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Caste

On the Contradiction of SC Internal Reservation

MilanOctober 4, 2025November 3, 2025

On August 19 after a cabinet meeting, the Siddaramaiah government announced its own matrix for internal reservation (sub-classification) for scheduled castes in Karnataka. But the decision leaves glaring issues in...

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Solidarity on Political Prisoners Day!

Statement from All India Students AssociationOctober 4, 2025November 3, 2025

96 years ago, under the British colonial regime, Jatin Das, a 24-year old revolutionary was martyred in jail on 13th September, after a 63-day hunger strike. This hunger strike by...

Fascism

Ladakh Demands Statehood

adminOctober 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Massive protests erupted in Leh on September 24 demanding statehood and inclusion of the region under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. The police opened fire on protesters killing four...

Palestine

Updates on Palestine: Toll of Genocide

adminOctober 3, 2025November 3, 2025

As of 22nd September 2025 (since 7th October 2023): -Total number of people killed - 65, 344 -Total number of people injured - 1,66,795 -Total number of children starved to...

On this month

This Month in History

adminOctober 3, 2025November 3, 2025

October 1, 1949 - The new democratic revolution in China was completed on October 1st, 1949, The People's Republic of China led by the CPC under Com Mao was proclaimed...

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UPDATES ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS

adminOctober 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Activists Protest Against TCS Mass Layoffs In a devastating move, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) initiated mass layoffs affecting over 12,200 employees. In connection to this, members of the IT and...

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UPDATES ON STUDENTS MOVEMENTS

adminOctober 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Students Across Karnataka Demand Recruitment of Lecturers Students of government degree colleges in Kalaburagi, Ballari, Vijayanagara, and Koppal boycotted classes on September 27th. The boycott comes in response to the...

Caste

Murder in the Name of ‘Honour’

SaniyaOctober 3, 2025November 3, 2025

In a horrific incident that shook Kalaburagi’s Melakunda village, an 18-year old girl from the Lingayat community named Kavita Kollura, was brutally murdered by her father and relatives over her...

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The Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project: Development at the Cost of Nature and People

SachinOctober 2, 2025October 25, 2025

What is the Sharavathi Pumping Storage Project? The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) has proposed the Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project (PSP), a 2,000 MW hydropower scheme in the Sharavathi Valley,...

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The Himalaya in Labour

adminOctober 1, 2025October 8, 2025

The month of September has heralded a popular uprising in the neighbouring country of Nepal that is landlocked on three sides by India. The uprising in Nepal widely dubbed by...