Members of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) district organising committee staged a dharna at Gandhi Chowk here on Thursday to protest against the acquisition of fertile land by the State Government in the name of industrialisation and alleged land scams involving Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his CABinet colleagues. Addressing the agitators, SUCI district secretary Bhagwaan Reddy alleged that the Yeddyurappa-led Bharatiya Janata Party Government came to power by...
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Food inflation soars to 18.32%
Wholesale food inflation saw a sharp increase to 18.32 per cent for the week ended December 25, primarily due to a steep rise in onion prices. The inflation rate is a 23-week high, much above the expectations of analysts and policymakers. Food inflation, as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), was at 14.44 per cent for the previous week ended December 18 and at 19.9 per cent in the corresponding...
More »Mines Act amendment to benefit 55 lakh workers
It will be tabled in the budget session of Parliament: Kharge Manmohan's nod obtained for amendment 17 amendments to impose higher penalties In a move that will benefit 55 lakh workers in the mining sector in the country, the Union Labour and Employment Ministry is amending the National Mines Act 1952. The Amendment Bill would be tabled during the budget session of Parliament. Announcing this at a press conference at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress...
More »BJP govt offers cash to school students for cycles
In a new year bonanza, about 5.92 lakh government school students in Karnataka would get a cash dole of Rs 2,250 each for purchase of bicycles during 2010-11 academic year under a welfare scheme. Citing its own delay in finalising the process of issue of tenders for procuring the bicycles under the two-year old scheme, the state CABinet chaired by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today decided to extend Rs 2,250...
More »'US was advised to start trade war over GM crops'
The US government was advised by its officials to start a military-style trade war against European countries that oppose GM crop cultivation, a new Wikileak release by the UK-based newspaper Guardian has shown. The US embassy in Paris in 2007, when France moved to ban GM corn by Monsanto, recommended that the US "calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility,...
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