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, ...

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 ...

Our objective was to study and understand the nature of exploitation and gross violations of labour rights, establish direct contact with the workforce, organise them, and plan interventions. Even ...

IN a landmark judgment, the Calcutta High Court has ordered the central government to resume the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in West Bengal by August 1, ...

The roots of the deadly coalition of military, industry and academia were first examined by sociologist C Wright Mills, who prophesied the shift of US to a "permanent war economy" in which military ...

The meeting highlighted the main issues which the AIKS will take up in the campaign for the July 9 General Strike. It warned against the moves of the Modi regime to sign Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) ...

The ILC also endorsed ILO’s recommendations to the upcoming UN World Summit for Social Development, scheduled in Qatar in November 2025. Member states were urged to involve employers' and workers’ ...

The imposition of a communal agenda through the education system by the BJP-led central government was a major focus. Delegates denounced the Manuwadi character of the current educational policies, ...

CITU conveyed its heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased workers. The actual death toll from the reactor blast at Sigachi Chemical Industry in Sangareddy, Telangana – reported to be 44 ...

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 ...

II dated June 24) to the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar, Basu argued that while electoral roll revisions are routine, the current exercise imposes disproportionate responsibility on voters for ...

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 ...