23 Tuesday Feb 2016
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The foundation stone for the construction of Com.Harkishan Singh Surjeet memorial was laid by Com. Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, CPI(M) at New Delhi on 18th February 2016 
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23 Tuesday Feb 2016
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Kolkata, Feb 21:The Left Front today took out a rally here in protest against the arrest of the JNU students’ union President Kanhaiya Kumar and also questioned the silence of Trinamool Congress over the issue.
“The BJP government at the Centre is trying to curb the democratic rights of the country. We protest against the attack on the higher educational institutions by BJP and RSS. We also condemned the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar,” West Bengal Left Front Chairman Biman Bose said.
Bose also questioned the silence of Trinamool Congress over the JNU row.
The protesters marched for about 3 kms from Curzon Park in central part of the city and ended the rally at the historic Mahajati Sadan.
23 Tuesday Feb 2016
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It is reported that the flight charges from Chandigarh to Delhi and vice-versa was increased to Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 30,000 or so, four to seven times, during the Jat agitation in Haryana. This is nothing but looting the public and unethical profiteering utilising the plight of the people. These airlines are just like the black-marketeers and thugs. This should stop. The government should take strict action against such looting.
23 Tuesday Feb 2016
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The government has decided to further disinvest NTPC by 5%, with the idea of getting about Rs. 5,000 crores to reduce its deficit. 412.2 million shares are proposed to be sold at the rate of Rs. 122 per share. The share of the government in this prestigious and profitable PSU will be reduced from 74.96% to 69.96% after the sale.
The government has already sold shares of Oil India Limited, Container Corporation of India, NDMC, MMTC and ITDC in this fiscal garnering Rs.13,277 crore.
‘Disinvestment’ is a negative process and the word itself is negative. Hence the government and finance experts have started using another word for it, ‘Divestment’. But whether the negativeness of disinvestment will go if the word is changed to divestment? NO!
23 Tuesday Feb 2016
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In the recent days, a lot of criticism is placed on the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) for the huge Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) or the bad loans which are not recovered. These bad loans come to about an average of 6-7%, something more or less, in the PSBs, which creates financial problems to the concerned banks. These are known to all. And the PSBs are criticised for this by government, public and the big business.
Certain questions naturally come to our minds:
The answers to these questions will reveal certain facts. Who are all involved in these cheating of the Public Sector Banks. The government and the Banks have got the responsibility to reveal all these information so that the public is aware of the same.
This looting of the Public Sector Banks should be stopped.
22 Monday Feb 2016
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According to an RTI reply, there are 13,75,483 Railways Pensioners at present, out of which 2.86 lakhs are in the range of 80-90 years old. The total number of pensioners in Railways are liable to be more than the existing workers. This is mainly because, the retirements are more comparing to the new recruitment. This is the condition of most of the central government establishments. It was reported earlier that while there are about 40 lakh CG employees, the pensioners number is around 52 lakh.
In order to improve the services, fresh blood is required and there should be adequate recruitment. There should be strong pressure from the unions for increased recruitment. The ban on recruitment should be rescinded. It will result in jobs for the youngsters who are jobless. Is the government hearing?
19 Friday Feb 2016
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New Delhi, February 19: Leaders of Left parties met President of India today and handed over the following memorandum. Respected Rashtrapatiji, We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the attack launched by the RSS-BJP against the Left and all other democratic and secular forces in the country. It is clear that by spreading the canard of being “anti-national” the RSS-BJP have mounted an all India attack against the Indian people. While strongly condemning the attack mounted by the RSS under the patronage of this BJP-led NDA government against the Jawaharlal Nehru University, we, the undersigned, see this as part of a larger design by the communal forces to carry forward their agenda in institutions of higher learning. This systemic pattern is clearly visible in the incidents in Film & Television Institute of India, Hyderabad Central University leading to the tragic suicide of Rohit Vemula, the incidents in IIT Chennai and now in Jadavpur University. It is clear that the RSS-BJP are mounting an open attack on the democratic and constitutional rights of the people. Further, such attacks are part of the efforts to sharpen communal polarisation in the country. We, the undersigned, demand that the JNU Students Union President, Kanhaiya Kumar must be released and all cases of sedition filed against students must be withdrawn forthwith. No harassment and witch hunting must be allowed. The truth has now come out that most of the evidence produced by the government was fabricated. Those who have fabricated the evidence and propagated it, must be punished under the law. We, the undersigned, request the Hon’ble President of India to immediately intervene to defuse the situation and prevail upon the Indian government to withdraw from this dangerous course that it has adopted. We are appealing to you, as the custodian of the Indian Constitution, to urgently intervene to defend the people’s Constitutional rights that are being trampled upon today. With regards, S. Sudhakar Reddy Sitaram Yechury,MP General Secretary, CPI General Secretary, CPI(M) Pawan Verma, MP Premchand Gupta, MP Janata Dal (United) Rashtriya Janata Dal
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Meanwhile, a delegation of Left leaders, along with MPs of NCP, JD(U) and RJD, will meet President Pranab Mukherjee in the evening, seeking his intervention in the JNU row being Visitor of the university.
15 Monday Feb 2016
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The Hindutwa Brigade with the full support of the central government continues witch hunting of the progressive elements, especially in the universities and educational campuses. The latest is the JNU incident. Freedom of speech has become a casualty.
As has been pointed out in the media, attack on the freedom of speech now is surpassing that of during the period of Emergency in the 1975-76.
09 Tuesday Feb 2016
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The public sector banks in India have written off loans of more than Rs.1.14 lakh crores during 2013-15 alone as per an RTI reply received from the Reserve Bank of India. Out of this, more than Rs. 40,000 crore is from SBI alone. 29 Banks have written off such NPAs. The RBI refused to provide even the details of the loans taken of more than Rs. 100 crores.
The non-repaid loans which are called Non-Performing Assets(NPA) have been increasing. These are mainly loans of large amounts coming to hundreds of crores of rupees mostly given to big corporates and business concerns. While the small amount loans of a few lakhs or so are recovered through coercive measures from the common people, the big sharks are let off. The government also keeps silence. The common men’s savings are gifted to the corporates. The PSUs are let to bleed. This injustice has to be put an end to.
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