Workers
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US factory boss held hostage by workers in Beijing
World | Jun 25, 2013, 12:06 PM ISTBeijing, Jun 25: An American executive said he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers
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AAP workers 'assaulted' by cops: Kejriwal to move SC
India | Jun 24, 2013, 06:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 24: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said it will move the Supreme Court seeking justice for the party workers who were allegedly assaulted by the staff of Gokulpuri police station on June
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Uttarakhand: Nepalese workers seen with suspicion as theft rumours abound
India | Jun 24, 2013, 04:56 PM ISTGuptkashi (Uttarakhand), June 24: Migrant Nepalese workers like Bir Bahadur are now being seen in negative light by locals as there have been stories on the rounds of them taking advantage of stranded pilgrims.Looking no
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UP govt workers go on flash strike
India | Jan 21, 2013, 01:37 PM ISTLucknow, Jan 21: Uttar Pradesh government employees who are opposing reservation in promotions today went on a flash strike after they were allegedly beaten up by BJP workers at the airport here."We had gone to
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Nalco workers go on daylong strike
Oct 20, 2012, 05:16 PM ISTBhubaneswar, Oct 20 : Operations at Nalco's plants in Odisha were hit Saturday due to a 24-hour strike call by employees and unions against the government's decision to disinvest its stake in the company.Hundreds of
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FIR lodged against 60 Maruti workers says Police
India | Jul 19, 2012, 10:21 AM ISTGurgaon, Jul 19: The Gurgaon Police have lodged an FIR against about 60 workers, including union leaders at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant, where one person was killed yesterday in a clash between workers and
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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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Coal India To Give 25 PC Hike In Wages To Workers
Feb 01, 2012, 05:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 1: State-run Coal India (CIL) has signed a pact with its trade unions to increase wages by 25 per cent, which would put an additional burden of Rs 6,500 crore on the
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SP Workers Attempt To Block Rahul Convoy, 15 Detained
India | Dec 13, 2011, 01:46 PM ISTAligarh, Dec 13 : Samajwadi Party workers today attempted to block the cavalcade of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who started his five-day tour of western districts of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. “Around 50 to 60
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In Chhatisgarh, BJP Councillors, Workers Thrash One Another For Municipal Post
India | Nov 21, 2011, 02:39 PM ISTBhilai, Nov 21: It was a free-for-all at Maharana Pratap Bhavan here among BJP councillors and workers on Sunday as the election for a Leader of Opposition for Bhilai Municipal Corporation was about to begin.
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BJP Workers Hurl Shoes At Varun Gandhi's Cavalcade
India | Nov 12, 2011, 05:33 PM ISTBareilly (UP), Nov 12: Agitated BJP workers today hurled shoes at the cavalcade of party MP Varun Gandhi after he allegedly refused to attend a function in Nawabganj tehsil here.The BJP MP was scheduled to
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Congress Workers Burn Modi's Effigy In Gujarat
India | Oct 06, 2011, 07:38 PM ISTVadodara, Oct 6: Ten Congress activists were detained after they allegedly burnt the effigy of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi here today, police said.Congress party workers shouted slogans against Modi and burnt his effigy in
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Canada Workers Laid Off Win $ 7 M Lottery Jackpot
World | Aug 12, 2011, 05:11 PM ISTOttawa, Aug 12: A group of Canadian manufacturing employees won a $ 7 million lottery jackpot, just days after their company announced massive layoffs and the closing of their plant.The 18 workers at Smart Technologies
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Maruti's Manesar Plant Workers Go On Strike Again
Jul 28, 2011, 04:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 28: Just over a month after they called off a 13-day-long stir that resulted in a loss of about Rs 630 crore, workers at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant went on strike
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Strike At Maruti Manesar Plant Called Off
Jun 17, 2011, 10:15 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 17: The 13-day strike at the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant in Gurgaon was called off late Thursday night following a deal brokered by Haryana Chief Minister
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Three Workers At Japan's Crippled N-Plant Exposed To Radiation
World | Mar 24, 2011, 08:18 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 24: Three workers were today exposed to high radiation at Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, as authorities mulled plans to import bottled water amid a panicked rush to buy it after the tap
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Workers Burn Alive Steel Plant DGM In Orissa
India | Mar 03, 2011, 10:33 PM ISTBolangir (Orissa), Mar 3: A senior official of a private steel plant died after his vehicle was set afire by some persons outside the factory at Titlagarh, about 75 km from here today, police said.
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As Mulayam Turns 72, SP Workers Vow To Form UP Govt In 2012
National | Nov 22, 2010, 08:13 PM ISTLucknow, Nov 22: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav turned 72 today with his party workers celebrating the day by taking a pledge to form the government in Uttar Pradesh in the 2012 Assembly polls.