Strike
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Telugu film workers call off strike, shootings to resume
Bollywood | Dec 07, 2014, 01:58 PM ISTHyderabad: As many as 14,000 workers from Andhra Pradesh Film Industry Employees Federation, who have been on strike for the last two weeks over low wages and lack of employment regulations, have finally decided to
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Banking services affected as PSU employees go on strike
Nov 12, 2014, 12:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of some nine bank unions in the public sector banking industry (and in some old generation private banks), is on all India strike
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Bombay High Court warns contempt action against lawyers who go on strike
India | Nov 02, 2014, 01:20 PM ISTMumbai: The Bombay High Court has warned lawyers against going on strike or indulging in any misconduct which disturbs the administration of justice, saying it would take suitable action against them under Contempt of Court
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Partial response in Valley to strike call against Modi visit
India | Oct 23, 2014, 12:08 PM ISTSrinagar: The strike called by separatist groups against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir today evoked a partial response in the Valley. Although most shops in and around the city centre of
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German train drivers to strike from Wednesday
World | Oct 15, 2014, 10:56 AM ISTBerlin: In a bid to seek higher pay and better working conditions, German train drivers will walk out for 14 hours starting Wednesday, it was announced on Tuesday.The nationwide strike will start at 14.00 p.m.
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West Indies board aware of looming strike by players
Cricket | Oct 08, 2014, 04:48 PM ISTSt. John's (Antigua): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) confirmed that it is aware of a looming strike by its players who are currently touring India.The West Indies are scheduled to play India in five
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Britain deploys more war planes to strike IS in Iraq
World | Oct 04, 2014, 06:13 AM ISTLondon: Two more British Royal Air Force (RAF) war planes will join the military operation to tackle the Islamic State (IS) threat in Iraq, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday.The new deployment of
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Portuguese nurses announces strike against austerity
World | Sep 05, 2014, 08:39 AM ISTLisbon: The Syndicate of Portuguese Nurses (SEP) announced a two-day national strike to protest against overstretched working timetables and lack of employees in the country.The strike has been planned for Sep 24 and 25 to
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Bus operators refuse to budge from 3-day-strike in Bengal
India | Jun 21, 2014, 08:55 PM ISTKolkata: Bus operators today said they would not defer or cancel the three-day strike called from June 25 till the West Bengal government declared an increase in fares. “We have requested the state transport department
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Power engineers in Punjab to intensify stir against state govt.
India | May 12, 2014, 06:04 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) engineers have decided to intensify their stir against the state government amid the power utility facing coal crisis.“We will switch off our mobile phones on May 23 during
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Toyota India workers end strike; to resume duty Tuesday
Apr 21, 2014, 10:25 PM ISTBangalore: Toyota India unionised employees Monday called off their relay hunger strike and decided to join duty Tuesday after the Karnataka government clarified that the lockout in the twin car plants was prohibited.“We have called
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Strike continues at Rio Olympic venues
Other Sports | Apr 17, 2014, 08:23 AM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : The two-week strike at Rio de Janeiro's main Olympic complex continued Wednesday despite an apparent settlement. Rio Mais, the consortium building the venues at Olympic Park, said in a statement that
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Thieves strike at Sanju Samson's home, take away trophies
Cricket | Apr 13, 2014, 07:30 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Indian Premier League (IPL) player Sanju V Samson's some trophies and souvenirs were allegedly stolen from his house, police said today.The locked house of Samson's father at the coastal town of Vizhinjam near here
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Work resumes at stadium hosting World Cup opener
Football | Apr 11, 2014, 11:05 PM ISTSAO PAULO: Work is back at full speed at the stadium hosting the World Cup opener after labor officials allowed workers to return to part of the construction site that was closed because of safety
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Olympic workers defy court order, stay on strike
Other Sports | Apr 10, 2014, 11:13 PM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO: Striking construction workers stayed off the job at the Olympic Park Thursday -- the main cluster of venues for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics -- defying a court order for them
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Workers end strike after protest near WCup stadium
Football | Apr 10, 2014, 10:25 PM ISTSAO PAULO: Workers ended a strike at the World Cup stadium in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba after disrupting traffic for nearly two hours and forcing organizers to accept their demands on Thursday. More
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Workers on strike at Rio Olympics building site
Other Sports | Apr 05, 2014, 10:28 AM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : More than 2,000 construction workers were off the job Friday in the second day of a strike that has slowed work at the Olympic Park, the main cluster of venues for
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India cautions women workers in Saudi Arabia not to go on strike
World | Mar 23, 2014, 08:48 PM ISTRiyadh: India has warned its nationals in Saudi Arabia against nefarious attempts by "self-styled social workers" to instigate Indian women workers to go on a strike.Activities of such anti-social elements and illegal agents spoil the
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Strike threatens to delay the reconstuction of Curitiba World Cup stadium
Football | Feb 27, 2014, 12:07 PM ISTCurtiba (Brazil) : Work on Brazil's troubled Arena da Baixada World Cup stadium has been further delayed by a public transport strike, media reports said.More than two thirds of the venue's 1,300 employees were absent
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Nationwide LPG distributors strike deferred
India | Feb 24, 2014, 09:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: The indefinite nationwide strike by LPG distributors from Tuesday has been deferred after a meeting with senior officials of oil marketing companies in Mumbai today. A committee will be set up on new