Decisive Verdict in BTC Polls: BJP–UPPL Rejected

THE recently concluded election to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) has sent a clear and emphatic message: the people of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) in Assam have rejected the communal, divisive, and opportunistic politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally, the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL).

AIKS Condemns Lynching of Cattle Trader by Cow Vigilante Gang

ALL India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) strongly protests against the inhuman and brutal lynching of Aasif Babu Multani alias Sheru Susadiya who died on September 20, 2025, at Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur. He was lynched by a gang of cow vigilante criminals in the early hours of September 16, when he was transporting cattle purchased from Lambia Raila cattle market near Bhilwara in Rajasthan to his village in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh.According to Superintendent of Police Bhilwara, Dharmendra Singh, five people have been arrested and an FIR registered.

Chandrachud and Bhagwat Are on the Same Page

FORMER Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud’s recent interview with online portal Newslaundry turned out to contain some sensational and ominous revelations of his views. These have, naturally, created a stir seldom witnessed after former justices’ post-retirement thoughts. This is so because his statements not only reveal his real thinking but also add to a public discourse steadily being built up in recent times on one of the most incendiary and divisive issues that haunts India – religious conflict and its history, especially with regard to places of worship.

Big Tech’s Deep Links with the Genocide in Gaza

THE most recent revelations about Microsoft’s deep ties with Israel’s war machine have once again laid bare the central role of U.S. Big Tech in enabling the genocide in Gaza.

Trump Tariffs and GST Rate Adjustments

TRUMP’s tariff aggression against India will indubitably have a contractionary effect on the Indian economy. Even if Trump reduces tariffs from the 50 per cent he is currently levying, this will only be in exchange for India reducing its tariffs on American goods, especially agricultural goods and dairy products, which would mean larger imports from America and the hence reduced incomes in India.

Another Blow to Novartis and Its Patent Monopolies

THE Swiss multinational Novartis and the Indian Patent Office are in the news again, as is Section 3(d) of India's Patent Act. Under the 3(d) provision, the Patent Office struck down the Novartis patent on Vymada, a heart failure drug, for lacking either novelty or an inventive step. Vymada, internationally marketed as Entresto, is a combination of two drugs: sacubitril and valsartan, and Novartis was claiming that by mixing the two, it created a "supramolecular complex", a claim rejected by the Indian Patent Office.

Resistance Never Dies!

IN his memoir Memory of Forgetfulness, Mahmoud Darwish, the distinguished Palestinian communist poet, recounts a profound conversation with his friend, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a revolutionary poet of renown.

Modi’s False Promises to Bihar

MODI's recent visit to Bihar has further proved his loyalty to building the empire of Adani by sacrificing the interest of the common man and inviting ecological disaster. The transferring of more than a thousand acres of land on one rupee lease, is one of the greatest tragedies that awaits the people of Bhagalpur. Adani has been offered this fertile land where 10 lakhs of green mango trees stand, to build a mega coal based power plant, as a gift to the people of Bihar on the eve of assembly election.

Polavaram Project: Development or Dispossession?

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) Condemns Brutal Repression in Ladakh

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 25, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the brutal repression unleashed by the union territory administration under the central government against the people of Ladakh.

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