Mangalore : A Padayatra was taken out from the DC office in Mangalore upto the ESI Hospital at Kadri Shivabagh on August 19, Monday under the leadership of Sudatta Jain Shirthady, General Secretary of the State unit of the Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha. An indefinite hunger strike later began in front of the hospital demanding […]

Mangalore: The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District Guest Lecturers’ Association members took out a silent march from the office of the Joint Director of Collegiate Education to the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mangalore on October 4, Thursday,  in order to draw the attention of the authorities towards their longstanding demands.Later, they launched a hunger strike […]

Mangalore : The Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha (ABKS) members who are on a hunger strike in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office since seven days protesting against the discrepancies in the District ESI Hospital have adopted an adamant stand that the DC  should  meet them at the protest venue and hear their plea. The  protest […]

Mumbai: The anti-corruption movement leader and social activist Anna Hazare began his three-day hunger strike on Tuesday demanding a stronger version of the ombudsman (Lokpal) bill than the one being debated by Parliament. The veteran activist reached Juhu beach, an hour late at 10am and meditated in front of a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi. […]

Mangalore : The Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha staged an indefinite hunger strike in front of ESI Hospital protesting against the lack of facilities. The protestors called out slogans against the hospital management, its director, and also the district-in-charge minister for their apathy toward labourers seeking medical care. General Secretary Sudatta Jain complained in his protest […]

Mangalore : The ESI Hospital located at Kadri was the hospital established for the laboureres, it has not seen any development in these 32 years, said Lokesh Hegde Puttur, president of Akhila Bharata Karmika Sangha. Speaking at the press meet held at Hotel Foodland on October 14, Friday, he said that the office staffs in […]

New Delhi: The Apex Court has issued a Suo moto cognizance enquiry (notice) to the Govt. of India, on the midnight forcible action by cane charge and teargas bullets over 10,000 sleeping protestors (men, women and children) to evict and cancel his hunger strike started one day earlier, on the Sunday morning hours at the […]

New Delhi: Whereas PM Singh had stated on Tuesday that he would Dissuade yoga expert Baba Ramdev from going on a hunger strike from June 4, in Delhi to eradicate corruption in India and to fully seize the black money in and out of India and punish the guilty, Baba has not heeded to suggestion […]

Mangalore: Various organizations including the leaders of various parties supported the indefinite hunger strike in front of the DC’s office on the 18th day on March 18, Friday. Addressing the protesters VHP leader and Advocate Jagadish Shenova said that the organization must immediately recruit for all 186 candidates either in ONGC or MRPL. He also […]

Mangalore: The lone MSEZ planned for economic development has been running into thorny bushes and difficult hurdles of growth and expansion, due to corrupt officers working in the region, so that displaced families have not received their dues, in spite of early false assurances from Nodal Officer down to KIADB personnel. It has not approached […]