Bihar: Campaigns Intensify: Battle for Bihar Begins

WITH the closure of nominations for the two phases of the Bihar Assembly elections, scheduled for 6th and 11th November 2025, the political battlefield is now clearly drawn between the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) and the NDA (National Democratic Alliance). The contest is shaping up not just as a routine electoral event, but as a defining moment in Bihar’s political history.The nomination filing of Tejashwi Yadav, Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial candidate, witnessed a massive and spirited turnout in his home constituency of Raghopur, near Patna.

Assaults on Dalits are getting more vicious by the day

THE Ekalavya episode in Mahabharata is widely known. But it is sought to be embedded in the narrative of valour of Pandavas and their shining tales of struggle for justice. Dronacharya’s extreme act of cruelty on Ekalavya’s incessant effort to accomplish mastery over martial prowess sticks out as a jarring note in the grand narrative of the timeless epic. The modern exponents of Hindutva, in their pernicious act of reconstructing the Indian past, remain busy in rebranding the grotesque caste driven social hierarchy as ‘mother of democracy’.

Yet Another Shining Example of Kerala Model of Development

KERALA is once again presenting to the world another shining example of the Kerala Development Model. On the upcoming Kerala Piravi Day — November 1, 2025 — as the state steps into the 70th year of its formation, Kerala would have completely eradicated extreme poverty.

Party to Prioritize Working Class Outreach: Salim

CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee has announced the immediate launch of an ongoing campaign against the Election Commission (EC). The party contends that the EC is using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process as a mere pretext for the intentional deletion of the names of legitimate voters in the state. State Secretary Mohammed Salim announced that a major protest rally, involving all Left parties, will take place in Kolkata on October 29, specifically targeting these alleged attempts at voter disenfranchisement.

13th State Conference of UP AIDWA

THE 13th State Conference of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) was held with great enthusiasm and determination in Lucknow on October 4-5, 2025.FLAG HOISTING AND INAUGURAL SESSIONThe inaugural session of the conference, held at Udyan Bhawan near Hazratganj, the heart of Lucknow, concluded with highly inspiring moments. At the flag hoisting ceremony, 13 young girls, dressed in white and red, representing the 13th Conference, stood in a circle around the Martyrs' Column, holding white AIDWA flags.

AIKS – government cheating peasantry for 11 years with farce of MSP

According to the Second Advance Estimates of Production for 2024–25, farmers cultivating the 20 major Kharif and Rabi crops could have earned nearly Rs 3 lakh crore more if their produce had been procured at prices determined by the Swaminathan Commission’s recommended formula of C2 + 50% (see table -1). The 20 crops include paddy, cotton, soybean, maize, groundnut, wheat, gram, arhur (tur), rapeseed, jower, urad, moong, bajra, lentil, ragi, sesamum, barley, sunflower, safflower, nigerseed.Since milk, all commercial crops, vegetables, fruits, meat, egg, fish, etc.

Bihar SIR: Reinforcing the Dominant Narrative

THE Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar in 2025, presented as a routine administrative clean-up, has instead become one of the most controversial and troubling episodes of voter disenfranchisement in recent memory. Under the ruse of “purifying” the rolls, the exercise has removed lakhs of voters—disproportionately women, minorities, and the poor.

Ceasefire and After in Gaza

The ceasefire in Gaza and the end to the Israeli bombardment and hostilities have been a great relief to the long-suffering people of Gaza. With over 67,000 dead and thousands unaccounted for, tens of thousands injured, and much of Gaza reduced to rubble, the ceasefire has come as a welcome deliverance.The release of twenty Israeli hostages still alive and the reciprocal release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, 250 of whom were serving life sentences, have also brought joy to the Israelis and Palestinians.

Strengthening the Party for the Advancement of China

Our visit to the province of Hubei province of China was very rewarding. The world’s largest hydroelectric project, the Three Gorges Dam, has been built on the Yangtze River in the Hubei province. Its primary goals are to prevent the floods that regularly trouble riverside communities, to generate electricity on a massive scale, and to facilitate the passage of large ships along the river, apart from other benefits. The astonishing sight of massive cargo vessels and passenger ships crossing the dam is a major attraction, drawing tourists from all corners of the globe.

Genocide Will Not End Unless the Palestinian Political Leaders are Free

SLOWLY, a full picture of the devastation of Gaza by Israel is becoming clear. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released a report around the time of the ceasefire that began to lay out the numbers: Israel’s bombardment of Gaza resulted in the total destruction of 190,115 buildings and the almost total destruction of another 330,500 housing units. The constant artillery and aerial fire for the 734 days of the genocide resulted in the wrecking of eighty-five percent of Gaza’s water and sewage system.

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