A corridor into Kartarpur town of Pakistan was opened by Prime Minister Modi on Indian side and by Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan at Kartarpur on 9th November. This corridor links Dera Baba Nanak in India and Kartarpur in Pakistan. Kartarpur is town where Guru Nanak, First guru of […]
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New Democracy November 2019 Issue
Oppose NRC & CAB, Fascist Hindutva Projects
On 20th November 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah announced in Rajya Sabha the Govt. decision to prepare National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India. It is obviously a part of their efforts to make India a Hindu Rashtra. The purpose of the preparation of NRC is to target Muslims and […]
JNU Students’ Struggle Against Fee Hike
It is possible to look at a government, howsoever domineering, in its face. Yesterday i.e. the 18th of November 2019, the agitating students of JNU had given a call for a ‘Long March’ to the Parliament to assert their opposition to the ‘New Education Policy’, which the government plans to […]
ZPSC Leads Struggle against Killing of a Dalit
On November 15, 2019 Jagmel Singh, a Dalit labourer aged 34 years was beaten to death in village Chagaliwala in Sangrur district in Punjab. He was called to the house by landlord Amarjeet’s son Rinku. There he was tied to a pillar by landlord Amarjeet Singh, his son Rinku and […]
PDSU campaigns for arrest of the guilty of Kerala Girl’s Suicide in IIT Chennai
Fatima Lateef, a student of IIT Chennai, committed suicide. This brilliant student from Kerala was forced to end her life due to harassment by some Professors at IIT Chennai. According to the parents of the Fatima, neither any Professor nor any official of IIT Chennai even phoned them after the […]
PMS Condemns Harassment of Com. Shamshad’s family
On 17th November night again 10 policemen, all male, raided Com. Shamshad’s house at around 11.30 pm. They abused the women, entered the rooms forcefully, threatened them for holding meeting and said he will be beaten black and blue if they find him. Police has been out to arrest Com. […]
AIKMS Condemns Repression of Peasants in Unnao (UP)
UP committee of AIKMS has condemned the lathicharge and tear gas shelling by police on thousands of peasants in Kanhapur village, tehsil Sadar, Unnao yesterday. More than 15 peasants have been injured and several leaders have been arrested. 1144 acre land had been acquired by UPSIDA in 2002-03 and while […]
Dalits, Land, Law and Government
Dalits’ struggle for their share in Panchayat land in some districts of Malwa region of Punjab, particularly district Sangrur and some pockets of Patiala is in the news in Punjab. This struggle has left a deep impact in political and cultural fields. Feature and documentary films has been produced, plays […]
Ongoing Student Agitation at JNU
For more than two weeks now Jawaharlal Nehru Campus has been rocked by student protests with the students observing a total strike at the university. The proximate reason for their agitation is the promulgation of the new Hostel Manual, which besides imposing a huge increase in the hostel fee also […]