The midday meal tragedy at Gandaman village of Masrakh block of Bihar’s Chhapra district has come as a severe blow to the tall claims of the powers that be in
In yet another indication of the precarious and deteriorating state of the Indian economy, the rupee breached the “psychological benchmark” of Rs 60 to the dollar on June 26, touching
With barely few months to go for polls, UPA-II, is in utter haste to meet its deadlines, clinch as many corrupt crony deal as it can. Latest being its no-holds-barred
“You should not do anything illegal. First of all, the law should be changed”- Dhirubhai Ambani, quoted in the book Polyester Prince by Hamish McDonald.
Natural resources like hydrocarbon reserves are
(An interview with CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya)
CPIML had demanded dissolution of the Assembly. Now a new coalition comprising JMM, Congress, and RJD has emerged to form a government led
(In Uttarakhand, for the hill people, disasters are not a single calamitous televised event. Daily, they live in the shadow of disaster. Every year, there are calamities, their homes are
Seeking to Silence Burning Questions of People’s Movements
The recent years have been years of sustained democratic struggles, intense people’s movements and people’s assertion. There were massive waves of protest against
(Mukul Sinha, an advocate and activist based in Gujarat, has been active in the efforts to expose fake encounters in Gujarat. He also represented Manipur fake encounter victims before the
(The Supreme Court recently appointed a Committee headed by former Justice Santosh Hegde to examine allegations of fake encounters in Manipur. In January 2013, the Justice Verma Committee report on
Less than a week after Nitish Kumar had secured the trust vote for his government with the help of the Congress, CPI and four independent MLAs, Bihar experienced yet another
A CPI(ML) fact-finding team visited Bagaha immediately after the firing and ascertained the facts. The team comprosed State Standing Committee member Viendra Prasad Gupta, State Standing Committee member and former
(A report by CPI(ML)’s Bihar State Secretary Kunal)
The massacre of 23 school children through the mid-day meal on 16th July in Dharmasati Gandaman village of Mashrakh block in Saran district
AICCTU held a state level Women Workers’ Convention in Tirunelveli on June 30. The convention paid homage to the army jawans and others who lost their lives in the rescue
Changes in Banking Exam Criteria
AISA and RYA spearheaded countrywide protest against the newly imposed criteria of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). As a result of the protests, the IBPS
Exactly one year ago, the management and its hired goons led a brutal attack on the workers inside the factory premises of Maruti Suzuki when talks were going on between
As part of the ongoing protests demanding Justice for Comrade Gangaram Kol, the party held a protest procession on 23rd June in Dibrugarh district (Tingkhong area). The procession began from
“I now can really understand the horrendous nature of caste and the heinous things it is capable of after falling in love.” This is what Ilavarasan told a journalist after
Thanks to Manmohan Singh and his Government, India has achieved the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world servile enough to leap to the defence of the
