Two- day Nation-wide Bank Strike Successful

TEN lakhs employees and officers of commercial banks - both public sector banks and private sector banks - and one lakh employees and officers of regional rural banks were on 48 hours strike from 6 am on February 10, 2014 to 6 am on February 12, 2014 demanding immediate and fair wage revision and opposing the so-called reforms of the banking industry. The strike call was given by UFBU (United Forum of Bank Unions) an umbrella organisation consisting of five unions of employees and four unions of officers.

On Aseemanand’s Revelation

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 11, 2014.

THE explosive material revealed in the article based on interviews given by Aseemanand to The Caravan magazine raises very serious questions which require further investigation. Aseemanand has revealed his links with the top leadership of the RSS while planning the series of terrorist bomb blasts on civilian targets.

Stop Attacks on People from North-East

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on February 12, 2014.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep concern at the continuing attacks on people from the North-East in Delhi. After the death of the Arunachal student, Nido Taniam, several other incidents have occurred, including the rape of a minor girl from Manipur and physical attacks on other young men.

EPF PENSION: Minimum Pension Upped to One Thousand

THE employees pension scheme (EPS), related to the employees provident fund (EPF) and being implemented from 1995, is to be amended to ensure a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 and also to increase the eligibility wage ceiling to Rs 15,000 per month from the existing Rs 6,500. The decision about it was taken in an urgently called meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) on February 5.

On VS’s Letter to Kerala CM

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 8, 2014.

THE Polit Bureau considers the letter written by Comrade V S Achuthanandan, as leader of the Opposition, to the chief minister of Kerala on February 7, 2014, as a wrong step and not in conformity with the stand of the party.

Interim Rail Budget: Most Disappointing

THE interim railway budget presented by the railway minister has disappointed the people of our country. This was the opinion the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) expressed through a statement issued from New Delhi on February 12.

The Emerging Alternative

AS the Lok Sabha elections draw near, it has become clear that the electoral battle will be between not two but three combinations – the Congress-led UPA, the BJP-led NDA and the non-Congress non-BJP combination of parties.

Spectacular Rally Echoes Peoples’ Anger

AS the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata turned into a sea of humanity, splashed with crimson red all over, roaring slogans reverberated in every street leading to the ground, even the Ganges became red with streams of boats carrying hundreds of people, the question emerged, how this ‘miracle’ was made possible.

RSS/BJP Unleashes a Charade on the Indian People

THE RSS/BJP and its PM aspirant’s desperation at the possible emergence of a combination of secular opposition parties – non-Congress, non-BJP – in the run up to the 2014 general elections has reached a new crescendo. A litany of epithets have been unleashed which should be considered unbecoming by anybody, particularly by somebody who is self-proclaimed by the RSS/BJP as India’s future prime minister. Some of his comments denouncing the `third front’ as `third rate’ have drawn a spontaneous response that such comments can come only from a `third rate’ mindset!

SURREY, CANADA: Indian Workers Remenber Komagata Maru Episode

THE Indo-Canadian Workers Association (ICWA) of Canada held a public meeting in Surrey on Sunday, January 26. The meeting was organised in the Newton Library conference room and was attended by a large number of people from all walks of life. These included Jinny Sims, an MP, and Harry Bains, an MLA.
The meeting started with the observance of one minute standing silence in homage to the martyrs. The main speakers on this occasion was Surinder Sangha, Kulwant Dhesi, Hardev Singh, Jinny Sims, Hary Bains and Dave Hayer, a former MLA. The meeting was conducted by Surinder Dhesi.

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