BIJOY GURUNG
Gangtok, Feb. 9: The Supreme Court has directed the Sikkim government to give comprehensive publicity to measures taken by the state to implement guidelines framed by the court to tackle sexual harassment of women at workplaces.Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhyay asked the Sikkim government to comply with the norms laid down by the Supreme Court in the 1997 Vishakha and in the 1999 Medha Kotwal Lele cases.The court in its February 3 order said the government would have to publish the measures taken in...
11 Feb 2012
Morcha counters Partha claim on wage - Government still pays Rs 67 to workers in three hill tea gardens, says Kurseong MLA
VIVEK CHHETRI
Darjeeling, Feb. 9: Kurseong MLA Rohit Sharma today rejected the industries minister’s claim that workers in three government-owned tea gardens in the Darjeeling hills were being paid revised wages since April 1 last year.The trade union of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha had yesterday threatened to launch a fast and halt the dispatch of tea from the three hill estates if the wages were not increased from Rs 67 to Rs 90. Minister Partha Chatterjee expressed surprise over the threat and said the government was paying the increased...
10 Feb 2012
Road Accidents on National Highways in Hilly States
The number of road accidents on National Highways particularly in Hilly States throughout the country decreased marginally for the years 2007 and 2008 but again increased during the year 2009. However, the number of road accidents in Himachal Pradesh has shown decreasing trend during the same period. Road accident data is compiled in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in a format developed as per the Asia Pacific Road Accident...
