Kolkata: Transport services in the metropolis and districts of West Bengal were disrupted on Monday with most private bus operators going off the roads in response to an indefinite strike call demanding an immediate fare hike.
Commuters were highly inconvenienced, with nearly 37,000 private buses, which carry a huge chunk of the over 40 lakh passengers per day, keeping off the roads.
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12:20 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Bangalore: The two-day old indefinite strike by the employees of state-run transport corporations which had thrown normal life out of gear was called off on Saturday after the government hammered out a settlement with them. Transport Minister R Ashoka said strike by the Joint Committee of Trade Unions of State Road Transport Undertakings had been withdrawn with immediate effect following the settlement which would impose an additional burden of Rs...
09:52 AM, Sep 15, 2012
Bangalore: The indefinite strike launched on Thursday by employees of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has hit lakhs of commuters, particularly students, across the state and the Government threatened to invoke ESMA if the stir was not called off. The Labour Commissioner has already declared the strike as "illegal" under the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister R Ashoka said in Bangalore after a meeting with...
05:27 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Bangalore: The strike called by workers of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metro Transport Corporation (BMTC) has left commuters stranded in Bangalore and elsewhere in the state. Nearly 6000 buses which form the lifeline of Bangalore are off roads. Another 8000 buses across the state are not plying. KSRTC and BMTC employees are demanding a revision of their pay structure as well as turning 33,000 temporary positions...
11:11 AM, Sep 13, 2012
Bangalore: The strike called by workers of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metro Transport Corporation (BMTC) has stranded commuters in Bangalore and across Karnataka. Nearly 6000 buses plying in Bangalore and 8000 buses across the state are off the road on Thursday. KSRTC and BMTC employees are demanding a revision of their pay structure as well as making 33,000 temporary jobs permanent. They also want the govt...
10:24 AM, Sep 13, 2012
The unions decided to call off their strike after the management promised to meet their demands within a month. ...
08:43 PM, Apr 20, 2007
Over 40,000 employees of BEST went on a 72-hour strike staring midnight on Wednesday in Mumbai leaving the city in a chaos. ...
10:46 PM, Apr 19, 2007
CNN-IBN’s Nafisa Islam brings more updates on BEST bus strike from the Dadar depot in Mumbai. ...
01:16 PM, Apr 19, 2007
The face-off between the management and the trade union of BEST will hit Mumbai hard for the next 72 hours. ...
10:01 AM, Apr 19, 2007
