On the intervening night of May 4 and 5, dozens of police personnel belonging to the Manesar (Gurugram) Crime Investigation Agency of Haryana Police surrounded and laid siege of CITU leaders' homes in Rohtak. They were attempting to arrest the leaders in connection with the workers movement for better wages that had started in early April.  

 A crisis is looming as the war on Iran by the United States and Israel begins to affect all sections of society in Andhra Pradesh.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the cancellation of cargo flights have brought exports to Gulf countries to a halt, severely impacting producers of bananas, mangoes, coconuts, prawns, and poultry.

May Day, the International Workers' Day, is celebrated on May 1, to commemorate the working class struggle for an eight-hour workday, immortalised by the conflicts from the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. It was established by an international federation in 1889, now recognised globally to promote worker solidarity and rights. On May 1, Chicago witnessed a great outpouring of workers, who laid down tools at the call of the organised labour movement of the city.

A joint demonstration was organised today at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, by Left parties—Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (ML), Revolutionary Socialist Party, Forward Bloc, and CGPI. A large number of workers and trade union leaders from Noida, Ghaziabad, and Delhi participated in the protest.

WITH May Day approaching, and the veil of mistrust and despair being shattered, the Indian working class is rising with heroic valour at every moment; it has sent a shiver down the spine of spineless capital and instilled a deep sense of fear in the heart of the heartless state. The upsurges are coming in waves, one after another, sweeping across north and central India - the industrial workers are asserting their existence amid great agony and pain.