The familiar playbook is back on display. The charges of possible financial contributions for political funding of BJP in lieu of largesse from the government is right back on the table. On February 29, 2024, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared three semiconductor units as part of the government’s push to build a domestic semiconductor industry. Two units were slated to be led by the Tata Group. This was in the immediate run up to the Lok...
Of late, RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat has been toiling away trying to burnish the image of his organisation on its foundation centenary. He has been giving long lectures to audiences of ‘learned’ or ‘eminent’ people – mostly RSS sympathisers – explaining the ideology of the RSS. The objective is to portray the RSS as a nationalist organization, committed to spreading harmony and universal brotherhood, drawing upon the wellspring of Hindutva or Sanatan Dharma. In the process...
WINTER is here, bringing with it a heavy pall of pollutant laden smog over Delhi, and on most of northern India along the Indo-Gangetic plains. During October-February, and especially during the peak pollution months of November-December, governments at the Centre and in Delhi, as well as the media and even the Supreme Court, are suddenly abuzz with policy statements, articles and commentary about air pollution and what needs to be done.
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 country witnessed well-attended protests by the workers and peasants on November 26, 2025, the fifth anniversary of the historic united struggle - the general strike, grameen hartal and Delhi Chalo called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha as well as the Central Trade Unions. In 2020-21 the concerted attack on the productive classes - the workers and peasants - in the form of the pro-corporate labour codes and the...
SOME words become heavy with meaning. For the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the word "terrorism" is one of them. When used carelessly, it stops being just a word for a violent act and becomes a label for an entire community. It becomes a lens that distorts how people see them, making their hopes seem suspicious and their pain seem less important.
THE Washington Post published an investigative report on October 29, 2025, claiming that the Indian government had unofficially directed LIC to invest $3.9 billion in the embattled Adani Group. It is important to lay out the facts for the public to realise the challenges that LIC may have to face in future. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), the biggest public sector undertaking in India, holds 65 per cent of market share even today, despite...
The imperialist US under President Donald Trump has started a full-fledged campaign of tariff terrorism against not only India but also several other countries. Trump has imposed the highest 50% additional tariffs on Indian exports to the US. Brazil is the only other country to have been slapped with such high tariffs. At the same time, Trump wants India to sign an agreement for free trade with almost nil tariffs on US exports to India....
CPI(M) activist and peoples’ artist Com. K. Penchalaiah was brutally murdered by anti-social elements in the business of peddling ganja and other drugs. The dastardly attack took place in Nellore town of Andhra Pradesh on November 28. Com. Penchalaiah was the DYFI area secretary previously and currently the secretary of the Praja Natya Mandali (people’s theatre organisation).
IN a heart-warming display of compassion, a Hindu resident of Jammu, Kuldip Sharma gifted five marlas of land to journalist Arfaz Ahmad Daing soon after the latter's home was demolished on Thursday. The Jammu and Kashmir administration demolished the home of Daing alleging that it had been built on encroached land. However Daing claimed that...
Concert for Palestine in KolkataOn November 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Palestine Solidarity Initiative hosted a "Concert for Palestine" in Kolkata's central business district, Esplanade. The venue, in front of the Oberoi Grand, was draped with strings of Palestinian and Indian chain flags. |
Protests against Government decision to implement Labour CodesProtests 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... |
Stop Flawed SIRCPI(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. |
Stop the SIR in Andhra Pradesh immediatelyThe round table meeting held at M. B. Vijnana Kendram, Vijayawada, unanimously demanded that the state and central governments stop the programme of Special Intensive Revision of the voters list in Andhra Pradesh. |
The BJP Playbook to Hand Over Power Sector to Private PlayersThe 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.... |
