Mumbai: Maharashtra auto unions will go on an indefinite strike from April 16. The strike is to put pressure on the state government to increase the minimum fare. The Maharashtra government had earlier also planned to crack the whip on errant auto-rickshaws by making it compulsory for them to provide service to commuters on phone call. Maharashtra has over 600,000 auto-rickshaws, including nearly 100,000 in Mumbai alone. In Mumbai they...
03:04 PM, Apr 04, 2012
A dazzling ton by Virat Kohli keeps Team India alive in the tri-series in Australia. ...
11:07 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal seemed to be the worst hit by 24-hour nationwide strike by trade unions and government employees on Tuesday. Four flights were cancelled and blockades were put up at the Asansol Railway Station. Some local trains remained stranded and there were also reports of one bus being destroyed at Salt Lake in Kolkata. This came even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee instructed her ministers to ensure...
10:23 AM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi/Mumbai: Key sectors of the Indian economy such as banking, insurance, telecom, transport, mining, postal and manufacturing could be badly hit on Tuesday owing to the nation-wide 24-hour strike called by trade unions after the Government's attempts to avert it remained unsuccessful on Monday. This is perhaps for the first time in recent memory that trade unions affiliated to most of the mainstream political parties have come together to...
06:08 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Kolkata: The Writers' Building in Kolkata is in the eye of a brewing storm. State Government employees are on a protest after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government proposed to debar them from forming unions or going on strike. The earlier Left Government had allowed government employees to strike. But the present dispensation says this is simply unacceptable. Labor Minister Purnendu Bose said, "We are of the view that government employees...
08:59 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Two million public sector workers staged a walked out and marched through central London to protest over proposed pension reforms. ...
07:44 AM, Dec 01, 2011
New Delhi: Hit by repeated incidents of labour unrest, Maruti Suzuki India expects car production at its Manesar plant to reach normal levels only by the end of December this year. Speaking to analysts on Monday, a Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) spokesperson said the company was ramping up output at the Manesar unit following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and Haryana government to end a 14-day strike on...
02:06 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Sydney: Australia's Qantas Airways said on Saturday it was grounding all aircraft over a labour dispute, a move that would cost it $ 21.4 million a day. The airline said in a statement that from Monday evening it would lock out all employees over a protracted industrial dispute with the engineers association, pilots, catering and ground handling associations. An extended grounding would benefit domestic rival Virgin Australia and others such...
12:50 PM, Oct 29, 2011
New Delhi: After a series stand-offs between the management and employees, sources say that Maruti Suzuki India may be shifting base out of Gurgaon. Sources have confirmed to CNN-IBN that India's largest automaker is looking at Gujarat as their new location citing the recent spate of strikes in their Gurgaon plant as the reason. They said that the Maruti Suzuki Board is meeting on October 29 to take a decision...
03:21 PM, Oct 19, 2011
Bandh or no bandh, business hour traffic continued to frustrate Delhiites while roads remained deserted in Left-ruled states, the Tweeple said as the nation went on a 24-hour shutdown called by trade unions against price rise. “In Delhi by the number of cars and the jam packed flight. - there ain't no bandh brother,” @AdipPuri tweeted. A tweet from a resident of Gurgaon indicated it was business as usual in...
11:59 AM, Sep 07, 2010
The truckers'-govt negotiations went on for 10 hours. ...
08:09 AM, Jul 04, 2008
This means that prices of essential commodities may shoot up even further. ...
09:30 PM, Jul 02, 2008
They are protesting against higher taxes and rising fuel bills. ...
10:34 AM, Jul 02, 2008
Union calls for strike, planes at to and from London's Heathrow airport grounded for Tuesday and Wednesday. ...
06:29 PM, Jan 25, 2007
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