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Organized by Citizens Concerned for Rampal Thermal Power Plant and Sundarban CONCERNED CITIZENS’ MEET ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, SEMINAR HALL 24th OCTOBER, 2013, 5.30 PM The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of our country is constructing a thermal power plant in collaboration with the Power Development Board (PDB) of Bangladesh at Rampal in Khulna, a […]

Press Statement Announcement to Start Work for POSCO Project is Illegal October, 8 : When the hearing on dispensation of environmental clearance for POSCO project is going on in National Green Tribunal and stay order for cutting trees continues, the announcement of starting construction by the Ambassador of Korea and the Chief Minister is nothing […]

Press-release by North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) NEFIS (North East Forum for International Solidarity) held the 117th birth anniversary celebrations of Comrade Irabot in Arts Faculty, Delhi University. Students, activists and intellectuals from various communities such as Naga, Meetei and Kuki participated. Comrade Hijam Irabot Singh (30 September 1896-26 September 1951), also known as […]

by Usha Ramanathan On September 23, 2013, the Supreme Court ‘s directed that “no person should suffer for not getting the aadhaar card in spite of the fact that some authority had issued a circular making it mandatory”. Reacting to an argument of Mr Anil Divan, Justice Puttaswamy’s counsel, the judges added that “when any […]

COMMITTEE FOR THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS 185/3, FOURTH FLOOR, ZAKIR NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110025 30/09/2013 CONDEMN AND EXPOSE THE MALICIOUS INTENT OF KERALA POLICE TARGETING MUSLIMS UNDER THE SMOKESCREEN OF VITIATING COMMUNAL HARMONY! CONDEMN THE UNLAWFUL ARREST OF PK ABDUR RAHMAN BY THE COMMUNAL KERALA POLICE! RELEASE PK ABDUR RAHMAN IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY! Yet again […]

Karmajibi Mahila Parishad would like to invite you /your organization to join a convention on 28th September 2013 at University Institute Hall, College Square Kolkata from 12 noon onwards. The objective of the convention is to strengthen the movement of working women and raise their voices against the violence perpetrated against women workers. Karmajibi Mahila […]

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/2911 25,000 textile workers protest against poor wages www.socialistworld.net, 26/10/2007 Textile workers are on the move again. Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement of Pakistan (CWI), Lahore More than 25,000 textile workers defied a ban on protests in emergency-ruled Bangladesh to demand back pay and bonuses in one of the country’s biggest industrial zones. The workers walked […]

by Hiren Gohain In the last few weeks, in fact soon after announcement on forming a separate Telengana state, violence erupted in several regions of Assam with significant tribal populations, almost as if on cue. In the Bodo Territorial Council area, thousands of young tribal youths and girls, decked out in war-paint and Apache hair-cuts, […]

We condemn in the strongest possible terms the recent actions of the Maharashtra state government and Anti-terrorism force (ATF) in arresting the student and cultural activist Hem Mishra, and journalist and activist Prashant Rahi, and the raid on the residence of Dr. G. N. Saibaba, an academic and activist, in Delhi. These actions of the […]

Bhavnagar Jilla Gram Bachao Samiti, Gujarat Anu-urja Mukti Andolan and Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti are shocked at the media reports that indicate Government of India’s (GOI) reported move to further dilute the Nuclear Liability Act to seal the nuclear deal with the US government. To register their strong protest affected people of Mithi Virdi, Jaspara, Mandva, […]