THE Tripura state committee of the CPI(M) has appealed to the masses to ensure a huge victory of the Left Front in the ensuing elections to the three tier panchayati raj bodies; these polls are scheduled to be held on July 15. A resolution to this effect was adopted in the recently concluded meeting of the CPI(M) state committee on June 14.

THE Maharashtra state committee of the Students Federation of India (SFI) successfully organised a state study camp from June 5 to 8, 2014, at Aadarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai. A total of 187 delegates from 14 districts of the state, including 43 girl students, attended the camp. The state camp commenced with the hoisting of the flag by SFI state president Mohan Jadhav. After the delegates paid homage at the martyrs column, SFI state secretary Datta Chavan made the introductory and welcome speech.

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THE only reason there is a question mark at the end of the title is that, although a policy note is pending consideration by the cabinet, the BJP-led government has not yet announced its decision. But the drumbeats in support of a policy to further liberalise the defence manufacturing sector to FDI are growing louder, led by Indian corporates with clear vested interests, as well as some strategic experts advancing a spurious logic and some economists and miscellaneous commentators who perennially clamour for FDI in any and all spheres, as if it were the panacea for all difficulties.

THE role of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh in the 2014 general election has been astonishing not only in its extent and influence, but even more so, in its very public and direct involvement in the most significant political event in the nation’s calendar. The door-to-door campaigning and booth management by more than six lakh RSS cadres who worked under RSS committees during the general elections, is now going to be repeated for the impending Delhi assembly elections. The organisation has again announced that the BJP cannot be relied upon to carry out these tasks efficiently.