While the corporate-controlled mainstream media of India was busy talking about the election results in three states of North East India, Rahul Gandhi’s speech to Congress workers, its opposition by the BJP, and lately, the Cambridge Analytica data breach along with the “watermelon protest” by the daring women of Kerala against misogynist slurs hurled by … Read more
In a sudden move, the University Grants Commission (UGC) decided to grant full autonomy to 62 higher education institutions, including six central universities, 21 state universities, 26 deemed universities and private universities, and 10 colleges. The decision was taken by the UGC during its meeting where the body was satisfied with the performance of these … Read more
There is a huge jubilation prevailing in the otherwise gloomy opposition camp since the BJP was defeated in two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh during the bypolls. The Samajwadi Party, supported by the BSP and the Congress, managed to win the Phulpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seats for which elections were held on 11 … Read more
The inevitable and well-predicted result of the Russian presidential election didn’t surprise anyone, as Vladimir Putin won another six-year term to rule the country that he is ruling since 2000 and reviving as a big imperial contender of the US-led Western imperialist bloc. With more than 76 per cent votes cast in his favour, Putin … Read more
When the TV channels were busy debating how Sunanda Pushkar died to avoid mentioning a large number of farmers agitating in Mumbai for their demands, Kashmir saw another tearful farewell given to those militants who were killed by the government forces in Hakura village of Anantnag district. The militants who were killed in an alleged … Read more
The toppling of the statue of communist leader Lenin in Tripura was really a sad affair for the country. In the communist pantheon leaders like Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro have always shined bright. However, in the right-wing press, all of them have been continuously portrayed as arch-villains and enemies of … Read more
There was a time when the mills of Bombay were the citadel of the militant working class movement led by the communist-influenced trade unions. More than Calcutta, the militant movement of the Bombay mill workers would panic the big comprador capitalists and their foreign investors, as at the end of the day, Bombay housed all … Read more
As the BJP sweeps Tripura, one of the last bastions of the parliamentary opportunist Left Front led by the CPI(M), riding on money and muscle power and by exploiting the anti-incumbency mood prevailing in the state that lags behind economically and socially due to the anti-people policies of the ruling clique, it doesn’t need any … Read more
The Soil of Chhattisgarh is crimsoned again in the blood of the tribal people resisting the aggression of the corporate houses on their land, water and forests. According to reports, 10 (12, according to unofficial estimate) hapless tribal people, four men and six women, were killed in a fake encounter at Pujari Kanker of Bijapur … Read more
East Ghouta, dead children and an accused Syrian government are there on your TV screen. Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian President who is defending his motherland from the aggression of the US and NATO-backed terrorists since the last seven years, is again accused of killing civilians by the UN and the US officials, who claim that … Read more