The Delhi Jal Board, MCD, NDMC and other such agencies will have to ensure minimum safety and health standard for sewerage and other unorganised workers by giving them free medical treatment, thanks to a Supreme Court verdict. Families of workers employed by civic agencies such as the Delhi Jal Board and Municipal Corporation of Delhi will henceforth be entitled to immediate ex-gratia payment of Rs 1 lakh. A bench of justices GS...
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ex gratia for Jaitapur villagers soon: Chavan
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said the government would soon announce an ex gratia payment for persons whose lands were acquired for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant. “The compensation has been declared under the Land Acquisition Act. We will give an ex-gratia payment. The government will be taking a decision on it,” Mr. Chavan said. Earlier, State Industries Minister Narayan Rane said the land rate was fixed at Rs.46,000. The government...
More »Manmohan seeks report from Railways on incident involving volleyball player Arunima by K Balchand
She lost a limb after she was thrown out of a running train; Railway promises all help for her rehabilitation Distressed over the incident in which national volleyball player Arunima alias Sonu Sinha was thrown out of a running train causing her to lose a limb, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for a detailed report from the Railways. With Dr. Singh away in China attending the BRICS summit, the Prime Minister's...
More »Co-crusader shifted from house to govt building
Bhukhan Singh, a close associate of MGNREGA activist Neeyamat Ansari who had been beaten to death on the night of March 2, has been shifted to a government building following "serious threats" to his life. Singh, the co crusader of Ansari, has been put up in a room in the Manika block office amid tight security. He too hails from Jeruwa village like Ansari. Latehar SP Kuldip Dwivedi said the step was...
More »Jaitapur: 14 protesters held after CM's visit by Yogita Limaye
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's visit to Jaitapur didn't cut any ice with locals protesting the 9900 MW nuclear power project planned there. Soon after, several people were arrested in a case of rioting filed in December, the arrest of Dr Milind Desai, a local protester who was stopped by industries minister Narayana Rane while slamming the government on stage has further incensed the situation. Activists now allege that the arrests are...
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