After a gap of almost a decade, all the nine major trade unions on Wednesday jointly staged a dharna in front of parliament to protest against price rise, job loss, and disinvestment of public sector undertakings. This is the first time that the Congress-led INTUC has joined hands with All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and CITU, besides HMS and BMS. The All India Bank Employees Association’s agitation also coincided with...
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Price storm locks House
Unrelenting protests against price rise by a united Opposition forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha today after MPs accusing the government of inaction disrupted scheduled discussions. MPs from all non-UPA parties, including the Left, BJP, Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United), Biju Janata Dal, Akali Dal and the Shiv Sena, started raising slogans against the government in the House. Opposition MPs also marched in front of parliament House — inside the complex...
More »‘Snatching cases rose, molestation fewer last year than in 2006’
While cases of molestation in the Capital came down in 2008, compared to 2006, FIRs registered for carjacking and robbery remained the same, and snatching cases showed an increase last year compared to 2006. This was disclosed by Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran in reply to a question in parliament on the number of murder, robbery, teasing, chain snatching and carjacking cases reported in Delhi, and the number...
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The process for finalising the parameters for the 2011 Census is on, and a key question is yet to be answered. In response to a question in parliament, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken said that the census exercise would be conducted between February 9 and 28, 2011. But there was no word on whether information on caste would be elicited. India’s decennial census is the largest data...
More »Violence and threats bring a government to its knees by Vidya Subrahmaniam
Rajasthan had emerged as a model for transparency and accountability in NREGS implementation. Tragically, entrenched interests have been allowed to hijack the process. Through the second half of October and for most of November this year, Rajasthan was engulfed in an unusual form of protest, spearheaded in the main by gram panchayat officials. Joined in some places by elected MLAs and MPs, and backed covertly by a section of District...
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