Hyderabad
The Singareni Collieries management and the recognized union representatives have signed an agreement resolving 10 major issues that have disturbed industrial peace for a long time in the coal mines in four districts.

After several rounds of talks in the presence of the Regional Labour Commissioner, Central, MK Chowdary at the latter’s office. The Director, (Personnel) who signed the papers on behalf of the management and the Executive Director of the INTUC affiliated Singareni Coal Mines Labour Union announced this historic agreement at a press conference.

Visakhapatnam
The Police department has claimed that the response to its gram Sabhas being organized in 16 mandals of the Visakhapatnam agency region since August 9th is an excellent one. According to a department spokesman, various officials including MRO and MPDO were attending the Sabhas and receiving the applications from tribals.

As far as possible, problems were solved then and there itself There are so many demands like laying of roads, ban on arrack and power supply, etc., and the police are taking these to the notice of the concerned department according the SP Sanjay Kumar Jain.

Visakhapatnam
A meeting of the employees, officers and agents of the working class in the LIC, GIC, BSNL strongly opposed the hike in the Foreign Direct Investment the insurance, telecom and Civil Aviation sectors.

In a seminar on 'FDI hike and other policy matters', organized by the Insurance Corporation Employees Union, they unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the hike in the FDI limit in these sectors as it would increase the dominance of foreign companies.