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Workers on strike at Rio Olympics building site

Other Sports | Apr 05, 2014, 10:28 AM IST

RIO 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

India cautions women workers in Saudi Arabia not to go on strike

World | Mar 23, 2014, 08:48 PM IST

Riyadh: 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

Strike threatens to delay the reconstuction of Curitiba World Cup stadium

Football | Feb 27, 2014, 12:07 PM IST

Curtiba (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

Nationwide LPG distributors strike deferred

India | Feb 24, 2014, 09:07 PM IST

New 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

97 percent railway employees ready to go on strike over demands: Unions

India | Jan 23, 2014, 09:59 PM IST

New Delhi: All but three per cent of railway employees in the country are in favour of going on an indefinite strike to press for the fulfilment of a charter of demands which calls for,

Strike hits normal life in Haryana, govt bus services resume partially

India | Jan 22, 2014, 09:00 AM IST

Strike hits normal life in Haryana, govt bus services resume partially Chandigarh: Nearly two lakh employees of Haryana Government and semi-government bodies have begun their three-day strike, crippling essential services like power and water, hospitals,

Truckers to go on strike in Odisha from today

India | Jan 15, 2014, 07:48 AM IST

Bhubaneswar: Truck services in Odisha is likely to be affected as the Odisha Truck Owners' Association has called for an indefinite strike from today. About 1 lakh truckers will join the stir as the government

LPG distributors threaten to go on strike from Jan 19

India | Jan 06, 2014, 09:21 PM IST

New Delhi: Cooking gas (LPG) distributors today threatened to go on indefinite strike from January 1 against the government decision to introduce DBTL (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG) wherein consumers are required to submit details

4,000 Maharashtra doctors go on strike after Mumbai cop beats up doctor

India | Jan 03, 2014, 08:30 AM IST

Mumbai: Around 4,000 doctors across Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike from Thursday in protest against the alleged assault on a resident doctor Prashant Patil in Solapur's Civil hospital by three policemen. The strike is

Maharashtra chemists call off strike after court intervention

India | Dec 16, 2013, 11:18 PM IST

Mumbai: The chemists and druggist association in the state withdrew their strike this evening following court intervention.“The decision came after a PIL filed in the High Court. The court asked the state administration to hold

Maharashtra chemists go on three day strike

India | Dec 16, 2013, 02:26 PM IST

Mumbai: Chemists in Maharashtra went on a three-day shutdown from today against what they called the “draconian” interpretation of the Drug & Cosmetics Act, 1940 by the Maharashtra Food & Drug Administration (FDA).FDA's new rule

I would have taught striking workers a lesson: Ramgopal Yadav

National | Nov 23, 2013, 06:36 PM IST

Etawah: A day after the strike by state employees was called off, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav today came down heavily on the agitating workers, saying that had he been the Chief Minister, he would

Telangana Row: Andhra power employees decide to end strike

India | Oct 10, 2013, 03:16 PM IST

New Delhi: Thousands of electricity employees protesting against the division of Andhra Pradesh for a Telangana state have decided to end their strike, in a major break for the state engulfed in a power crisis

Threat of KLO strike in north Bengal during Puja: Army

India | Oct 04, 2013, 10:26 PM IST

Siliguri: There is a threat of the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants carrying out attacks in northern West Bengal during the coming Durga Puja festival, an army source said on Friday.The source in the army

Transport strike affects normal life in Jammu

India | Sep 30, 2013, 05:19 PM IST

Jammu: Normal life was disrupted here today due to the one-day token strike by transporters of Jammu and Kashmir in support of their demand for a 40 per cent increase in passenger fares.Mini Bus Workers'

One dead in Bangladesh clash as Jamaat strike enters 2nd day

World | Sep 19, 2013, 05:09 PM IST

Dhaka: A cadre of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed and 45 others, including five policemen, were injured as fresh violence erupted in Bangladesh today on the second day of the 48-hour nationwide strike to protest the death

Seemandhra electricity employees begin 72-hour strike

India | Sep 12, 2013, 12:33 PM IST

Hyderabad: Electricity department employees of Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh Thursday began a 72-hour strike to protest the proposed bifurcation of the state, thus affecting electricity generation and supply.About 30,000 employees in 13 districts of

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