CM Enjoys Lutyens’ Luxury While a Mother Sells her Girl ChildOFTEN such news reaches the newsrooms late, but however delayed they don’t lose the news value. We are talking about Binata Chakma of Kalagang-Charki ADC village of Pecharthal RD block, North Tripura. Parents of five children, Shek Chakma and Binata Chakma were forced to sell their fifth child, barely of 25 days to Sumanjoy Reang of Dainchharra ADC village on December 6 for a mere 2,500 rupees to feed their four children.

A FACT-finding team of Bhumi Adhikar Andolan comprising members of parliament, leaders of kisan organisations, advocates from Supreme Court and senior journalists has, on December 20, visited the family of assassinated police officer Subodh Kumar Singh who was shot and lynched when he was on duty, by a mob led by Bajrang Dal.

AT a time when the entire officers and workers of BSNL are engaged in continuous struggles against the pro-Reliance Jio and anti-BSNL steps being taken by the government, BSNLEU, the biggest trade union of BSNL, has conducted its 9th all India conference at Mysuru. The conference which was held from December 17-20, 2018, has taken many important decisions to defend BSNL and the future of the employees.INAUGURAL SESSIONThe four-day conference got kick-started with a colourful cultural programme, followed by the hoisting of the national flag and the union's red flag.

THE election results  for Telangana state, have  not only brought Telangana Rashtra Samiti  to power for the second term, but also, the incumbent Party, TRS improved its position considerably by winning 88 seats out of 119 seats of the assembly. The Congress alliance could scrap through with only 21 seats, including two seats for the TDP. TJS and CPI drew a blank. Two independents who won the elections have also joined the TRS, taking the tally of TRS to 90.  The AIMIM could retain all their seven seats.The BJP could win only one single seat out of 119 seats contested.

A betrayal of the youthWITH every passing day, the BJP led coalition government in Tripura is showing its true colours. It is implementing all the anti-people, neoliberal policies the Modi government at the centre stands for, in a complete betrayal of the people. The BJP in its vision document for the last assembly elections had promised employment for all the households and 50,000 government jobs every year. But the last nine months have seen no new appointment in government services.