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All India Federation of University & College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO)
Press Release
New Delhi/Patna
08th April 2025

PRESS NOTE
Ranchi, 8 April 2025: Taking a serious view of Jharkhand

New Delhi,
April 10, 2025
Press Release
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (April 10, 2025) the following statement:
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India strongly condemns the raid conducted by ACB and EOW (Economic Offence Wing) of Chhattisgarh Government in the residence of Com. Manish Kunjam in Sukma, member of the National Executive of the Party and leader of Adivasi Mahasabha. Com. Manish Kunjam has been in the forefront of (…)

CPI Condemns LPG Price Hike: Demands Subsidy Restoration and Cylinders for the Poor
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (April 8, 2025) the following statement:
CPI condemns the Modi government’s decision to hike the price of LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder. This increase raises the burden on Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries from Rs 500 to Rs 550, and on general consumers from Rs 803 to Rs 853. At a time when millions are already struggling under soaring food (…)

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Uttarakhand Mein Gandhi: Yatra aur Vichar
by Sunil Bhatt
Samaya Sakshaya Prakashan,
(15 Faltu Line, Dehradun 01352658894)
7 January 2025, 216 pages
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Sunil Bhatt

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Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence and Deviance
by Hassan Abbas
Oxford University Press
2018. 356 pp.
(cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-090157-8
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Reviewed by Raymond Whisenhunt (Air University, Air War College)
Pakistan

* The Political Failure of Maoist Line in India | Pallab Sengupta
* AIKS statement on US Tariff

On April 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of India blasted the Prayagraj Development Authority for the illegal demolition of the homes of citizens and for not following due process. This time, the court ordered compensation for each home that was demolished. Over zealous officials who carried out these actions are looking for reward & recognition from a strongman who has promoted the idea, supposedly to check encroachments; The hardline Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Swami Adityanath, (…)

Very recently (April 1, 2025), the Supreme Court characterized as

It does not appear that UP CM Yogi Adityanath had bothered to listen to the directive of the Supreme Court on the bulldozer action. Though belated, the court ought to have taken note of this new persecutory cultural move, soon after it was unleashed by Yogi in his home state Uttar Pradesh, it does not appear to have any impact on Yogi. After SC verdict Yogi described use of bulldozer as a