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Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, will be tried on charges of sexual harassment. On May 10th, a trial court in Delhi framed charges against the WFI chief under Sections 354 and 354A of the IPC. The court has noted that there is sufficient material to frame charges of sexual harassment, as also on charges of criminal intimidation and stalking in regard to five women survivors.

Each day harrowing accounts of sexual abuse and harassment of women at the hands of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and his father and Holenarsipura MLA HD Revanna are being reported even as thousands of videos are being widely circulated. However, the National Commission for Women has made a statement last week that a woman was forced to lodge a complaint against Prajwal Revanna, and that 700 women had not approached the NCW to file complaints.

A special court for UAPA in Pune has convicted two persons on charges of murder of rationalist Narendra Dhabolkar and has sentenced them to life imprisonment. The two convicted - Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar - are the sharpshooters who executed the murder. In its order, the court has recorded that “(The) present case is very serious and is of national importance. Not only Dr. Narendra Dabholkar is assassinated, but an attempt is made to finish his ideology”. Three other accused persons - the alleged mastermind, Dr.

On 8th May, 2024, 55 workers in Bengaluru who were working as ward attenders in Victoria Hospital (BMCRI) were terminated for the sole reason that they had demanded payment of wages of 2 months, which was due to them. The workers were on a protest from 8th May onwards seeking that they be immediately taken back to work. On 10th May, the workers were detained by the police for having demanded their work, which was their legitimate rights. However, the workers refused to be defeated and continued their protest.

"Keep both feet on the ground
Be friends with the soil
There is no sign of the sky
Yet, the soil will bring peace even in death"

CPIML candidates from Karakat, Nalanda and Arrah for Lok Sabha and one Assembly bye-election in Agiaon have filed their nominations. Mass meetings held on these occasions witnessed massive participation of people from respective constituencies.

On May 3, civil society activists, Left parties and other progressive organisations of Mysore, CPIML General Secretary Com. Dipankar and activists of CPIML from across Karnataka joined the families of Dr. V Lakshminarayana and Comrade Rati Rao yesterday in a memorial meeting in Mysore to pay homage to Comrade V Lakshminarayana.

The nomination meeting of Comrade Vinod Singh, INDIA Alliance supported CPIML candidate from  Koderma Lok Sabha was organised in Giridih on May 1 with full of energy and enthusiasm. Hundreds marched along with Comrade Vinod towards to RO office to take part of the nomination process. CPIML General Secretary Com.

CPIML in statement issued on May 2 condemned the arbitrary detention of Comrade Arjun Lal, CPIML leader in Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh, On May 2, the district police arrived at the house of popular leader Arjun Lal in view of the of Narendra Modi’s May 5 election program in Hargaon.

In Karnataka recently, the BJP was seen communalising an unfortunate incident of murder of a woman student at the hands of Fayaz, which the BJP termed as “love jihad”. However, days after the BJP used this murder for political mileage, their NDA candidate (BJP-JD(S) coalition) – Prajwal Revanna – has been accused of sexual assault against hundreds of women. About 2,976 videos have surfaced, which have been circulated through public distribution of pen drives.