GroundXero: Two persons were reportedly killed and over 30 injured at Vedanta Alumina refinery in Lanjigarh town of Kalahandi district in Orissa. According to reports, hundreds of displaced people from Rengalpali and two other nearby villages were holding a protest in front of the refinery demanding jobs in the unit. Violence erupted when the […]
When it comes to attack on the working class, all mainstream parties are on the same boat. Be it the saffron-coloured BJP in Maharashtra, the green-coloured Trinamool Congress in West Bengal or the tri-coloured Congress in Rajasthan, all of them are equally brutal and repressive when it comes to the workers’ struggles against capital and […]
The civil society in Manipur intensified it’s reaction against the armed siege of the Manipur University by the BJP government. It is now revealed that pro-VC K Yugindro was “never manhandled by the students” and he lodged a “false FIR” that led to the armed siege in MU. As the conspiracy became evident and protests […]
BJP Government’s armed siege of Manipur University has provoked widespread condemnation. BJP Manipur accuses that Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU), Manipur University Teachers’ Association (MUTA) and Manipur University Staffs’ Association (MUSA) violated the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) – a tripartite agreement between MUSU, MUTA and MUSA, Govt of Manipur and MHRD. It also accuses students […]
Manipur University is under siege by armed forces. Many students and faculty members are under judicial custody. What follows is a narration of a series of complex events leading to the armed action in Manipur University. Michael Samjetsabam argues that ethnic tensions dented the University movement, not entirely, but to some extent. The author also […]
“… good examples [of virtue] arise from good education, good education from good laws, and good laws from those tumults that many inconsiderately damn.” – Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy The struggle in Manipur University has been continuing for more than fifty days now. Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU) has demanded the removal of […]
Tamil Nadu government under CM Edappadi Palanisami and Deputy CM O. Paneerselvam has never proved its majority on the Assembly floor. Following Jayalalitha’s death only seven months into her tenure, Tamil Nadu saw everything between standard horse trading moves to bizarre meditations at her memorial in a battle between various factions to head AIADMK and […]