The 48-hour long Bharat Bandh called by trade unions, which began on Wednesday, paralysed transport and banking services in many parts of the country. However, the worst affected was Noida, as the protests took an ugly turn with factory workers targeting vehicles, even setting many on fire. ...
08:03 PM, Feb 20, 2013
India's financial sector was crippled and transport hit as large parts of the country ground to a halt on Wednesday in response to trade unions calling for a two-day strike to demand concrete measures to check inflation, ensure jobs and enforce labour laws. ...
06:58 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protesters even set a fire engine ablaze. The situation was, however, brought under control after a few hours. ...
06:27 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Production at leading automobile companies in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt, including Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp and Suzuki Motorcycle India, will be hit on Thursday. ...
05:25 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There was violence in Noida after Bharat bandh protests went wrong. The violence has ended and the situation is now under control. However, an uneasy calm prevailed in the area. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. ...
02:31 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The strike call given by 11 trade unions country wide had partial impact in Tamil Nadu as a majority of shops remained open and transport services plied normally. However, banking services were hit hard as most public and private sector banks remained closed. ...
01:59 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The strike call by Central trade unions hit normal life in Gujarat on Wednesday as workers from varied sectors, including transport and banking, refrained from work, to register protest against government's economic and labour policies. ...
01:45 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protestors even set fire to a fire engine. ...
01:39 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Barring stray incidents of stone pelting in Bellary, the nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions in support of their demands evoked a mixed response across Karnataka. ...
01:28 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Commuters in the city on Wednesday faced hardships as a section of auto-rickshaws and taxis remained off the road in support of the two-day nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions. School children and office goers suffered the most as most auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers either refused or overcharged. Passengers at major railway stations and bus stands remained stranded or had to shell out more to reach their destinations. ...
12:56 PM, Feb 20, 2013
CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta called the trade unions' strike unprecedented and said the government had not tried to reach out to unions. "The strike across the country is unprecedented. Autos and taxis are off the roads. Bank, insurance, telecom is closed. All oil supply is being stopped in Delhi. Unfortunately, violence is being used. The treasurer of union of Haryana Roadways has been brutally murdered in Ambala," Dasgupta said. ...
12:00 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The 48-hour bandh call given by 11 trade unions has affected Odisha. Train services and public transport system are the worst hit due to the strike. In Kerala, it seemed like a complete shutdown with no buses, taxis plying on roads. Mumbai remained normal and was unaffected by the bandh. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Over 50 state buses were plying in Bangalore and even autorickshaws were plying. Meanwhile, life hasn't been hit in Assam as public transport was plying and schools, colleges were open. ...
10:43 AM, Feb 20, 2013
The 48-hour nationwide strike called by central trade unions hit normal life across Kerala on Wednesday with workers from varied sectors, including transport and banking, staying away from work to protest the UPA government's economic and labour policies. ...
10:07 AM, Feb 20, 2013
People at the railway station in Delhi faced problems as some of them said that private taxis were not plying too. In Kolkata, there were insufficient public vehicles on the roads. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Commuters have been hit in many parts of the country due to the trade unions' strike. Public transport services are off the roads in many states. The maximum impact is in Kerala where banks and shops are shut and taxis, autos, private and public buses are not running. ...
09:05 AM, Feb 20, 2013
It was a tragic start to the nationwide bandh in Haryana where a Haryana Roadways employee was killed in Ambala at the roadways depot when he was crushed by a bus following a confusion called over the trade union strike. Chaos broke out after the Haryana Roadways staff tried to stop officials from allowing the buses to move from the depot. ...
08:05 AM, Feb 20, 2013
The nation is gearing up for yet another Bharat bandh. A two-day nationwide strike has been called by 11 trade unions over price rise and labour laws. Major sectors likely to be affected include banking, insurance, post, transportation and coal. Though the railways is expected to function normally. ...
07:54 AM, Feb 20, 2013
