Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday. Ali Sabry was speaking to Parliament after returning to Sri Lanka from talks with the International Monetary Fund. He said any IMF rescue program, including a rapid financing instrument needed […]
Karimnagar: Congress party leaders and workers staged protest demonstrations in all constituency headquarters across the erstwhile Karimnagar district against a rise in prices of diesel, petrol, cooking gas, electricity and bus fares. They demanded that the State and Central governments purchase paddy produced by farmers in the State. As part of State-wide call given by […]
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after his appointment. Sabry said he had accepted the portfolio only as an interim measure, reports Xinhua news agency. He said he was also willing to step down from his parliamentary seat if the President wished to appoint a suitable […]
Hyderabad: In a clear ultimatum to Central Government, Telangana Ministers warned that after Ugadi festival, severe agitations and protests would be staged across the State, if the Centre did not consider the State Government’s appeal to procure entire paddy produced in the Yasangi season. Till April 1, all the Gram Panchayats and other local bodies […]
Karimnagar: Protests erupted in many areas in the erstwhile Karimangar district in protest against hike in price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. Except the BJP, leaders of various political parties including women activists registered their protest in different ways. While some of the activists registered their protest by carrying the empty gas cylinders and […]
Suryapet: Tribal associations took out rallies across the district and burnt effigies symbolising the Centre protesting against statement of the union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu in Lok Sabha saying that the Centre did not receive any proposal from Telangana government seeking an increase in reservation for Schedule Tribes to 12 per […]
Hyderabad: People from barber and washermen community are up in arms against the BJP government at the Centre, demanding that it withdraw the power reforms. They also decided to stage State-wide protests on Sunday. Leaders from both the communities held meetings at different places in the city on Monday and opposed the BJP government’s plans […]
Visakhapatnam: Huge protests on Saturday, followed by Jail Bharo programme are planned to mark one-year of agitation against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel plant on Sunday.Thousands of people are expected to take part in the two-day intensive agitation and the struggle would continue till the Central Government withdraws its decision of a strategic sale of […]
Warangal: The remarks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the creation of Telangana have enraged the party activists as well as people of erstwhile Warangal district. People and party workers in large numbers participated in the protests including rallies and events of burning of Modi’s effigies. Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao participated in bike rallies wearing […]
The latest incident that prompted the Minister to come out against the practice was after activists of the National Federation of Indian Women threw an LPG cylinder into the Hussain Sagar.
