Resolution against the decision existing
labour laws and infringe upon the hard won labour rights.
New Delhi, August 24: The All India Kisan Council Meeting held at Hyderabad had passed a resolution against the decision of the BJP government led by Narendra Modi to change the existing labour laws and infringe upon the hard won labour rights. The AIKC opined that this attack on the working class has to be countered with all our might....
Read moreOrdnance factory employees call off strike after
Centre agrees to consider their demands
New Delhi,| August 24 : The civilian employees of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) have called off their strike after a meeting with Secretary, Department of Defence Production (DDP), where the unions were assured that a high-level committee would be recommended to be set up for considering their demands......
Read moreWorkers of Ordnance factories
call off their strike
Kolkata, Aug 24 : Defence production at 41 facilities across the country is likely to normalise from Monday, with the unions representing civilian employees of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) on Saturday calling off their ongoing one-month strike over the Centre's corporatization plans......
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COMMENT
J&K Developments: Ominous
Signs: Betrayal of Trust
Sitaram Yechury
CONFINEMENT IN SRINAGAR AIRPORT
Read moreON August 9, I along with CPI general secretary, D Raja proceeded to Srinagar after the central government had, on August 5, dismantled the state of Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two centrally administered union territories. This was done through a virtual military takeover and ar...
Dismantling of J&K: Authoritarian
Assault on Democracy and Federalism
Prakash Karat
The Modi government has conducted a lightning strike against the Constitution and federalism. Under the aegis of the Modi-Shah duo, Article 370 of the Constitution has been disemboweled and the subsidiary provision stemming from it – Article 35A – nullified. They have then proceeded to launch a brazen attack on the very exis...
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