Tag: Strike

Indefinite strike by doctors cripples health services in MP

Terming the strike ‘unethical’, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan hints at taking action against the striking doctors.

May 3, 2023

13 days on, no respite from R’sthan doctors’ strike over Right to Health Bill

Medical services lie crippled across Rajasthan with patients travelling to neighbouring states to get treated.

April 2, 2023

Strike cripples power supply in UP; deadlock after action against employees

Agitating power employees refused to budge till their demands were met even as Energy Minister A K Sharma gave an ultimatum to join the duty by 6 pm on Saturday.

March 18, 2023

Power men begin strike in UP, govt warns of action if sabotage reported

Authorities said all the alternative arrangements to keep the power supply on track had been made, seeking to allay apprehensions that consumers could be on the receiving end.

March 17, 2023

UP power employees to go on 72-hrs strike tonight

Essential services including power supply and generation have been kept out of the purview of the strike. The officers were also not supporting this strike.

March 16, 2023

Political parties in Telangana mark International Women’s Day with women centric protests

It may be recalled that BRS MLC and daughter of Chief Minister K Kavitha will also hold a day long hunger strike and protest at the Jantar Mantar on 10 March.

March 7, 2023

K’taka govt employees to stop services from Mar 1, ruling BJP in a fix

Karnataka State Government Employees' Association declared that all government employees would launch an indefinite strike from March 1.

February 28, 2023

Central Bank of India staff on strike protesting against vindictive mass transfers

Protesting against the vindictive transfers, employees of listed Central Bank of India began their two-day strike on Monday, said a top official from the All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA).

September 19, 2022

German airline Lufthansa cancels 800 flights as pilots go on strike

The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) confirmed overnight that Lufthansa pilots would stage an all-day strike on Friday both for flights by the core passenger business and its cargo subsidiary, DPA, German News Agency reported.

September 2, 2022

LHMC doctors call off strike hours after announcing withdrawal of services

The services include withdrawal from all routine and emergency services. Though the doctors had announced about the strike in the morning, they called off the same by the evening.

May 19, 2022

Resident Doctors of LHMC to strike work from today

The decision follows an incident when the relatives of a patient assaulted resident doctors, including a female doctor, on May 18 night.

May 19, 2022

AIIMS nurse union begins strike over union president’s suspension

According to the union, Nursing Officer Harish Kumar Kajla was suspended with immediate effect on Monday night in view of the April 22 incident of disrupting OT patient services.

April 26, 2022

Cab drivers’ association stages protest against fuel price hike

The associations accused the Delhi government of not inviting them for conversation and demanded to hold a meeting with them in the next two hours failing which they would launch an indefinite strike. 

April 18, 2022

Haryana Roadways employees booked for garlanding driver with shoes 

The bus driver was garlanded with shoes for not taking part in the strike in Dabwali, Sirsa district on Tuesday. In this strike, the bus conductor was also heckled by the employees as he refused to participate in the strike. 

March 30, 2022

Two-day strike hits banking, postal, other services in northeast

Banking and postal services are largely affected in the two-day countrywide shut down, called by several trade unions backed by the anti-BJP parties, including the Congress and the Left parties. Transport sectors were also affected due to the strike.

March 28, 2022

ABVP activists launches hunger strike at DU north campus demanding offline classes

The DDMA had announced to reopen higher educational institutions and coaching centres, along with schools for classes 9-12, from Monday.

February 9, 2022

Resident doctors called off their strike

The strike was called after a meeting between the members of the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) and Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police.

December 31, 2021