Mangalore : The Dakshina Kannada Jilla Rajyotsava Award-2014 will be conferred on 30 achievers including 18 from Mangalore at Neharu maidan on Nov 1, said Assistant Deputy Commissioner B Sadashiva Prabhu in a press meet held at the DC office here on October 31. Pradeep Kumar Kalkura Dakshina Kannada Sahitya Parishath president said that, Rajyotsava […]

Mangalore: Thousands of Kuduremukh Iron Ore labourers Union members in Association with DK District Hindu Mazdoor Sabha held a bitter protest meeting in front of DCO gates, on Monday Dec. 23, from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm after a procession of workers was taken from Town hall to the venue, to press for a permanent […]

Mangalore:  Speaking on the workshop held on 12th June 2013 at Townhal on World Child labour eradication programme, Choaudapurkar Arun, District session Judge and of District Legal aid cell called for the speedy rehabilitation of rescued child labourers so that they won’t revert to the labour Market. He stressed the need of strict laws to […]

Mangalore : MLA J R Lobo’s second ‘Vijayotsav Rally’ kick started from Kankanady Market grounds on May 27, Monday. MLA J R Lobo was taken for procession in a open jeep from Kankanady Market ground. The procession moved towards Pumpwell  via Mahaveer Circle, Gorigudda , Jappinamogeru, Bajal , Padil, Kannur and concluded at Pumpwell. The […]

Manipal: Students of various polytechnics in Udupi district organized a protest on July 20, Friday, under the aegis of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat demanding re-introduction of carry over system for diploma course students. A procession was taken out from Manipal Tiger Circle to the DC office where the students submitted a memorandum seeking early […]

CITU affiliate labour Unions have May Day procession and a rally at Town Hall
Socialistic or people’s spontancous revolts talking place in several countries of the world, such as Egypt, Libya and France, are due to the discomfort of labourers and poor sections of society, who are victimised by capitalistic ambitions of accumulating Wealth, at the expense of working classes and poorer masses.

The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests in America, and movements against ‘state bankruptcy’ in Greece, Mexico, Kazhakhstan, Portugal and South Africa, are examples of workers’ revolutions against capitalist greed.

Such an active movement is essential in India these days, to bridal unchecked capitalist tendencies that ignore labour as part of economy, observed B. Madhava of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on May Day, in a city gathering of workers
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A few (3) crore labouress had participated in a nationwide strike recently, of all India Trade Unions, demanding their basic rights.

He criticised the state cabinet decision, to raise working hours of labourers from 8 to 10, while providing ‘bail-out’ packages for losing banks and private companies during a global recession, which was an offspring of capitalism.

The May Day was arranged in Town Hall, with a rally from Ambedkar Circle, Balmatta.

Mangalore: The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFJ) organised a peaceful march on the occasion of a birth anniversary of Shahid(martyr) Bhagat Singh, who died along with two other colleagues, in British era. Activists put on masks and held candles during the Commemorative procession, and raised slogans on the need to be patriotic, and took […]

Udupi: The Udupi Congressmen in the district and town, organised a Victory celebration for the Congress candidate’s phenomenal Success with a lead of over 46,000 votes in recently held by-poll in their MP Constituency, on Thursday, March 22, after the initial waves of winning in Udupi, Karkala and Kundapur. In Udupi a vehicle procession started […]

Udupi: The Campaigning at Udupi and Chikkamagalur districts for the by-polls to a Lok Sabha seat on May 18, ends tonight, when the voting is hardly 60 hours away now. The 3 parties and ten other candidates have made a battleground out of that area for no specific reason other than prestige, as the winner […]

Mangalore : The International Society for Krishna Consciousness organised the 9th annual Shri Shri Krishan Balarama Ratha Yatra in city on Feb 25 Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Stoka Krishna Dasa said that Ratha Yatra is being held on the day on which Lord Krishna and his elder brother Balarama visit devotees conveying the brotherhood, […]