UP committee of AIKMS has condemned the lathicharge and tear gas shelling by police on thousands of peasants in Kanhapur village, tehsil Sadar, Unnao yesterday. More than 15 peasants have been injured and several leaders have been arrested. 1144 acre land had been acquired by UPSIDA in 2002-03 and while […]
Year: 2019
Sabarimala -Equality Will Not Come From Courts
A five judge Review Bench of the Supreme Court, by a majority of three- two, on 14th November 2019, has not only reopened the earlier 4-1 verdict of the Supreme Court allowing entry of women of reproductive age into the Temple. Rather, it has drowned the limited question of allowing […]
Dalits, Land, Law and Government
Dalits’ struggle for their share in Panchayat land in some districts of Malwa region of Punjab, particularly district Sangrur and some pockets of Patiala is in the news in Punjab. This struggle has left a deep impact in political and cultural fields. Feature and documentary films has been produced, plays […]
Bolivia : Military Coup for Increasing Exploitation and Plunder
Bolivia has emerged as a new focus in the struggle in Latin America between pro-US economic elite and those fighting against neo-liberal plunder of their countries and standing for redistributive policies which they call as ‘socialism’. This struggle is being waged on pan-Latin American stage. There have been many battlegrounds […]
Ongoing Student Agitation at JNU
For more than two weeks now Jawaharlal Nehru Campus has been rocked by student protests with the students observing a total strike at the university. The proximate reason for their agitation is the promulgation of the new Hostel Manual, which besides imposing a huge increase in the hostel fee also […]
IFTU condemns arrests for holding Press Conference on Ayodhya Verdict
The Forum Against Hindutva Fascist Offensive (FAHFO) had planned to organise a Press Meet on the recent Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue this morning at the SVK, Baghlingampally. But this was foiled by the Police by arresting those who were to address the press meet. The all India […]
Case against CPI(ML)-ND Leader in UP
UP Committee of CPI(ML) New Democracy has condemned UP police for targeting more than 4000 persons for expressing their opinion on the Supreme Court’s 5 Judge bench judgement on the Ayodhya issue. UP police is specially targeting dissent in order to project widespread unanimity and acceptance of the judgement, which […]
Question of Alternative Leadership in the Dalit Movement
Dalits are the most oppressed and exploited sections of India’s society and stand at the lowest rung. The word Dalit is usually used for the oppressed castes of society, a very rigid division of society specific to the Indian sub-continent. This caste system is social division of society in form […]
March in Support of RTC Strike
The call “Chalo Tank Bund” given by the RTC JAC for November 9 went off successfully. As part of the strike of the RTC workers the JAC plus the mass organisations and political parties took up a programme like the Million March in the Telangana agitation. Huge police bandobust was […]
Bad in Law and Assault on Secularism
The judgment delivered by a five Judges Bench of the Supreme Court of India has allotted the whole of 2.77 acres of land which was under litigation for the Construction of a temple. Muslims’ claim which rested on the existence of Babri Masjid on the site which was demolished by […]
