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PSU bank employees go on two day strike
Aug 22, 2012, 10:18 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 22: Employees of public sector banks have gone on two-day nationwide strike today opposing banking sector reforms and outsourcing of non-core activities, affecting operations.Several private sector banks, foreign banks and ATMs, however,
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Kingfisher pilots on strike again; 19 flights cancelled
Aug 18, 2012, 09:17 PM ISTMumbai, Aug 18: Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines faced fresh trouble today with a section of pilots going on strike demanding immediate payment of salaries for March, resulting in cancellation of 19 flights.“Eight departures from Mumbai and
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Ramdev says FDI source of black money
India | Jul 14, 2012, 09:08 PM ISTBhubaneswar, Jul 14: Yoga guru Ramdev today claimed that Foreign Direct Investment was a source of black money and demanded that the Centre bring back illegal funds parked abroad.“FDI is a source of black money.
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Strike over shrine fire disrupts normal life in Kashmir
India | Jun 28, 2012, 12:07 PM ISTSrinagar, Jun 28: Normal life across Kashmir remained disrupted for the fourth day today due to a strike called by the Grand Mufti of the state over the gutting of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib shrine
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Restrictions imposed in old city, life disrupted due to strike
India | Jun 27, 2012, 03:40 PM ISTSrinagar, Jun 27: Life across Kashmir Valley remained disrupted for the third day today due to a strike called by separatists over gutting of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib shrine even as authorities imposed restrictions on
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No end in sight to AI pilots strike
Jun 26, 2012, 07:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 25: There was no end in sight to the 49-day-old Air India pilots strike with the government today making it clear that they have to return to work “unconditionally” and the pilots
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India A strike twice on day 1 of second unofficial Test
Cricket | Jun 09, 2012, 10:29 PM ISTKingstown (St Vincent), Jun 9: Ashok Dinda and Rahul Sharma took a wicket each as India A were off to a decent start on day 1 of the second unofficial cricket Test against West Indies
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IPG ready to set aside demands if recognition is restored
Jun 02, 2012, 09:29 PM ISTNew Delhi/Mumbai, June 2: The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), leading the Air India pilots' strike, today said it was ready to set aside all demands to end the strike if the government restored recognition to
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AI board to meet on Monday, pilots strike enters 20th day
India | May 27, 2012, 07:34 PM ISTMumbai May 27: Air India board will meet here tomorrow to discuss the nearly three-week-old strike by over 200 pilots and a host of financial issues.Airline sources said the board is likely to consider the
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Concern in Parliament over AI pilots strike
May 21, 2012, 05:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 21: Concern was voiced in Parliament today over ongoing strike by Air India pilots which has been going on for two weeks with members alleging that the extreme “arrogance” by the government
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Brazil Workers End Strike In World Cup Venue
Football | Apr 18, 2012, 11:15 PM ISTSao Paulo, Apr 18: Workers building a World Cup stadium in northeastern Brazil ended a weeklong strike after getting a pay raise.Workers at the Fonte Nova stadium in the city of Salvador said Wednesday they
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Air India Unions Threaten Strike From April 2
Mar 28, 2012, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 28: Unable to bear the “agony” caused by continued non-payment of their dues, eight Air India unions on Wednesday sought immediate intervention by the Prime Minister to resolve the situation failing which
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Jewellers To Remain On Strike Till Saturday
Mar 27, 2012, 04:55 PM ISTMumbai, Mar 27: The bullion market remained closed for the 11th day today following the strike by traders and jewellers against the Budget proposals to bring them under the Excise duty ambit.There are also reports
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Jewellers Continue Strike; CBEC Chief Offers Talks
Mar 24, 2012, 05:01 PM ISTMumbai, Mar 24: Even as jewellers continued with their country-wide strike for the eighth day demanding their exclusion from the proposed excise duty, a top Finance Ministry official today assured them of further talks to
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Occupy Wall Street Urges May 1 Strike Over Arrests
World | Mar 20, 2012, 09:50 AM ISTNew York, Mar 20: Occupy Wall Street activists on Monday called for supporters to skip work on May 1 to protest what they're calling police brutality during 73 arrests in New York during the weekend.Several
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Rajasthan Nursing Colleges Go On Strike After Anti-Corruption Bureau Raids
India | Mar 17, 2012, 01:42 PM ISTJaipur, March 17: The anti-corruption bureau of Rajasthan police on Friday raided as many as 48 nursing colleges and seized all relevant records relating to their recognition from the Indian Nursing Council. In protest, all
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AIIMS Students Suspend Relay Hunger Strike
India | Mar 08, 2012, 08:01 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 8: Agitating MBBS students at AIIMS here on Wednesday suspended their indefinite relay hunger strike, called in the wake of the alleged suicide by a first-year student, after the premier medical hospital's
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Major Terror Attack Foiled, 2 LeT Operatives Arrested
India | Feb 29, 2012, 09:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 29: A major terror attack was foiled in the capital with security agencies arresting two Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives who had planned to trigger explosions in crowded localities in the next few
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Man City Wins 2-1 At Porto With Late Aguero Strike
Football | Feb 17, 2012, 08:26 AM ISTPorto, Portugal, Feb 17: Sergio Aguero scored late as Manchester City rallied to beat Porto 2-1 in the Europa League last-32 on Thursday.Yaya Toure broke through the Porto defense with six minutes left and passed
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West May Strike At Iran By Summer, Says Russian General Staff Chief
World | Feb 16, 2012, 10:23 AM ISTMoscow, Feb 16 : Russia's top military boss has said that an attack against Iran, which the West suspects of developing nuclear weapons, could begin as early as summer, Russia Today reported.Thus far, tensions between