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Elders voice concern over jute workers' plight in West Bengal

New Delhi, Mar 7 (UNI) Cutting across party lines, Members in the Rajya Sabha today expressed concern on the ongoing agitation by jute workers in West Bengal and demanded immediate central intervention to mitigate their sufferings.

Mr Moin-ul-Hasan and Mr Abani Roy (both CPM), Mr Rudranarayan Pani (BJP) and Mr Amar Singh (Samajwadi Party) demanded intervention by the Central Government against jute mill owners pointing out that lakhs of jute mill workers were not being paid their dues.

They said the agitation had been going on for the last two months and there seemed to be no end to the workers' plight.

While Mr Pani demanded that the Ministries of Textile, Labour and Commerce and Industry unitedly devise ways to mitigate the sufferings of the jute workers, Mr Amar Singh said the government should be more concerned about their welfare.

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Govt assures RS of security to NE TV

New Delhi, Mar 7 (UNI) The government came under fire in Rajya Sabha today on the issue of security to NE TV owner in Asom in the wake of the ULFA threat to him, even as the Centre assured the members that it would do everything possible for his safety. The matter was raised during Zero Hour by Mr Digvijay Singh (JD-U) who alleged that the ULFA had withdrawn their threat of not allowing the national games in Asom after money.....

AXN was ninth channel to be banned in India: Dasmunsi

New Delhi, Mar 7 (UNI) The telecast of AXN channel programmes was prohibited in India with effect from January 17 for airing obscene programmes, but the order was withdrawn on March one following the channel's submission of apology, the government today said. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said it was the ninth channel to be banned in India. So far, 188 warnings have already been issued to various channels against the.....

Negative marking in Civil Services Exam from this year

New Delhi, Mar 7 (UNI) Negative marking will be introduced in Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination from this year. The UPSC has decided to introduce negative marking as a strong deterrent against guesswork and to accurately assess the level of competence and proficiency of candidates, Minister of State for Personnel Suresh Pachouri informed the Lok Sabha today. ''Besides, this practice is in keeping with the practice adopted by other competitive examining bodies in the country,'' he said during Question Hour. Although the.....
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