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The Hindu Mahasabha GS Munna Lal Shukla gave a statement that attack on churches are legal and Taj Mahal would meet the fate of Babri Mosque.It appeared in press on April 22, 2015. Well-known lawyer Mr. N. D. Pancholi filed complaints to police in UP and Delhi on April 22, 2015. Delhi police commissioner Mr. Bassi took cognizance of the complaint and referred the issue to special cell. The further developments are contained in the accompanying email of Mr. Pancholi
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If ever we thought that things couldn’t get worse for the working class, we were wrong! The BJP, which came to government a year ago, has intensified its attack on all sections of the working class.

Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) launched its report Status of Labour Rights in Pakistan: Year 2014 on 30 April 2015 at the Karachi Press Club.

The Trinamool Congress has pulled off a massive victory in West Bengal’s municipal elections by winning 71 of 92 civic bodies (up from 38 won in 2010). . . . it’s hard to see how the West Bengal Left, in particular the CPM, can revive itself given its dogged refusal to confront the causes of its 2011 rout after 34 uninterrupted years in power.

A Muslim woman journalist, writer and activist, Seyyid is being hounded by fundamentalist groups –not in one but two countries—because of her outspoken criticism of certain “Islamic” practices such as the purdah system, and her warnings against creeping “Talibanisation” of the Muslim community.