Female Student Asked to Remove Innerwear at NEET Centre, Protests Erupt

PROTESTS erupted in the Kollam district of Kerala as the authorities forced a 17-year-old girl student, appearing for the NEET examination to remove her innerwear. The incident occurred on July 17. The examination was held at the Marthoma Institute of Information and Technology, in Aayoor.

Conference of All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation Held in Hisar

THE 11th national conference of the All-India Road Transport Workers’ Federation (AIRTWF), held in Hisar in Haryana from July 16 to 18, resolved to carry out a united struggle to protect the industry and for the welfare of workers.CITU national secretary and MP, Elamaram Kareem inaugurated the conference. In his inaugural speech, Kareem appealed to the workers to prepare themselves for intensifying the struggle against the anti-people and anti-working-class policies of the Narendra Modi government.

Andhra Pradesh: Mass Mobilisations on People’s Issues

THE 23rd Party Congress has stressed upon and called on the rank and file to take up local issues and ensure the participation of Party members to have a live connection with the masses. Moving forward in that direction, the Andhra Pradesh state committee met on April 16 and 17 and chalked out a programme called ‘Janam Kosam CPI(M)’, or CPI(M) for people. This activity has been taken up in three phases and for 40 days.The first was the preparatory phase, which focused on preparing the party committees and branches.

AINBEA Seminar on Agrarian Crisis

Indian Farming and Farmers must be Saved from the Clutches of Corporate TakeoverALL India NABARD Employees Association (AINBEA) commemorated the first death anniversary of its former general secretary, V K Bhosale through a memorable programme held at the NABARD head office, Mumbai, on July 5, 2022.

Why Were 1.3 crore Jobs Lost in June?

A PERFECT storm of delayed monsoon, languishing economy and continued inaction of the government on the jobs front has led to an astonishing decline of 1.3 crore from the total number of employed persons in the country in June this year, according to latest CMIE estimates. In May, the number of employed persons were 40.4 crore which plummeted to just 39.1 crore by June end.

UP: State-level Convention of Left and Democratic Parties

ON July 6, 2022, a political convention of representatives of the four Left and democratic parties of Uttar Pradesh, concluded at the state office of the Communist Party of India.Representatives of the CPI(M), CPI, CPI-ML, Forward Bloc and Loktantrik Janata Dal participated in the conference. The meeting was presided over by CPI state secretary, Girish. On this occasion, various speakers said that like the country, Uttar Pradesh is going through the deepest crisis after independence today.

Chhattisgarh: Convention against Corporate Loot of Land and Repression of Tribals

TRIBALS, farmers and social organisations of Chhattisgarh gathered in Raipur for a state-level convention of Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan and Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan.

AP: CPI(M) Holds Dharnas at Dist Collectorates

THE Party state committee in Andhra Pradesh had decided to take up a campaign called “Janam kosam CPI(M)” (CPI(M) for People) from June 1- July 11. All the Party leaders and cadres went to the people door-to-door and learnt about their problems.

CPI (M) To Carry Out Massive Campaign & Agitation in A & N Islands on People’s Issues

THE CPI(M) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands will carry out a massive campaign and agitation on people’s issues in the coming months. A decision in this regard was taken in the meeting of the state organising committee of the Party held at Shaheed Bhavan, Port Blair on July 9, 2022, in presence of G Ramakrishnan, Polit Bureau Member and SujanChakraborthy, Central Committee Member. D Ayyappan, secretary of the committee presented the report of the action plan in the meeting.

SKM Revives, Calls for Nationwide Mass Actions

EIGHT months after the victorious suspension of the historic farmers’ struggle against the BJP central government’s three farm laws, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) revived itself in its national meeting held at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh on July 3, 2022. There had been two national meetings earlier, one at the Singhu border on January 15, and the other at Delhi on March 14. However, both these meetings were marked by controversy, especially over the decision of some of the Punjab kisan organisations forming two political parties and contesting the Punjab state assembly elections.

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