HUNDREDS of CPI(M) leaders and activists led by Party Telangana state secretary Thammineni Veerabhadram took a pledge to protect the interests of Bhadrachalam tribals, their livelihood and culture in the face of Polavaram Bill passed by parliament.

CLOSE on the heels of its spectacular victory in the parliamentary elections in the state, the Left Front in Tripura again swept the three tier panchayat elections held in the state. In the elections held on July 15, the rural masses of the state reposed their faith in the red flag in an unambiguous and unprecedented manner reaffirming their increasing support for the Left Front and the CPI(M).

THE process of bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh has turned the Polavaram issue into a more complicated one. The former UPA-2 government in its hurry to push the bifurcation bill had wanted to satisfy its own party leaders in Andhra area and therefore gave the national project status to Polavaram project. In 2009 itself, the then union government promised 10 district Telangana state including villages which would get submerged due to the project. The bill categorically stated that the submersion villages should be shifted to the residuary Andhra Pradesh.

THE announcement of the eighth All India Conference of the All India Agricultural Workers Union from July 30 to August 2, 2014 at the office bearers meeting held at Hyderabad on July 16, has had a snowballing effect on the poorest and the most oppressed in the country. The conference will represent membership from 14 states. The number of delegates has reached 831. Not the least is the fact that the state of Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana and Andhra) has increased its membership beyond last year to 16, 05,912 from 14, 63,827.

THE South African Nobel-prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, one of the most powerful voices against apartheid, died at the age of 90 on July 13, 2014 at her Johannesburg home.