THE Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy which broadly underlay the entire dirigiste period is now being intensely vilified, not just by the Modi crowd, but even by neoliberal elements within the Congress and ...

ON the 50th anniversary of the Internal Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi on June 25, 1975, the CPI (M) in Tripura organised hall meetings and discussions across various sub-divisions to reflect on ...

ISRAEL’s genocide in Gaza and the 12-day war between Israel and Iran saw Israel destroying all universities in Gaza and assassinating top scientists of Iran. Not a tear or word of condemnation from ...

In all this, it is not surprising that the compromise and surrender by RSS leaders during that period finds no place. This sordid chapter has been buried under the barrage of chest thumping ...

Thus, the general strike on July 9 is certainly going to be the largest ever general strike the country has witnessed till today with unprecedented participation of all the producing sections of the ...

NILOTPAL Basu, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has written to the Chief Election Commissioner expressing strong opposition to the "Special Intensive Revision" of ...

UNDER the heavily fortified Polavaram Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project, a clandestine operation is underway, marked by widespread and unprecedented violations of labour laws. The site, transformed ...

The Election Commission is also responsible for preparing electoral rolls and conducting these elections. Over the last 75 years, the electoral system has operated with a fair degree of integrity, ...

This draconian Special Public Safety Bill, which has extremely arbitrary and authoritarian provisions which are even worse ...

THE private sector-led prepaid smart metering project has been stalled in West Bengal. This marks a significant victory for the people’s movement in the state. For the first time in the past one and a ...