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No step taken to halt soaring prices: Congress

Kozhikode, Mar 9 (UNI) Describing the Kerala budget proposals for 2007-08 presented in the State Assembly today by Finance Minister T M Thomas Issac as ''disappointing and anti-development,'' the main Opposition Congress said it had no concrete proposals to contain the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities.

''The budget has failed to live up to the expectations of the people as it has no effective measures to contain increasing prices of essential commodities making the life of common man miserable,'' Pradesh Congress Committee President Ramesh Chennithala told reporters here.

He said the LDF government came to power on development agenda, but the second budget of Dr Issac had no concrete proposals for industrial development, creating more job avenues and poverty alleviation.

Stating that there was no adequate allocation for welfare measures for the common man either, he said the move to tax life saving drugs, would be yet another blow to the common man, already reeling under the price hike.

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LDF govt politicising universities: FUEO leaders

Kottayam, Mar 9 (UNI) Leaders of Federation of all Kerala University Employees' Organisations (FUEO) and Mahatma Gandhi University Employees' Union (MGUEU) today alleged that the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala was politicising the universities by creating majority in the syndicates. At a news conference here, the leaders contended that the government had destroyed the autonomy and academic freedom of the universities through the ordinance for the formation of a Higher Education Council. The 15th annual conference of the FUEO.....

Students, public stage stir demanding more teachers

Puducherry, Mar 9 (UNI) The students of the Government Middle School at Sellippattu and the public today locked the school and resorted to a road blockade demanding posting of more teachers in the school. According to villagers, as many as 350 students were studying in the school and the staff strength was just five as against the required 12. With their repeated pleas for posting of more teachers failing to evoke any welcome initiative, they resorted to the agitation. On information,.....

Govt making efforts to launch 'Prajapatham-2007'

Hyderabad, Mar 9 (UNI) The Andhra Pradesh Government is making all efforts to launch ''Prajapatham-2007'' in three phases and Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy would launch the programme on April 14. This was decided in a review meeting chaired by Dr Reddy and attended by the State Revenue Minister D Prasada Rao, Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy, Labour and Transport Minister K Lakshminarayana, Minister for Information and Public Relations, Shabbir Ali and senior officials of the Planning and.....
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