Date:13/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081356800400.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Employees’ strike

BANGALORE: The Akhila Karnataka State Government Employees Federation and Central Government Employees and Workers Coordination Committee will join the all-India government employees’ strike on August 20. At a press conference here on Tuesday, federation general secretary B.S. Sachidananda Murthy and general secretary of the committee P.S. Prasad said the Government should bring down the prices of essential commodities.

— Special Correspondent