Maruti Suzuki is once again headed for a confrontation with the rebel workers' body at its Manesar plant that witnessed the 13-day strike last month. Fresh trouble is brewing at the plant as the rebel body Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) has decided to boycott the union election slated for July 16. The company has said it neither recognizes the rebel body nor is ready to talk to them. MSEU has...
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Speaker's bid fails to break logjam over Women's Bill
-The Hindu She will make yet another attempt before monsoon session A meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar here on Wednesday failed to break the deadlock over the Women's Reservation Bill. The Bill to set aside 33 per cent of the seats in Parliament and State legislatures for women was passed by the Rajya Sabha in March last year, but has been held up in the Lok Sabha amid stiff...
More »‘Mystery disease' punches holes in Bihar's health scheme by Shoumojit Banerjee
A Central team of doctors finally termed the disease encephalitis Parents not admitting their children to government hospitals Muzaffarpur: Kejriwal Matri Sadan, sited in the heart of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, is exploding with fear, panic and chaos over a ‘mystery' disease – a disease that has claimed the lives 36 children in less than two weeks. Screaming infants, convulsing in terrible pain, present a stark contrast to the smug, matter-of-fact versions of health...
More »Bihar Government orders judicial probe into Forbesganj police firing by Neena Vyas
A judicial inquiry has been ordered by the Nitish Kumar government into the police firing in Forbesganj on June 3 in which four Muslims were killed and several others injured. The Government would await its findings before taking action against anyone, said senior Janata Dal (United) leader Shivanand Tewari here on Tuesday. Talking to journalists, Mr. Tewari virtually justified the lack of any immediate compensation for the relatives of those killed,...
More »Why did 36-year-old Nigamanand have to die? by Rituparna Chatterjee
In his lifetime, Nigamanand, an ascetic fighting a lonely battle against quarrying activities in Uttarakhand, tried to draw the attention of the national media to an environmental disaster waiting to happen in the state. In his death, the 36-year-old Sadhu, who went into a coma and died on Wednesday following his four-month-long fast in the same hospital at Dehra Dun where Ramdev was admitted, has forced civil society, politicians and the...
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