The BJP’s anti-farmer face always gets exposed despite its numerous farmer-friendly announcements, advertisements, and claims. This time, the BJP’s mask has been removed by power companies. An order was issued stating that if electricity is supplied to farmers for even one minute longer than 10 hours, the salary of the supplier employee will be deducted. The order was clear that if the supply exceeds 10 hours a day, the operator’s salary will be deducted. If electricity is supplied for more than 10 hours for more than two days, the junior engineer’s salary will be deducted.

SALIL Chowdhury has completed a hundred years. The entire nation knows him as a legendary composer. Today’s celebrated music directors like A.R. Rahman and Ilaiyaraaja regard him as their guru. The debt popular music owes him is true enough—but it is not his whole identity. His contributions are spread across literature—poetry, stories, drama—and cinema. It is also important to remember that in one phase of his life, he was an active political worker and organiser. He worked among some of the most marginalised sections of society. He was at the centre of militant peasant struggles.

THE second quarter (Q2-July-September) estimates of GDP released by the government on November 28 estimate real GDP growth of 8.2 per cent and nominal growth of 8.7 per cent with an implicit inflation rate of 0.5 per cent. This estimated growth is higher than 5.6 per cent for Q2 of 2024-25 but lower than the Q2 figure of 2022-23, 9.3 per cent. The government claims that due to GST reforms, good harvest and low food inflation the headline inflation rate is low.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 29, 2025THE CPI(M) reiterates its strong opposition to the manner in which the Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls is being carried out across the country. What was meant to be a routine, transparent and citizen-friendly exercise has turned into a chaotic, arbitrary process that threatens both the integrity of the voter rolls and the safety of those forced to undertake that work.The entire exercise is being conducted in a tearing hurry and poorly planned manner.

Protests in Tripura against attack on rally by BJP goons  A large number of people took to the streets in Tripura to vent their anger against the barbaric attack on a procession by BJP-backed goons in Dharmanagar right in front of police on November 26, in which 12 people including former CPI(M) MLA Amitabha Datta and senior party leader Ratan Roy were injured. On November 28, Agartala, the state capital, roared as thousands marched with red flags. A strong demand was raised for the arrest and exemplary punishment of the BJP miscreants involved in the attack.