New Delhi : Central Trade Unions Tuesday began a two-day nationwide strike to protest against the government’s alleged anti-worker policies and unilateral labour reforms. “The strike is quite visible in Assam, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Manipur Bihar, Rajasthan, Goa, Punjab, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Haryana — particularly in the targeted industrial areas […]
Mumbai : Over 33,000 employees of Mumbai’s civic transport undertaking BEST went on an indefinite strike since midnight over their demands, including higher wages, paralysing bus services and causing inconvenience to nearly 25-lakh daily commuters. Responding to a call given by their union leaders, the agitating staff did not […]
Mumbai : The benchmark BSE Sensex opened lower Tuesday as investors booked profits in recent gainers amid mixed Asian cues and a rebound in crude oil. After two sessions of gains, investors cashed profits in banking, auto and power shares that dragged down key indices. The 30-share barometer dropped […]
Muzaffarnagar : Three people were detained after a group of Hindu activists allegedly tried to force shut a meat shop in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred in Khampur village of Chapar area on Monday evening. Police rushed to the spot and […]
New Delhi : It was a cold, foggy morning in the national capital on Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling at 7 degrees Celsius, normal for the season. A senior Railways officer said 14 trains have been delayed by an average of two hours due to fog. Ranchi-Delhi and […]
Kolkata : Sporadic incidents of vandalism have been reported from parts of West Bengal on Tuesday during the 48-hour-long nationwide general strike called by central trade unions protesting against the “anti-people” policies of the Centre. Stones were pelted at a school bus in Champadali area of Barasat in North […]
New Delhi : Banking operations Tuesday have been affected in some parts of the country as a section of employees refrained from work in support of the two-day strike call given by 10 central trade unions to protest against alleged anti-labour policies of the government. All India Bank Employees’ […]
Muzaffarnagar (UP) : A body of a 26-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said Tuesday. The deceased worked as a servant in a former village head’s house for the past five months. His body was found hanging in Sardhan village in […]
Ahmedabad : Senior Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali was shot dead by unidentified persons while he was travelling in a train in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said. The incident took place around 2 am in the Bhuj-Dadar Express trainwhen Bhanushali, 53, was returning to […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Centre’s October 23 decision divesting CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma of his powers and sending him on leave. The top court reinstated Verma but restrained him from taking any major policy decision till the Central Vigilance Commission inquiry […]
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