Tag: Strike

Bhubaneswar: As many as 900 members of 108 Ambulance Association will go for a cease work from Friday midnight demanding fulfillment of their seven-point charter of demands. “Despite repeated requests to look into our demands, the state government has failed to pay any heed forcing us to go on strike from midnight today,” said a […]

Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha 662 Non-Government Lecturers’ Association cooperated with the Government in conducting Plus III examination, which kicked off today under Berhampur university,sporting black badges even as the first Ministerial Committee meeting headed by Finance Minister Pradip Amat failed to resolve the issue.

Bhubaneswar: Members belonging to School Teachers’ Federation of Odisha (STFO), an umbrella organisation of 14 teachers’ organisations of the State, on Tuesday threatened to boycott the ensuing matriculation examination if the State government fails to consider their demands. This was informed by STFO convenor after attending a ministerial–level meeting at the secretariat here. “The meeting […]

Bhubaneswar: A 10-member delegation of striking junior doctors at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla is scheduled to meet Health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak here today to discuss their 11-point charter of demands. Official sources said, the delegation, along with VIMSAR’s principal, superintendent and director, will meet Nayak to discuss […]

Bhubaneswar: Health services at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla have been severely affected badly with the junior doctors’ agitation entering the sixth day on Monday. Patients in the wards were left unattended, while long queues were seen in front of the outpatient department (OPD) for appointment with doctors. […]

Burla: Junior doctors of the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) began a cease work on Tuesday for fulfilment of their nine-point charter of demands. This was announced by Dr Shankar Ramchandani, president of Junior Doctors’ Association, VIMSAR, to the media. “The Association decided to launch the cease work at its […]

New Delhi: Operations at public sector banks are likely to be impacted as employee unions have decided to go on a two-day nation-wide strike from Monday to press for wage revision. During the conciliation meeting held on February 6 before the Chief Labour Commissioner, the IBA did not come up with any improvement in the […]

The Odisha Truck Owners’ Association has called for an indefinite strike from tomorrow. Over 1 lakh trucks will join the stir as the government has failed to meet the proposed demands of the truckers.

Chennai: Bank employees under the All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) will go on a two-day strike early next year, said a top leader of the union on Friday. The bank employees under the banner of AIBEA will join the two-day strike on January 8-9, 2019 according to a decision taken at The National Convention […]

New Delhi :The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Thursday said traders from across the country are expected to participate in a strike against the Walmart-Flipkart deal on September 28. The confederation has called for a ‘Bharat Trade Bandh’ on September 28 and a mega traders rally on December 16 in the national capital. […]

Patna: Around 15 patients died after more than 500 junior doctors at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here on Friday went on a strike to protest an assault by a deceased patient’s attendants, informed hospital officials. “Fifteeen critical patients died due to lack of treatment after the doctors went on strike on Thursday […]

Mumbai: Around 54,000 petrol pumps all over India will go on a 24-hour strike from midnight on October 13 demanding inclusion of petroleum products under GST and other long pending issues, an official of a petrol dealers’ association said here on Saturday. “All the petroleum products must be brought under the Goods & Services Tax […]

Mumbai: For the first time ever a Maharashtra “shutdown” called by farmers organisations got underway here on Monday with minor incidents of violence on the fifth-day of the ongoing farmers strike. The shutdown got enthusiastic response from the farmers with many regulars markets, locals markets and weekly markets remaining shut, with the ruling ally, Shiv […]

Hyderabad/Vijayawada: Over five lakh trucks went off the roads in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as part of an indefinite strike by transporters which began on Thursday in the two states. The lorry owners’ associations in both states said the members suspended transportation services from 6 a.m. in accordance with the decision taken by the South Zone […]

Chennai: The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions in the sector, has called a one-day strike on February 28 to protest the government’s “anti-people banking reforms” as well as to demand compensation for employees for extra work done on account of demonetisation. United Forum of Bank Unions, comprising nine […]