Fifty-three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......
Outfits related to labour and agriculture critical of policies, say their voices are not being heard. Archis Mohan reports. Concerned about losing their support base and peeved at the......
Kerala, Puducherry, Odisha, Assam and Telangana witnessed complete shut down on Thursday and normal life was partially affected in many other states as more than 25 crore workers participated in......
Bharatiya Janata Party state president V Muraleedharan said the CPM leadership had run out of ideas and was trying to suppress its political opponents by physically intimidating them. Arun......
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s district-level leader in Kannur, Kerala, was hacked to death on Monday morning. The district has been witnessing a bloody feud between the Communist Party of......
An increase in the farmer income support scheme PM Kisan Nidhi, the introduction of a 'robot tax' to fund reskilling of people who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence (AI), and a reduced......
Trade unions are up in arms against the government for suspending Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension scheme, which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, from this month. "All central trade......
'The government could not even ensure the payment of wages by the private sector during the lockdown.''We have experienced all kinds of exploitation during the pandemic.' Illustration: Dominic......
'We are worried for the workers because in the private sector, jobs are not secure, there is no decent work condition and there is no social security.''That's why we are opposing the economic......
Banking operations across the country may be impacted on Thursday as some bank unions would be joining the one-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions. Ten central trade unions,......