Sonipat: Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) contract workers who had been sitting on a protest at DTC headquarter Indraprastha depot over a month now, reached Sonipat where Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was holding his school and hospital rally. Agitating workers of DTC raised slogans and tried to disrupt his rally[Read More…]
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Air India flights hit as contract workers go on strike in Mumbai
Mumbai: At least two dozen domestic and international flight arrivals and departures were hit after a large number of contract workers resorted to a flash strike at the Mumbai airport early on Thursday, officials said. “Due to a sudden industrial situation at Mumbai Airport by Air India Air Transport Services[Read More…]
Strike paralyses Manipur government offices
Imphal: Operations at government offices across Manipur were paralysed on Friday due to an indefinite strike. The strike was jointly called on Thursday by the All Manipur Trade Unions Council and the All Manipur Government Employees Organisation in protest against the government’s failure to implement the recommendations of the 7th[Read More…]
Doctors at Safdarjung hospital go on indefinite strike, demand better security at premises
Resident doctors at the Safdarjung hospital have decided to go on an indefinite strike alleging that one of their colleagues was assaulted by a woman patient. The doctors went on a strike on Wednesday and emergency services were badly affected at the hospital. They demanded enhanced security on the premises[Read More…]
Haryana: Plywood manufacturers to go on indefinite strike against GST
Soon after textile traders strike in Gujarat showcased agitation against GST, nearly 1,100 plywood units, including plyboard and peeling factories, across Haryana, have decided to go on an indefinite strike from Friday. Notably, Yamunanagar, one of Asia’s largest timber markets home to 1,000 units alone. Scores of plywood units in[Read More…]
Gujarat forest employees go on a strike
On Thursday, as many as 250 employees of the state forest department posted in and around Gir forest went on leave en masse in protest of suspension of two officers of Talala range. The protesting employees claimed the suspensions were unjustified and should be revoked, therefore. The employees assembled outside[Read More…]
Farmers protest: CM to quit fast if peace prevails
On the second day of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s fast, he swore to solve farmers’ problems. And he also ensured that he would take stern actions against the culprits. Last night, the families of four of the 6 farmers, who were killed in the police firing in[Read More…]
Darjeeling: GJM calls for indefinite strike from Monday
On Saturday, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung declared that th party has decided to go on an indefinite strike from Monday demanding a separate state of ‘Gorkhaland’. “We will go on strike from Monday. Bengal government takes so much revenue from us but it only encroach our territory.[Read More…]
Hotels in South India to observe bandh to protest against GST rates
The hotels in South India have decided to observe a day’s bandh on May 30 in a protest as the GST rates declared by the Union Government will cripple the hotel industry and place an unbearable burden on the common man said T Satyanarayana, the general secretary of the AP[Read More…]
UP govt bans strikes in Universities, colleges under ESMA
Uttar Pradesh government on Monday banned any kind of strike by employees in state universities and colleges till June 30 under the stringent Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). Under the Act, Police can arrest anybody without warrant, if he/ she violate the regulations. Any person taking part in a strike[Read More…]
More than 5,000 lawyers in Maharashtra, Goa protest against Advocates Bill
More than 5,000 lawyers from various courts all over Maharashtra, Goa, Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli abstained from work on Friday to protest against the proposed Advocates Amendment Bill, 2017. The call for the protest was given by the Bar Council of India. “Majority lawyers did not attend the[Read More…]
AIIMS doctors wear helmets to work
In solidarity with resident doctors in Mumbai, doctors have turned up at AIIMS hospital wearing helmets. Doctors are wearing it as a precautionary measure after relatives of a deceased patient had beaten up a resident doctor in Mumbai. Over 4,000 resident doctors from across Maharashtra have gone on mass leave,[Read More…]
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AIIMS nurses to plan mass casual leave
As a protest against “discrimination” in the Seventh Central Pay Commission, nearly 5,000 nurses of the emergency services at AIIMS planned to go on a mass casual leave on Friday. The nurses union at AIIMS has also said that they will go on an indefinite hunger strike from March 27[Read More…]
Player strike to delay match season in Argentina
Fishermen in Rameshwaram to hold indefinite strike against fishing ban
Fishermen in Rameshwaram have declared to go on an indefinite hunger strike against the government ban on fishing for 45 days from mid-April which will continue throughout the month of May exclusively during the fish breeding season. Notably, this ban is enforced to safeguard the fishes during their breeding season[Read More…]
Punjab & Haryana high court advocates go on strike
JNU administration to cut the pay of teachers on strike
Delhi Police arrested over 120 BJP councilors protesting outside Kejriwal’s residence
Friday: The Delhi Police arrested over 120 BJP councilors from outside CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, where they were staging a protest. The protestor were forcibly removed by the police and the detained were taken to Civil Lines and Maurice Nagar police station. The protest demanded the release of funds for salaries[Read More…]
‘Kashmiris feel they’re used as tools for politics’
Dispel the perception that Kashmir and Kashmiris are “mere tools to be used for electoral purposes”, a group led by former Union minister Yashwant Sinha has recommended in a report days after visiting the trouble-torn Valley. “Kashmiris believe that today Indian politics has taken such a turn that there is[Read More…]
Petrol pumps to go on nationwide strike on November 15
Petroleum dealers have threatened to go on a full-fledged strike on November 15 to press for their demand to increase commission. Dealers are already on a two-day no-purchase strike since Thursday. The Consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers (CPID) said petrol pumps will be selling fuel for limited hours from Saturday[Read More…]
US Navy retaliates after failed attack on destroyer, strikes radar sites in Yemen
After the failed missile attack attempts on a US Navy destroyer, the Pentagon has responded by launching cruise missile strikes on three coastal radar sites in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces. BBC reports that the attack which took place on Thursday was authorised by President Obama and was carried[Read More…]
A nation-wide strike has been called on September 2: Know how it may affect you
A nation-wide strike has been called by major trade unions on September 2 with over 15 crore workers are likely to participate in the strike. The trade unions are going ahead with the general strike saying the government gave no heed to their 12-point charter of demands. The unions had[Read More…]
8,000 judicial employees go on indefinite strike Telangana
Telangana judicial staff on Friday held a ‘maha dharna’ at Indira Park seeking immediate bifurcation of the existing Hyderabad High Court. In solidarity with the agitating judges in the state, nearly 8,000 employees working in various courts and other judicial departments across the state went on an indefinite strike.[Read More…]