Increase in wages sought
The Garment and Textile Workers Union (GATWU) on Sunday launched a two-month campaign to raise the statutory minimum wages to Rs 200 per day.
Thousands of GATWU members took part in a procession taken out from Banappa to the Senate Hall on Central College campus, where the campaign was inaugurated. In a city that houses around five lakh garment workers, the industry pays a worker mere Rs 93 per day - the statutory minimum wage fixed by the Government.
‘Karanth’s life was colourful’
Jnanapeeth awardee Shivaram Karanth’s life was so colourful that it’s difficult to describe in a few minutes, his daughter and noted Danseuse Kshama Rao said.
Speaking at Shivaram Karanth’s birth anniversary on Sunday, she said her father would dream about future and make attempts to realise it. “Despite criticism, he realised his dreams and in the process made significant contribution to Kannada and culture,” she said.
