People Need Urgent Relief from Unprecedented Flood Fury

THE unrelenting fury of flash floods in northern and north western states has resulted in a devastating toll on lives, livestock, and livelihoods. Standing crops such as paddy, maize, sugarcane, vegetables, horticulture, orchards, and fodder, have been lost across lakhs of acres. The catastrophe has also led to the loss of cattle, sheep, goats, and poultry, all swept away by the floods.

Tamil Nadu Stands with Manipur People

ON July 16, 2023, more than 3000 people, mostly Christians, gathered in Madurai to participate in a procession organised by the Tamil Nadu Platform for People's Unity (TNPPU) voicing their demand for peace in Manipur and an end to violence, particularly directed at Christian minorities. Despite heavy rain, people persevered and continued to walk in the procession, bravely raising slogans against the violence in Manipur and condemning both the central and state governments for their inability to curb the unrest. The procession was led by Prof.

Muslim Personal Laws Alone Targetted

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×Below we publish the memorandum given by the All India Democratic Women’s Association to the chairperson, National Commission for Women on July 18, 2023, regarding the consultation held by it only on review of Muslim personal lawsTHE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) is deeply concerned and disappointed that the National Commission for Women rece

The Poverty of UN Poverty Estimates

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×ON April 3 this year, the minister of state for planning, Rao Inderjeet Singh, said in the Rajya Sabha that the government had no data after 2011-12 for estimating poverty, and therefore had no idea how many people had been lifted out of poverty since then.

Telangana: Working Class on Struggle Path

THE working class in Telangana is currently facing numerous challenges. Workers in various sectors are being compelled to go on prolonged strikes, organised by CITU or Joint Action Committees. The government's stubborn and one-sided approach is exacerbating the situation, leading to unrest. Despite these difficulties, the working class is putting up a strong fight, facing intolerance from government officials.The united and determined efforts of the working class have forced the government to address the problems at hand.

On the Opposition Parties Meeting in Bengaluru

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×Below we publish the interview given by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury to Ganashakti, on July 20Ganashakti: 26 parties have formed ‘INDIA’ in Bengaluru meeting. Is it an electoral alliance?Yechury: No, not at all. This is an understanding among the parties to work for the defence of secular, democratic, republican character of the country.

India Stands with Cuba and Palestine

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×CUBAN National Rebellion Day was commemorated in New Delhi, Trivandrum, and Kolkata on July 26. The National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba (NCSC) observed the day by reaffirming its solidarity with Cuba and rededicating itself to the fight against imperialism.

Arrest Killers of Subhash Munda

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 27, 2023THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the cold blooded murder of Subhash Munda, member of the Jharkhand state committee of the Party. He was shot dead at his office at Daladli Chowk, Ranchi on July 26.34-year old Munda was a popular leader in Nagri area in Ranchi district, who was in the forefront of struggles to protect the rights of tribals and other poor and marginalised sections.

Manipur CM Must Go

Enable GingerCPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 21THE horrific atrocity in Manipur against two tribal women of stripping, parading and gangrape of one of them along with the murder of two family members who tried to save her, has outraged the country. The BJP government of Manipur is directly implicated in providing impunity to the perpetrators of this atrocity as its police took no action even though the FIR was lodged with tremendous courage by the victims’ families within two weeks of the incident.

An Unaccountable Prime Minister

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE events in Manipur, which dominated the national political situation over the past nearly three months, have brought out a startling feature of governance under Narendra Modi.

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