May 22: Coalgate

May 21: The austerity of the affluent

May 19: Police brutality in Uluberia for forcible land acquisition

May 19: Activists set deadline for increase of old-age pension; meet Pranab

May 19: Retail inflation in India surges to 10.32% in April

May 18: Union ministers reject panel recommendations on land acquisition

May 17: Greek Syriza leader attacks Merkel and EU

May 16: Growing mass movement in Moscow

May 15: New Greek elections as coalition talks fail

May 14: Army boosts presence in Naxal belt, options open

May 14: UN adopts norms against land grabbing

May 13: 16.8 lakhs children in India died of infectious diseases in 2010

May 12: Centre plans 34 ITIs in Maoist hubs to woo back jobless youth

May 12: Spains “indignants” mark protest anniversary

May 12: Campaign for universal old-age pension

May 11: Struggle over land acquisition for IIM Ranchi

May 11: Industrial production in India falls by 3.5% in March

May 11 : Arrested student leader attempts suicide in Jhargram

May 10: Thinking about what replaces capitalism

May 10: Soni Sori denied admission to AIIMS

May 10: Reaping gold through cotton, and newsprint

May 9: Catastroika, a documentary on neoliberalism in Europe

May 9: Top 20 Indian firms hold $80 billion in assets abroad

May 9: Peaceful resistance, a challenge to Israel

May 9: Kudankulam struggle to intensify

May 9: Fishworkers’ struggle for jobs in Pulicat

May 9: What’s really at stake in the Vodafone tax case

May 8: Huts of adivasis set ablze by police in AP

May 8: New MNREGA comes into force

May 7: US agrees to treat West Bengal as partner for investment

May 7: Truth vs. Hype: The inside story of an abduction

May 7: Mamata gags the Dodhichi newsletter

May 6: “Rights of tribals at the core of Maoist conflict” - B. D. Sharma

May 4: Binayak Sen decries eviction of Nonadanga slum dwellers

May 4 : Nonadanga - Breather for 11 labourers with bail at Rs5000

May 3: A candle in the dark

May 3: Jobless rate reaches new high in Eurozone

May 2: SC asks AIIMS to check Soni Sori’s medical condition

Apr 30: The Bofors story, 25 years after

Apr 29: How Apple avoids paying billions in taxes

Apr 29: Study fixes poverty line at Rs. 66 for cities and Rs. 35 for rural areas

Apr 29: 60% in most states are below poverty line

Apr 27: Collector’s abduction - Maoists ask for clarity

Apr 27: US economic growth slows, Spain’s credit rating cut

Apr 26: Britain in double-dip recession, Deutsche Bank earnings plunge

Apr 25: Thousands of Chilean students protest for education reform

Apr 25: Nonadanga gets national focus

Apr 24: Vidarbha, plagued by farmer suicides, battles child deaths too

Apr 23: Four more Nonadanga activists granted bail

Apr 23: India moving towards a police state

Apr 23: Nonadanga protestors achieve “ethical win” and call off hunger strike

Apr 22: Kolkata public rallies need nod from police HQ

Apr 20: We are living in dark days, says Partho Sarathi Ray

Apr 17: All accused in the Bathani Tola massacre of dalits are acquitted

Apr 15: India’s faltering growth

Apr 15: Rebel bandh call over kendu price hike

Apr 14: NHRC visits POSCO area to investigate human rights violations

Apr 14: Debolina starts hunger strike, other political prisoners join in solidarity

Apr 13: Jadavpur University professor arrested over anti-Mamata cartoons

Apr 13: Bangladesh labour organizer found killed

Apr 12: TMC attacks rally; Rights activists arrested; Intellectuals protest against Mamata government

Apr 11: West Bengal evicts ecological refugees occupying prime real estate in Kolkata

Apr 11: Showdown shadow over Nonadanga

Apr 9: Nonadanga - Arrested persons remanded to police custody

Apr 8: Nonadanga - Demonstration demanding release of all arrested activists

Apr 8: Chhattisgarh - Allegations of violations by security forces in Abujhmaad

Apr 7: Hostage crisis deepens in Odisha

Apr 6: Tepid job growth in March in the US

Apr 6: Possible Fukushima Leak Renews Concerns About Plant’s Stability

Apr 4: Poverty “down”, but not hunger

Apr 3: Chronic famishment

Apr 3: The jails are full of Soni Soris

Apr 3: Unemployment levels in Spain hits record high

Apr 2: VHP Gets Satire on Mahabharata Cancelled in Assam

March 31: Tribunal suspends Posco’s green clearance

Mar 30: Kolkata slum colony destroyed by KMDA

March 28: Big Brother in Iran

March 28: Forest department burns 40 huts of Chhattisgarh tribals in Andhra Pradesh

March 27: 3 get life for killing former JNU student leader

March 27: 4 persons, including 2 IRB personnel, arrested for alleged rape in Manipur

March 22: UN adopts resolution on Sri Lanka war crimes probe

March 22: UN council backs plan for ending Syria conflict

March 21: Militarizing the Middle East

March 20: Workers’ rage in Gurgaon

March 20: Zimbabwe convicts six for watching Arab Spring video

March 20: Occupy Wall Street urges general strike

March 19: Barclay’s Bonanza

March 19: Emerald Energy exploits Colombian Andes

March 16: Highlights of Union Budget 2012-13

March 16: Highlights of Economic Survey 2011-12

March 14: The end of cheap China

March 14: Half of India’s homes have cell phones but no toilets

March 13: Irom Sharmila re-arrested a day after she was released

March 13: Syria unrest displaces 230,000

March 13: Afghan media call for justice over shooting

March 7: Extreme poverty falls despite global recession, says World Bank study

March 7: Drug policy as race policy in the US

March 5: Re-reading Capital again

March 3: U.N. faults NATO and Libyan authorities in report

March 3: AISA sweeps JNU elections held after a 4 year hiatus

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