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1991 Places of Worship Act Should Remain

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 13IT is unfortunate that the Supreme Court has opened the way for a re-examination of the Places of Worship (Special Provision) Act, 1991. The Act mandates that the character of all religious places of worship should be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947, and no suit or proceedings shall lie in a court of law with respect to the character of places of worship.This effectively barred courts from entertaining cases which raise disputes over places of worship that existed as of August 15, 1947.

KERALA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: CPI(M) Announces Three More Candidates

CPI(M) had announced the names of three more candidates for the upcoming Kerala assembly elections. A list of 83 candidates was already announced by A Vijayaraghavan, CPI(M) state secretary in-charge on March 10, which was published in the last issue of People’s Democracy . Candidates for Manjeshwaram and Devikulam – V V Rameshan and A Raja – have been announced now.

Insurance Employees Observe Nationwide Strikes on March 17-18

THE All India Insurance Employees’ Association (AIIEA) and other unions in the four public sector general insurance companies will go on a nationwide strike on March 17.  Similarly, all unions in LIC will strike work on March 18, 2021.  These strike actions are to protest against the decision of the government to list LIC in the stock markets through an IPO, increase FDI limits in the sector from 49 per cent to 74 per cent and privatise one public sector general insurance company.

Employment Crisis in West Bengal: A Decade of TMC Governance

AMIDST the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent series of sporadic lockdowns, the loss of lives and livelihoods in West Bengal have exposed the inherent economic crises that the state’s economy is undergoing. The massive influx of poor migrant workers returning back to the state, seeking help and support from the authorities, has become an unfortunate reality in recent times.

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