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Sonipat: Buses set on fire as the Jat agitation for reservation intensifies in Sonipat on Saturday. PTI Photo(PTI2_20_2016_000234B) *** Local Caption *** 20snp3 photo file from rajesh sood sonipat with caption

Caste calculations

The Jat agitation blows up in the Haryana government’s face, bringing the issue of reservation back into focus and widening the divide between variou

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NEW DELHI, 01/07/2015: Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury interacting with media at Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC), in New Delhi on July 01, 2015. _Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

‘Launch of an insurrection against the Constitution’

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary.

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NEW DELHI, 16/02/2016: Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) members protest outside VC office during their strike against arrest of JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya and demanding withdrawal of all the cases, in New Delhi on February 16, 2016.
Photo: Sandeep Saxena

Eroding autonomy

The control of the government at the Centre over autonomous institutions such as Central universities undermines academic and administrative freedom.

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TIRUCHI, TAMIL NADU, 22/01/2016: Farm workers harvesting paddy at Tiruchi on January 22, 2016.
Photo: B. Velankanni Raj

Insurance sop

The new crop insurance scheme introduced by the NDA government in an election year does not provide for a comprehensive coverage of all crops, against

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Brewing resentment

Assam’s small tea growers, who contribute substantially to the total tea production in the country, get a raw deal.

T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Udalguri,Dibrugarh,Tinsukia

BMS wants directional change

Interview with Virjesh Upadhyaya, general secretary, BMS.

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VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, 06/07/2015:CITU general secretary and CPI (M) general secretary Tapan Sen addressing a press conference in Visakhapatnam on July 06, 2015.
Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

‘Disinvestment is a corrupt process’

Interview with Tapan Sen, general secretary, CITU.

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PUDUCHERRY, 21/04/2015: BSNL Head Office in Puducherry remains closed following the two-day strike by the Forum of BSNL Trade Unions and Associations, as part of the All India strike on April 21 and 22 in support of their charter of demands on April 21, 2015.
Photo: S.S. Kumar

At receiving end

BSNL has suffered from government decisions that prevented it from buying crucial equipment, which in turn affected its quality of service and caused

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Of juveniles and justice

The passage of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)Bill, 2015, in Parliament exposes the vulnerability of the system in the wake of

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NEEMRANA, 24/10/2014: Hero Motorcycles seen at the assembly line at the Hero Motocorp Garden Factory at Neemrana in Haryana.
Photo: S. Subramanium

Laws for automatons

Trade unions react strongly to the fresh set of amendments the government has introduced in the Factories Act without discussions with them.

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Excluded by law

The Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act setting educational and other eligibility criteria for candidates can have disastrous social consequences.

T. K. Rajalakshmi in Mewat

NEW DELHI, 11/09/2009: D. Raja, MP and National secretary of the Communist Party of India addressing the National Convention for Strengthening SC/ST (PoA) Act, in New Delhi.
Photo: V.V. Krishnan

Teeth for an Act

The long-pending amendments to the S.C. and S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which expand the range of offences committed against them, is finally

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