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Noida violence ‘not random but a planned conspiracy’; trained militia allegedly hijacked workers’ protest: Reports. (Pic source: ANI)

CPI(M) decries ‘repression’ of NCR workers, demands release of arrested protesters

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday strongly condemned what it described as “brutal repression” of agitating factory workers in the Delhi-NCR industrial belt, accusing BJP-ruled governments in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh of resorting to force instead of addressing demands for better wages and statutory benefits.

Bengal Polls: Battle over ‘Bangaliana’

As Bengal celebrates ‘Poila Baisakh’, the first day of the Bengali calendar, a vibrant expression of the culture of this riverine land, electoral battle lines are hardening over that very sense of ‘Bangaliana’ (Bengali-ness) that its people, regardless of their mother tongue, hold dear.