THE Polavaram Project, located on the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, is officially recognised as a “National Project” under the Andhra Pradesh Re-Organisation Act, 2014. Construction began in 2005, with the state and central governments claiming it would bring irrigation, hydropower, and drinking water to millions. On paper, it appears as a grand promise of development. In reality, it has become a stark example of capitalist accumulation at the cost of working people, adivasis, and peasant communities.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 24, 2025

 THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed as a result of electrocution and other accidents consequent to heavy rains in the city of Kolkata.

A SIX-MEMBER delegation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led by General Secretary M A Baby left for Beijing on September 22. They are visiting China from September 23 to 30, 2025 at the invitation of the International Department of the Communist Party of China.The other members of the delegation are: Mohd. Salim,  Jitendra Chaudhury,  R Arun Kumar, CPI(M) Polit Bureau members; K Hemalata and C S Sujatha, Central Committee members.The visit of the CPI(M) delegation is part of the Party to Party exchanges between the CPI(M) and the CPC.

Below we publish the First Sitaram Yechury Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Irfan Habib on September 15, 2025 at HKS Surjeet Bhavan, in New Delhi. “In India today, we should not only propagate socialism, but we should also propagate full democracy—that India should have a socialism which its people want, for which we have convinced its people.”WE are gathered on the first anniversary of Comrade Sitaram’s passing away.

THE Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections of 2025 have not merely been a contest of ballots but a clear referendum on the state of campus politics.