The All India Fishers and Fisheries Workers’ Federation (AIFFWF) has condemned the repeated arrests of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. In yet another incident on October 8–9, 47 fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry were taken into custody in two separate operations, and five fishing boats were seized. These fishermen, ordinary working people from Rameswaram, Thangachimadam, and Karaikal, were not trespassers or criminals. They were out in the sea for their daily livelihood when the Sri Lankan Navy intercepted and detained them.

IN the middle of a huge public overdrive over the centenary of the formation of RSS, the country was shocked by a bizarre spectacle. A lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, registered with the Supreme Court Bar Association, was seen hurling a shoe at the Chief Justice of India, B. R. Gavai. The lawyer’s complaint was that while rejecting a petition, Justice Gavai has made a disparaging comment about Hindu religion. However, the mainstream media has gone to lengths to trivialise this shocking event.

Chief Minister Stalin announced legislative measures during a CPI(M)-organised protest; he called for immediate ceasefire and intervention by the Indian government.Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin announced that the state assembly will pass a resolution condemning Israeli attacks in Gaza and demanding immediate ceasefire, marking a significant political stance on the international crisis.

There is much fanfare and hoopla over the completion of 100 years of the RSS. This was sparked off by the Prime Minister himself, first mentioning it in his customary 15 August speech from the Red Fort in Delhi, and then writing a piece on it for newspapers.

The aim of promoting public transport and the role of governments across the globe are quite different to how the Government of India and most state governments look at public transport.L&T, a joint partner of the Hyderabad Metro Rail, left the project well before the expiry of the agreement period and the Government of Telangana took it over, accepting L&T’s conditions of paying the Rs 13,000 crore debt burden. This is the second such metro project in the country.