<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">kolar gold fields: failure of officials to chalk out a long term plan caused the closure of the century-old bharat gold mines, alleged g v srirama reddy, former legislator and general secretary of the district unit of the cpm. he was speaking after distributing foodgrains to employees of the bgml who have not been paid salaries for the past few months following the decision of the centre to shut down the mines on saturday.
reddy alleged that successive governments -- union and state -- failed to protect interests of the miners and left them in the lurch. he urged the centre and the state government to set up alternative industries to help the miners. s. suryanarayana rao, secretary of the state unit of the party said the nda government had failed to protect the interests of both the farmers and the workers. he said suicides by farmers were on the increase and the government has failed to protect the interests of these classes. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">abandoned baby finds home:</span> an newborn child found abandoned was adopted by a pourakarmika manjunath. the baby girl was found in a dust bin near the railway track. he does not have any children and took the baby home. with the consent of his higher-ups. k.n. thygaraju, municipal councillor, said that vivekananda youth association of gulpet will provide all possible assistance to manjunath to take care of the child. </div> </div>