Delhi: The Delhi Cabinet’s decision to hike bus fares on Tuesday came under criticism from Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) which demanded its immediate roll back. “We are already suffering due to high electricity bills, school fee hike and inflation. We strongly oppose any such move by the government to increase bus fares. It should be immediately rolled back,” said Inderpuri RWA member Rajender...
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SufferingHonduras needs to roll back repressive legislation, and give unequivocal orders to security forces to end their abuses and cooperate with the investigations of the human rights unit of the Attorney General's office.(Washington, DC) - The restoration of constitutional order in Honduras should be accompanied by the immediate repeal of repressive decrees issued by the de facto government, and...
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won't ignore its long-term fiscal-stability goal while tailoring policies to address immediate economic concerns, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday, underscoring the government's intent to roll back some previous stimulus measures."It is expected that once the global economy begins to recover, state governments would reaffirm their commitment to fiscalThis...
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Delhi Cabinet's decision tohike bus fares today came under criticism from ResidentWelfare Associations (RWAs) which demanded its immediate rollback."We are already suffering due to high electricity bills,school fee hike and inflation. We strongly oppose any suchmove by Delhi government to increase bus fares. It should beimmediately rolled back," said Mr Rajender Ramphall ofInderpuri RWA.He alleged...
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Though he comes from Spain and is not known to quote Greek mythology at will, Jose Brasa, chief coach of the Indian hockey team, would no doubt be likening himself to Sisyphus, the king in Tartarus cursed to roll a boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down.The task of arranging world-class equipment for the Indian team is proving Sisyphean for the 58-year-old Brasa. The FIH master coach has...
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Activists of three student organisations today organised a protest demonstration here against the recent hike in the DTC bus fares by 50-70 per cent and eight-fold hike in the students' bus pass by the Delhi government.The activists of the three organisations--Disha Students' Organisation, Naujawan Bharat Sabha and Stree Mukti League-- held the protest demonstration and burnt effigy of the Delhi Government.A...
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Fresh from their victory in having forced the panel of senior most judges (collegium) to roll back its recommendation for promoting the controversial Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran to the Supreme Court, top jurists have now said he cannot continue as a judge.Following a series of representations by 10 senior lawyers of the Madras High Court, backed by documentary evidence on the alleged...
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Ahmedabad Autorickshaw Drivers' Association has threatened to go on a72-hour strike if the government did not roll back CNG prices and hiked theminimum fare from existing Rs 7 to Rs 10 in a week's time.Nearly 80per cent of the autorickshaws in the city remained off roads on Monday toregister their protest against the increase of Rs 2 in the CNG prices. HariharMishra, vice-president of the association,...
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Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today ruled out any roll back of the stimulus package in a hurry and welcomed the stance taken by the central bank in its second quarterly review of the monetary policy."Until the economy is on a firm recovery path, the stimulus will continue," Mukherje told reporters outside his North Block office here, giving his reactions to the monetary policy review."I agree with...
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government will be sworn in on Saturday but the alliance is still at loggerheads. Even as chief minister-designate Ashok Chavan and deputy chief minister-designate Chhagan Bhujbal met governor SC Jamir on Friday to stake claim to form the government in the state, confusion over portfolio division and cabinet berth allocation lingered.What became clear, however, was that the Congress was on the backfoot...
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