THE United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala has run into yet another controversy ahead of the May 16 assembly polls over the reported exemption given to the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) from provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The RTI exemption was intended to ensure protection of those who complain against high-profile persons.

A hall meeting was organised on March 15 at Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhavan in Agartala to observe the birth centenary of legendary Communist leader and freedom fighter Comrade Harkisan Singh Surjeet. The packed meeting was addressed by CPI(M) Polit Bureau members Prakash Karat and Manik Sarkar and presided over by Bijan Dhar.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on March 9, 2016.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the murder of two Muslim men in Balumath, Latehar district of Jharkhand yesterday.

The following is the text of the memorandum submitted to the Jharkhand chief minister Raghuwar Das on March 22, 2017 by Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and former MP, GK Bakshi, CPI(M) Central Committee member and Jharkhand state secretary, Prakash Viplavi, Sanjay Paswan, Praful Linda, Suphal Mahto, CPI(M) state secretariat members.THIS is to draw your attention to and request your intervention to bring justice in the case of  Majlum Ansari (32 years old ) and Imtiaz Khan (12 years old)  who were brutally beaten and hanged to death on March 18 in Balumath, Latehar.

THE BJP national executive held on March 19-20 in New Delhi has set the course for heightening the confrontation with the secular-democratic forces in the country. This is the message conveyed by the speech of Amit Shah, BJP president, and the political resolution adopted by the session.