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Won't attend meeting called by Mamata Banerjee today: Striking doctors
India | Jun 15, 2019, 12:21 PM ISTAfter her visit to the state-run SSKM Hospital on Thursday, Mamata Banerjee had alleged some outsiders had entered the medical colleges to create disturbances. She had also dubbed the agitation as a handiwork of the CPI(M) and the BJP.
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AIIMS resident doctors issue 48 hours ultimatum to West Bengal govt to meet demands of striking medics
India | Jun 15, 2019, 09:24 AM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday invited them again to meet her on Saturday evening to end the impasse in government hospitals. The doctors, who struck work for the fourth day Friday, refused to meet the chief minister, demanding an unconditional apology from her.
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Harsh Vardhan appeals to doctors to hold symbolic protests only and continue to carry out their duties
India | Jun 14, 2019, 12:57 PM ISTDoctors are protesting after two of their colleagues were attacked and seriously injured at the NRS Medical College and Hospital by a mob following the death of a patient. West Bengal CM alleged that opposition BJP and CPI(M) were instigating the protesters as part of a "conspiracy".
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Doctors' strike in West Bengal: Indian Medical Association to hold protest today | 10 points
India | Jun 14, 2019, 11:11 AM ISTThe TMC and the BJP are locked in a bitter turf war in West Bengal, which has been rocked by post-poll violence, with Banerjee accusing the saffron party of trying to foment trouble in the state to topple her government. The BJP has claimed that Banerjee is targeting it as she is rattled by its major gains in Lok Sabha elections.
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Shutdown affects normal life in Bengal's Basirhat
India | Jun 10, 2019, 04:17 PM ISTTrain services were disrupted in the Sealdah-Hasnabad division as BJP workers squatted on rail tracks at Bhyabla station in North 24 Parganas district and at South 24 Parganas' Taldi railway station.
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Bandipora rape: Anger erupts in Kashmir Valley, partial shutdown disrupts normal life
India | May 13, 2019, 05:57 PM ISTNormal life was disrupted in Srinagar on Monday due to a strike called by a religious-cum-separatist organisation against the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Anna Hazare's fast enters fifth day, villagers block state highway
India | Feb 03, 2019, 07:09 PM ISTSocial activist Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday even as villagers blocked a state highway in support of his agitation in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, leading to traffic jams in the area.
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Emergency services affected at Safdarjung Hospital due to doctors' strike
India | Jan 13, 2019, 05:21 PM ISTEmergency services at Safdarjung Hospital here were affected on Sunday as the resident doctors stayed away from work alleging one of their colleagues was manhandled by a Delhi Police head constable's son who had come for treatment.
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BEST strike continues for 4th consecutive day; No end to Mumbai commuters' woes
India | Jan 11, 2019, 07:13 PM ISTFor nearly seven hours, the negotiations went on but failed to break the deadlock.
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Mumbai: BEST strike continues for 3rd day; administration asks bus staffers to vacate houses
India | Jan 10, 2019, 08:46 AM ISTBEST employees began the indefinite strike on Tuesday over various demands, including higher salaries and merger of the budget of the loss-making undertaking with that of the BMC.
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Two-day Bharat Bandh disrupts normal life in Kerala; Sabarimala pilgrims, tourists exempted from strike
India | Jan 08, 2019, 01:29 PM ISTAgitators blocked the railway tracks and raised slogans. Buses and auto-rickshaws were kept off roads during the strike.
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Mumbai: BEST employees begin indefinite strike; 25 lakh bus commuters likely to be affected
India | Jan 08, 2019, 12:02 PM ISTThe employees came forward for the strike after the BEST administration failed to come up with any concrete solution to resolve their long-pending demands.
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10 lakh bankers to strike work on December 26 against mergers
India | Dec 20, 2018, 11:41 PM ISTWith the failure of conciliation talks, about 10 lakh bankers in private and government banks will go on strike on December 26 protesting against the merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank, the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) said on Thursday.
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Haryana Roadways employees end strike after 18 days
India | Nov 03, 2018, 02:19 PM ISTThe strike was called off after an order by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday.
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Delhi fuel pump strike | Petrol and diesel must be included in GST: Arvind Kejriwal
National | Oct 22, 2018, 02:13 PM ISTIn comparison to Delhi, fuel rates in bordering states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are cheaper, he said.
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Auto, taxi unions in Delhi to go on strike today
India | Oct 22, 2018, 07:36 AM ISTThousands of members of the affiliated associations will also go on strike, he added.
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Delhi: Around 400 petrol pumps to remain shut today; BJP is behind it, says Kejriwal
India | Oct 23, 2018, 07:08 AM ISTBecause of low prices in states like UP and Haryana, customers are deserting the petrol pumps in Delhi leading to huge drop in sales, Singhania said.
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Haryana Roadways employees on strike today, public transport services likely to be hit
India | Sep 05, 2018, 08:17 AM ISTAccording to the Roadways union leaders, the government buses have started to go off roads in some depots across the state Tuesday evening.
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Reserve Bank of India employees withdraw two-day strike
India | Sep 04, 2018, 09:11 AM ISTAfter senior officials of the central bank held a series of meetings with the union leaders, the logjam ended on Monday.
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Nation-wide transport strike enters Day 2; students suffer as school buses remain off duty in Mumbai
India | Jul 21, 2018, 10:07 AM ISTIn Mumbai, school going children faced suffered the most as over 8,000 buses and 40,000 buses across Maharashtra remained off roads in support of the strike called by the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC).