PANJIM: Labour unions in Goa have filed several cases against mining firms and allied industries for large scale suspension and layoff of workers since October 2012, salary cuts, which are against

Spain's unemployment rate has reached 26.02 percent in January, the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security reported on Monday.

PANJIM: Expressing its dissatisfaction over the financial package offered by State government, the mining dependent people protesting at Azad Maidan, Panjim decided to continue their agitation till their demand of lifting the ban on mining is met. The mining dependent people have been protesting for the last 18 days.

The inter-ministerial committee of the Odisha government constituted to formulate a policy for offering raw materials to state based industries will seek more time for submission of its report.

Though the panel was mandated to submit its report by January 30, exactly three months after the notification dated October 30 last year, it was yet to finalize the report.

Despite the state government stressing on economic development of rural areas and hailing its achievements on this front from time to time, over 500 cases of poverty-driven suicides were recorded i

PANJIM: Hundreds of mining dependent people on Tuesday began an indefinite chain sit-in protest at Azad Maidan, Panjim, demanding immediate resumption of legal mining in the State.

The protestors under the banner of Goa Mining People’s Front have threatened to intensify the agitation if their demands are not met immediately. “This is indefinite peaceful protest. We want government to know that the situation is bleak in rural Goa. The people dependent on mining are going through critical phase and might have to starve if mining does not resume immediately,” GMPF leader Christopher Fonseca claimed.