Strike
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Telangana High Court's green light for RTC privatisation
India | Nov 22, 2019, 09:48 PM ISTThe Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a petition against the state government's decision to privatise 5,100 routes of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC).
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Opposition parties in Telangana seek Governor's intervention in RTC strike
India | Nov 20, 2019, 05:48 PM ISTDespite the best efforts of the employee's unions, political parties and even the High Court, the state government is turning a deaf ear to the crisis, the parties said in a memorandum submitted to the governor
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Uttar Pradesh power employees strike over Provident fund scam
India | Nov 18, 2019, 11:41 AM ISTEmployees of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), on Monday, proceeded on a two-day work boycott to protest against the provident fund scam in which their money was invested in the tainted Dewan Housing and Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL).
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Police resume work at Tis Hazari court after 2 weeks, lawyers continue strike
India | Nov 14, 2019, 04:34 PM ISTDelhi Police Thursday resumed duty to look after the security at the Tis Hazari court premises after a gap of about two weeks following clashes with lawyers even as advocates continued to boycott work.
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Another TSRTC employee ends life; strike enters 40th day
India | Nov 13, 2019, 02:16 PM ISTDepressed over not receiving salary for two months and due to fear of losing his job, a driver of TSRTC ended his life in Mahabubabad town. The driver, identified as A. Naresh, consumed pesticide at home. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead
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Two protesters in critical condition amid chaos in Hong Kong
India | Nov 11, 2019, 07:10 PM ISTLater in the course of the day, another man was doused in flammable liquid and set alight after arguing with protesters, reported BBC. Shortly before 8 a.m., videos emerged of a traffic police officer firing three shots at close range at two black-clad men in the middle-class residential area of Sai Wan Ho, where a group of protesters were blocking traffic
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TSRTC strike: Police detains several protesting employees
India | Nov 09, 2019, 05:06 PM ISTTelangana state police have detained TSRTC employees while they were on a protest march on Saturday. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation employees were protesting near Tank Bund in Hyderabad.
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Air India pilots' union opposes privatisation; may resort to strike
India | Nov 05, 2019, 09:47 PM ISTThe nearly 800-member strong Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA), whose members fly narrow-body planes, has decided to work towards bringing all the unions at the airline under a common platform to oppose privatisation of the airline.
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TSRTC striking workers will not be taken back after November 5 deadline
India | Nov 04, 2019, 10:38 PM ISTThe government said if the employees continued their stir, it would go ahead with the plan to permit private bus operators to run services in 5,000 of the total of 10,400 routes, leading to a situation where the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation virtually ceased to exist.
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Woman RTC bus conductor commits suicide in Telangana
India | Oct 28, 2019, 04:01 PM ISTNeeraja, a conductor working in Sathupally Depot took the extreme step on Sunday night, police Commissioner Tafseer Iqubal said.
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Dark Diwali for Telangana RTC employees as strike enters 23rd day
India | Oct 28, 2019, 07:48 AM ISTOn the direction of the Telangana High Court, the TSRTC management on Saturday held talks with the leaders of striking employees but it failed to break the impasse.
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TSRTC strike: Employees unions willing to sit for talks once again
India | Oct 27, 2019, 03:04 PM ISTBlaming the RTC management for the failure of talks held on Saturday, employees union's leader Aswathama Reddy said they were willing to sit on the negotiating table anytime before the court hearing.
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Tamil Nadu govt doctors continue strike, patient services affected
India | Oct 26, 2019, 11:03 PM ISTThe strike, alongside an indefinite fast by five doctors in the premises of Government Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital here, continued to be on.
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Congress, CPI, opposition parties flay CM's comments on TSRTC strike
India | Oct 26, 2019, 11:42 AM ISTCongress Legislature Party leader M Bhatti Vikramarka alleged that there is a conspiracy to make RTC unavailable to people. CPI said its state Assistant Secretary K Sambasiva Rao would launch an indefinite fast from Saturday in support of the strike by Telangana State Road Transport Corporation employees and other demands, including safeguarding RTC.
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Pak traders call nationwide strike against govt policies
World | Oct 21, 2019, 08:11 PM ISTMir offered the government to accept their demands so that they could withdraw the call for the countrywide strike.
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RTC strike: No money to pay September salaries, corporation tells HC
India | Oct 21, 2019, 05:22 PM ISTThe management of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) told the Telangana High Court on Monday that it has no money to pay salaries for September to the striking employees.
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RTC employees' bandh passes off peacefully in Telangana
India | Oct 19, 2019, 11:10 PM ISTThe state-wide bandh called by striking Telangana State Road Transport Corporation employees in support of their demands, passed off peacefully on Saturday, barring stray incidents of pelting of stones at buses.
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HC asks transport corporation, striking employees to hold talks
India | Oct 18, 2019, 11:04 PM ISTWith no breakthrough achieved since its oral directive three days ago, the Telangana High Court virtually set an ultimatum of October 28 on Friday for the state road transport corporation (TSRTC) and the striking employees' unions for holding talks and settle their disputes.
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Staff strike for wage revision grounds HAL operations
India | Oct 14, 2019, 06:00 PM ISTTerming the strike illegal, the company claimed that the employees were offered the best package revision.
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Striking lifeguards demand regular jobs, steady pay
India | Oct 14, 2019, 05:17 PM ISTOver 200 striking lifeguards protested near a temple in North Goa's Mapusa town on Monday, demanding regularisation and steady payment.