CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 8THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its profound grief at the passing away of Comrade Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, outstanding leader of the Party and former chief minister of West Bengal.  He was aged 80 years and had been in ailing health for some time. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya joined the Party in 1966 in his student days.  He participated in various struggles of the student and youth movements.  He became the state secretary of West Bengal Democratic Youth Federation in 1968.  He was elected to the

GANDACHHARA, a small sub-divisional township in the Dhalai District of Tripura, known for its unique ethnic harmony and peaceful coexistence between tribal and Bengali communities, has recently experienced an unprecedented and destructive backlash. This violence, targeting a specific ethnic group residing in Gandachhara town and nearby villages, was perpetrated by a faction of tribal youths.Gandachhara is a sub-division with a small Bengali community, primarily refugees resettled from what is now Bangladesh in the 1950s, alongside the indigenous tribal population.

THE simmering economic and social discontent that began under the monetarist Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980’s has now boiled over into a violent reaction on British streets. In order to break the backbone of the trade union movement, the Tories at the time, privatised anything and everything; selling the state resources to their crony friends. The manufacturing base of Britain was permanently erased. Mines closed. The once powerful global brand of British Steel saw its works reduced to ash with a few smouldering units left in ruins.

FROM the time of the formation of the Communist Party in India, Comrade Muzaffar Ahmad, affectionately called Kakababu, dedicated his life to fighting communalism, bigotry, and backwardness. His unwavering commitment to social revolution, even in the face of adversity, serves as an inspiration for revitalising the Left today.

A DEVASTATING landslide occurred in Wayanad, a high-range district in North Kerala, in the early hours on July 30th, leaving 108 people dead and hundreds injured. So far, 52 bodies have been taken to the primary health centre in Meppadi, and 41 have been identified. The death toll is likely to rise given the number of missing people. Several bodies and body parts have been found floating in the Chaliyar River, which flows into the adjacent district of Malappuram. Many bodies and body parts have been kept at the government hospital in Nilambur.