Nurses stage demonstration in Madurai
The Hindu
MADURAI
Members of Tamil Nadu MRB Nurses Empowerment Association on Thursday staged a demonstration on Madurai Collectorate premises urging the State government to regularise their services. The nurses, recruited by Medical Services Recruitment Board (MRB), demanded ‘equal pay for equal work.’ Nurses who were recruited from 2015 on consolidated pay were still waiting for their services to be regularised. Even after seven years they were being retained as contract workers, they complained. The members demanded that their service should be regularised. They also demanded that steps should be taken to fill vacancies.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”