Panaji: The transporters continued their strike in Goa on the second day on Tuesday, refusing to withdraw it until the government resolves the issue of toll fee levied on the non-Goan vehicles entering the state. "The strike will continue till Goa government resolves the issue. Today is the second day and impact would be visible from tomorrow onwards," All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) president Bal Malkit Singh said.
The transporters began agitating since midnight on Monday demanding rollback of the toll fee levied by the Goa government on non-Goan vehicles. State Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has refused to withdraw the fee, which he says is the tax imposed for using the state infrastructure.
Singh said that almost all the members have stopped the work. "Few members have not loaded the trucks, while many have parked it on the borders," he claimed.
The AIMTC leaders also held discussions with the Karnataka and Maharashtra police, alleging that police were forcing the members to ply into Goa. "We have told the police that they should not force our members to do anything," Singh said....
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03:00 PM, May 14, 2013
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is on a two-day personal visit to India during which he will offer prayers at Bodh Gaya and Tirupati but will not engage with Indian leaders. However, pro-Tamil groups including MDMK are protesting Rajapaksa's visit. ...
10:38 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) supporters and close aides of party MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who has been charged with sedition, criminal conspiracy and other charges for making a "hate speech", clashed with policemen and media persons in Old City of Hyderabad on Friday. ...
02:12 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes to conclude deals on the sale of fighter jets and aircraft engines to India next week which could be worth more than $7.5 billion, defence industry sources said on Wednesday. Putin, who visits India on Monday, has his sights set on selling 42 Sukhoi SU-30MKI fighters and on the long-term supply of 970 warplane engines, one of the sources said. The source did not...
12:22 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New York: The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report Tuesday that a record-number 232 journalists are imprisoned worldwide and that Turkey has the highest number with 49 journalists behind bars. The total is 53 more than the tally last year and is the highest number since the New York-based organization began conducting worldwide surveys in 1990. The census of journalists behind bars on December 1 found that anti-state...
09:39 PM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: Welcoming the launch of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the capital on Monday, his supporters hoped the party would bring about transparency in politics and serve as an alternative to India's leading national parties. "We were looking for an option (to national parties) and we got it in the form of the AAP," said Chandan Raj, an under-graduate student at Delhi University. "This party (AAP) will...
01:20 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Washington: In a major embarrassment to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a video of his fundraising has surfaced that shows him dismissing President Barack Obama's supporters as "victims" who live off government handouts. The remarks of Romney, from a video of private fundraiser held early this year, was first reported in the liberal magazine Mother Jones, creating political upheaval in the presidential elections, which is now just 50 days away....
01:23 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) on Friday said it has increased freight charges across the country by 15 per cent following the hike in diesel prices. "We have decided to pass on the burden of increase in diesel price hike to customers. The freight charges will be increased with immediate effect by 15 per cent across India," AIMTC spokesperson GP Singh told PTI. He further said...
03:04 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: The politically tough decision of hiking diesel price and limiting the usage of LPG to just six cylinders in a year on subsidised rate has led to nation-wide protests with the UPA constituents as well as the Opposition parties taking to the streets, demanding an immediate rollback. Massive protests are taking place in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Karnal, Kanpur, Allahabad, Agra, Ludhiana and several other cities over the government's...
01:30 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Chennai: The Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meeting is caught in a legal wrangle. The Madras High court will hear the plea on Sunday filed by the DMK against the police's denial to give TESO permission to hold its meeting at the YMCA grounds. Sources say that if the court denies it, then the meeting could be held within the premises of the DMK headquarters. This is the second time...
07:54 AM, Aug 12, 2012
People say they visit Ramlila Maidan after Ramdev gave the call to fight corruption, black money and to bring a change. ...
12:37 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna supporters on Wednesday staged protests twice outisde Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence here to press for their demand for Lokpal Bill. The first protest took place at around 6 pm while the second one at around 10:45 pm. In the first protest, around 31 were detained while in the late night protest, over a dozen were taken into custody. The supporters, during the day, also...
11:02 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ambika Soni on Tuesday criticised Team Anna for blaming media for the unfair coverage of their anti-graft movement. ...
12:47 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: A scuffle broke out between Team Anna supporters and mediapersons on Monday night at Jantar Mantar, where anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare is on an indefinite fast. The incident took place at around 10 pm, when Hazare supporters entered into an argument with the mediapersons. A team Anna member's allegation that the media was not projecting the protest in right light led to the scuffle. Key Team Anna member...
12:49 AM, Jul 31, 2012
The India Against Corruption supporters have been arrested for protesting outside P Chidambaram's house. ...
06:27 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Chennai: A day after Congress made it clear that it will not support the demand for Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday made a U-turn on his plan to raise the issue at the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meet on August 12. As of now, Tamil Eelam is an idea. But the main focus of the TESO conference on August 12 would be to discuss the ways...
12:50 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Mumbai: Country's largest lender SBI has cut interest rate on loans to exporters by 0.5 per cent within days of the Reserve Bank increasing the export refinancing limits of banks. "SBI has cut interest rates for exporters by 50 basis points effective last Saturday(June 23, 2012). The decision was taken at asset liability committee(Alco) meeting last Saturday," SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said. Export credit is linked to the bank's base...
02:27 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: A minor scuffle broke out between supporters of A Raja and media personnel outside the MP's residence in New Delhi on Tuesday night. The incident took place outside Raja's Motilal Nehru Marg residence at around 9 pm while a function was being held there to felicitate the MP, who got bail in the 2G spectrum case on Tuesday. According to media personnel, a group of his supporters raised...
10:04 PM, May 15, 2012
Chennai: In a huge relief to thousands of LPG customers in the Southern region, Tanker lorry owners have called-off their indefinite strike following talks with oil marketing companies convened by the state government. The strike was called off at 0145 hrs on Thursday after a 10-hour meeting on Wednesday, government sources said. LPG supplies were crippled after Southern region LPG Tanker Lorry Owners Association went on an indefinite stir since...
03:57 PM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: With the government hard pressed to reduce fiscal deficit, exporters are unlikely to get tax incentives in the Budget for 2012-13 to be presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee next month. "Finance ministry's fiscal room for manoeuvre has gone. They are in a tight fiscal situation, who is going to give you sops," a senior commerce ministry official said. In order to arrest deceleration in export growth, the...
10:58 PM, Feb 25, 2012
