PUBLISHED FROM VISAKHAPATNAM. SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER, 2016. VOLUME-1, ISSUE NO.166 6 PAGES Rs.2/- Trade union strike shuts Telangana, Kerala; Tamil Nadu, Bengal unaffected Trade unions open, there is no business tak- ing place in PSU banks. called a nation- Clearing will also be impact- Over 15 crore workers on nationwide ed. However, there will not be wide strike to any problem with regard to protest against ATMs functioning," Rambabu said. strike; transport, banking to be hit the govern- Most of the buses run by ment’s ‘anti- Telangana State Road New Delhi: Essential serv- the Centre's "indifference" to in Tiruchirapalli have not Transport Organisation are ices such as banking and their demands for better reported at work in the morn- labour policies'. kept off the roads, a senior transport are likely to be hit wages. ing shift," Centre for Indian Hyderabad/ Chennai / Thiruva official said. as 10 central trade unions "The strike is on. We are Trade Unions (CITU) went on one-day nationwide General Secretary Tapan nantha puram/ Mumbai/ Kolkata: As many as two lakh state getting good response. More strike on Friday, protesting Kumar Sen said. The nation- wide strike called by government employees information will pour in after against "anti- worker" central trade unions on Friday hit (gazetted, non-gazetted and sometime. Around 90 per He further said, "Vizag changes in labour laws and normal life in Telangana and class 4 employees) are sup- cent workers at BHEL's plant steel plant (Contd.. 2..) Kerala, but it did not affect Tamil porting the strike, Telangana Nadu, West Bengal and Gazetted officers Association Maharashtra where transport General Secretary A services and other businesses ran Satyanarayana said. without any hindrances. "We will not directly par- Telangana ticipate in the strike, but wear Banking operations came black badges and attend to standstill in Telangana as duties," Satyanarayana said. over 15,000 employees of According to him, Revenue various banks participated in the Centres "indifference" to private buses are not plying Train passengers had a department officials are not their demands for better on roads across the state with tough time as they had to the general strike called by participating in the strike as trade unions to protest gov- wages. the workers of various unions walk to their homes after they are busy in reorganisa- taking part in the strike. alighting at the railway sta- ernments "anti-labour poli- tion of districts. Kerala cies". Major roads wore a desert- tion here. Most of the industrial parks In Left-ruled Kerala, public All India Bank Employees transport vehicles stayed off ed look in the state capital However, police helped witnessed thin attendance where hundreds of employees patients coming to the Association (AIBEAP) Joint today. the roads, and shops and busi- Secretary B S Rambabu said ness establishments downed of ISRO units, including Regional Cancer centre here demonstrations will be held in Ten central trade unions their shutters. Vikram Sarabhai Space by arranging transport. have called for a one-day Centre (VSSC), could not all the district headquarters Autorickshaws, taxies, All major unions, barring along with other trade unions. nationwide strike today, reach their offices as the RSS-associated BMS protesting the "anti-worker" Kerala State Road Transport strike supporters laid a siege "Though branches will be Corporation (KSRTC) and (Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh), changes in labour laws and of an ISRO bus bay here. have (Contd.. 2..) Relief for NCBN, HC First mosquitoes carrying Declare black money stays probe on 'cash Zika detected in US by September 30 or Three mosquitoes were taken from the tourist hotspot Miami Beach, face action: PM for vote' case where cases of locally transmitted Zika were previously reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned those with Chandrababu Miami: Tests have found black money to declare it the Zika virus in mosquitoes before the given deadline of Naidu in his peti- from Miami, the first detect- September 30, adding that tion claimed that ed on continental United stern action might be taken States, confirming local after that. the YSRC MLA’s transmission of the disease, “The first decision my fresh complaint the Florida authorities said. government took was to Three mosquitoes were make a SIT (Special was ‘political taken from the tourist hotspot Investigation Team) on black vendetta’. Miami Beach, where cases of money. It is working and the take knowingly or unknow- locally transmitted Zika were Supreme Court is monitoring ingly (by keeping black Hyderabad: The previously reported. it. We have also made laws money), come to the main- Hyderabad High Court on so that no one dares to send stream now, I have given a "This is disappointing but Friday granted respite to black money abroad from way... If I take stern steps not surprising," Florida agri- Andhra Pradesh Chief India. So more black money after the 30th, no one can culture commissioner Adam Minister N Chandrababu will not be generated,” Mr. blame me,” he said. Naidu by granting stay on an Congress MLA A Corruption Bureau (ACB) Putnam said in a statement Modi said in an interview to The Income Declaration order passed by the Principal Ramakrishna Reddy. cases granted the interim Thursday. Network 18. Scheme (IDS) which opened Special Judge for Anti- stay. "Florida is among the best Justice Raja Elango while “For black money at on June 1 gives a chance to Corruption Bureau (ACB) (states) in the nation when it dealing with the petition Naidu in his petition con- resources," he added. The virus, which causes home, we have changed the black money holders to come cases in cash for vote scam, comes to mosquito surveil- moved by the Chief Minister tended that complaint was Health officials reported birth defects, was detected in law, and there is a scheme till clean by declaring the assets which had called for a thor- lance and control, and this seeking to quash an order filed against him by the MLA the first cases of locally a neighborhood north of September 30 for anyone by September 30 and paying ough investigation into the detection enables us to con- passed by the Principal who belongs to the transmitted Zika in Miami downtown called Wynwood who wants to join to main- tax and penalty of 45 per cent fresh complaint filed by YSR tinue to effectively target our (Contd.. 2..) Special Judge for Anti- Opposition (Contd.. 2..) Beach in mid-August. earlier in stream. If you made a mis- on it. Denied treatment at govt hospital, HIV All India Radio draws flak for positive woman delivers stillborn baby anti-Rahul tweet, deletes it Bareilly: An HIV positive AIR put another tweet, caught sponsoring RSS agen- woman gave birth to a still saying ‘the said tweet has da. born in Bareilly after the dis- been deleted as it did not trict hospital in Uttar Surjewala tagged the All conform to editorial stan- Pradesh's Badaun allegedly India Radio tweet which said, dards of AIR’. denied her admission. "Why he got scared earlier. New Delhi: A tweet by All How he became daring to The woman was rushed to India Radio targeting Rahul defame RSS. He should stick the district hospital earlier on Gandhi for his RSS remarks to comments Rahulrattles Saturday night after she com- kicked up a row with RSS." plained of severe labour pain, Congress dubbing it as but the hospital staff denied "All India Radio hurriedly "unpardonable" and "shame- her treatment after learning deleted the outrageous tweet ful", and asking Information that she was HIV positive. but caught red-handed spon- and Broadcasting Minister M soring saffron propaganda. The victim's husband said Venkaiah Naidu whether the Unprecedented, unheard of that the hospital in Islam public broadcaster was being that official broadcaster Nagar earlier denied treat- allowed to propagate the saf- should attack Mr Rahul ment to his wife and referred fron agenda. Gandhi! Shameful & unpar- her to the district hospital in In a series of tweets, party donable. Badaun where they were chief spokesperson Randeep denied admission. "Does Information & Surjewela reacted sharply to Broadcasting Minister "She has AIDS, they told AIR's action, saying though MVenkaiahNaidu take orders me to take her to Bareilly. We the comments were later from the RSS for tweets from were there (Contd.. 2..) deleted, the broadcaster was AIR? So (Contd.. 2..) 2 Visakhapatnam Saturday 3rd September, 2016 Continued from 1st page Trade union strike shuts Telangana, Kerala; Over 15 crore workers on nationwide strike; transport, Tamil Nadu, Bengal unaffected banking to be hit joined the strike, terming as "com- commuters in Mumbai and suburbs. labour department and seven of them "So far, there have been no major is 100 per cent closed. At All major unions, exclud- respective ministries. pletely inadequate" the Central gov- have been agreed to. incidents, except a few small incidents A CPM state unit leader said that some places there would be ing RSS-associated BMS Yesterday, speaking to ernment's assurances to look into their there were instances of 'rasta roko' Tamil Nadu in some districts," said a senior police instances of 'Rail Roko'. This (Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh), demands and the recent announce- official. reporters in Mumbai, Labour (block roads) at various places in rural Bus and train services operated as is going to be a successful have joined the strike call, Minister Bandaru Dattatreya ments for two-year bonus and hike in Maharashtra. In Kolkata, seven persons were strike as more than 15 crore terming the government's minimum wage. usual in Tamil Nadu while shops and blamed the previous UPA "Our activists staged 'rasta roko' business establishments remained arrested for trying to enforce the strike workers will come on streets assurances to look into their regime for the issues faced by This is the first major strike in agitation in Thane and Nashik dis- open.