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Sandip Chakraborty
WB: Durgapur Staff Launch Protest Against Disinvestment of Profitable Power PSU
11 May 2022
Both Maharatna SAIL and Maharatna NTPC have 50% of shares in NSPCL. As per latest reports, the Government wants to disinvest 24% each from both the Maharashtra PSUs.
Ronak Chhabra
As Rising Fuel Prices Strain Wallets, Auto and Cab Drivers Stage Strike in Metropolitan Cities
18 Apr 2022
The commercial drivers stopped plying their vehicles on the road in protest due to the massive spike in petrol, diesel, and CNG prices.
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Delhi Govt. Must Withdraw ESMA Invoked Against Striking Anganwadi Workers, Restart Negotiations: AIFAWH
11 Mar 2022
In what AIFAWH described as an "anti-democratic, anti-trade union attitude," Delhi LG, at the government's behest, invoked ESMA on the striking Anganwadi workers and helpers yesterday.
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Haryana, Delhi Govts Must Accept Demands of Anganwadi Workers, Stop Repression of Protesters: AIDWA
23 Feb 2022
The indefinite strike of the Anganwadi caregivers in Haryana has been going on since December 8, 2021, resulting in the halting of operations at almost all of the 26,000 state-run daycare centres in…
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Ambulance Workers Demanding Offer Letters Storm NHM office in Shimla
08 Feb 2022
The protesters are part of the wider strike of the NHM contractual staff demanding the regularisation of services in Himachal Pradesh.
Ronak Chhabra
Haryana: Khattar’s ‘Gift’ Not Enough, Anganwadi Workers’ Strike to Continue, Says Union
30 Dec 2021
Waged since December 8, the strike action has resulted in the operations of almost 26,000 Anganwadi centres in 22 districts across the state to come to a grinding halt.
Amitabha Roychowdhury
It's 75 Years Since Historic Royal Indian Navy Revolt Shook the British Empire
27 Dec 2021
On February 18, 1946, a group of naval ratings mutinied at the shore establishment and naval base HMIS Talwar, which triggered an insurrection against the British Empire involving other Indian naval…
Anees Zargar
Ladakh Observes Shutdown, Demands Statehood
13 Dec 2021
Many are terming the shutdown as a “significant” development, something that involves both divisions of Leh as well as Kargil, and may trigger a larger movement against the government
Ronak Chhabra
2-Day Strike: ‘Need a Govt That Doesn’t Turn its Back on us’, say Construction Workers
02 Dec 2021
District-level protests staged in over 20 states, as construction workers led by CWFI demanded that the law concerning their welfare board should not be codified.
Ronak Chhabra
Delhi: Trade Union’s Cycle Campaign Sparks Conversations over ‘Burning Issues’ Among Workers
17 Oct 2021
Among their major demands is Rs. 26,000 as minimum wage in the national capital region along with withdrawal of the four labour codes.