan Sabha and the All India Agricultural Workers Union, in a statement issued on December 22 have appealed the peasantry and agricultural workers to join in the protest at taluk headquarters all over the country on December 28-29, 2017, the 50th and the 51st day after the announcement of demonetisation. AIKS and AIAWU activists in Kerala will join the Human Chain called by the Left and Democratic Front on December 29. The cash crunch imposed undemocratically on the peasants and rural labourers by the prime minister has thrown them in chaos and misery.

Commemorating Ten Years of Forest Rights Act

ADIVASI Adhikar Rashtriya Manch, All India Kisan Sabha and All India Agricultural Workers’ Union along with different organisations across India representing forest dwelling communities and people’s movements converged at Jantar Mantar on December 15 to mark 10 years of the enactment of the Scheduled Tribe and other Forest Dwellers, Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006.Jitendra Chowdhary, MP and leader of AARM, Hannan Mollah, general secretary of AIKS, NK Shukla, joint secretary of AIKS, Suneet Chopra, joint secretary of AIAWU and Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of CPI(M) addressed the

Thinking Together

A writer, Kamal C Chavara, was arrested in Kerala on charges of sedition for a Facebook Post. Why was this done on a complaint by the BJP youth wing? Is this not an assault on the freedom of expression?Sudarshanan, Kozhikode The police had arrested Kamal Chavara on the basis of a complaint lodged by some members of the BJP Yuva Morcha in Kollam district. After he was arrested in Kozhikode, it was announced by the police official that he has been charged under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which is of sedition.The arrest of Chavara under this section was unwarran

Observe Rohith Vemula’s First Anniversary, Appeal Mass Organisations

In a statement issued on December 21, 2016, the Republican Party of India, Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, All India Agricultural Workers Union, National Coordination Committee on Dalit Rights, Rashtriya Dalit Manav Adhikar Andolan and the All India Dalit Rights Federation have jointly appealed for observing Rohith Vemula’s first anniversary on January 17, 2017. One year ago, on January 17, Rohith Vemula who faced caste discrimination and harassment in the University of Hyderabad, killed himself.

Appointments BJP style

THE Modi government is going about making appointments in key positions of the government and the state which are controversial and liable to inflict damage on the institutions concerned. Lt. General Bipin Rawat has been appointed as the chief of Army Staff. The government has selected him by superseding the most senior general, Lt. General Praveen Bakshi. The next in line in seniority was Lt. General P M Hariz.

Report on Impact of Demonetisation on the Economy of Kerala

THE committee to study the impact of demonetisation on the state economy of Kerala appointed by the Kerala State Planning Board on November 23, 2016, submitted its interim report to the chairman of the board, Pinarayi Vijayan, chief minister, government of Kerala on December 20, 2016.Professor C P Chandrasekhar (Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University) is the chairperson of the committee.

Triple Talaq and Question of Equality of Rights of Women

AN organisation of Muslim women has moved the Supreme Court with an appeal for banning the custom of ‘Triple Talaq’ or the practice of divorcing one’s wife by uttering thrice the word ‘talaq’. This case, the Law Commission’s view and the Centre’s opinion have generated a debate across the country. Our time is a time when the value of gender equality has been socially and legally upheld, thanks to the advancement in the fields of knowledge, science, thought and technology. Little wonder that a Muslim man’s right to divorce his wife by uttering ‘talaq’ has been questioned in many corners.

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