Disabled persons hold placards during a hunger strike to press for their various demands outside Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
A Gaya-based social worker, Nonu Singh today dashed off a letter to the CEC and Bihar Assembly secretary against former Prinicpal Secretary to the Chief Minister, R C P Singh to know as to how a person against whom a case was pending could contest
Several voluntary outfits including CPM (ML) Liberation and district Kishan Sabha staged a dharna in front of the East Godavari District Collectorate in Kakinada city protesting the auction of liquor shops. The organisations took ou
Hundreds of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) employees today began their two-day `sit-in` in front of the Sanchar Bhawan here demanding transfers for rural employees as per their choice. Ghanshyam Wagh and Jabbar Shaikh of the BS
MDMK founder Vaiko and leaders of CPI and VCK were detained today when they attempted to stage demonstrations at different places here to protest Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s visit to the country. Rajapaksa is scheduled to arri
Work was affected in various courts in the district following a five-day strike by lawyers to protest the Allahabad High Court`s order reducing the summer vacation of civil advocates by 15 days. Ghaziabad District Judge Vishnu Chand
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Monday took out a morcha to the Collectorate here to oppose the proposed Sophiya power project in the district. Tension prevailed for a while at the Collectorate as agitators clashed with the police.
Disappointed with the court verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case, activists, who have been fighting for justice for the families of victims, today said the eight persons have been convicted on "diluted" charges and they will appeal bef
"Conduct proper elections if you want us to pay house tax" - that is the message to the Haryana government from those who own properties in municipal corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) areas In a meeting held on Saturday, resident repr
A section of employees of auto-maker, Hyundai Motor India went on a flash strike at the company`s production unit at nearby Sriperumbudur today, While trade union leaders could not be reached, police, however, confirmed that a section of e
A day after talks with officials failed, anti-Posco agitators on Sunday demanded direct discussions with Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on their opposition to the site identified for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project near Paradip.
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik`s visit to Ganjam was today boycotted by journalists in protest against alleged inaction of the police in bringing to book the culprits responsible for the attack on scribes at the medical college here.
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik today began a hunger strike in Nadihal-Rafiabad in north Kashmir to protest the killing of three youths in an alleged fake encounter by army on April 30. Malik along
Police today lathi-charged anti-Posco agitators trying to prevent the socio-economic and forest survey, which resumed after four days at the project site for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel plant. Batons were used to disperse the agitators
An association of street vendors today threatened to lay siege to the MCD headquarters here on June one to protest their alleged harassment and arbitrary eviction by the civic authority before the Commonwealth Games. The National As
Employees of troubled private sector lender, Bank of Rajasthan, which is set to be taken over by banking biggie ICICI Bank, today threatened to go on a token strike on June 4 and 5 to protest the merger. Three major employee unions
Students blocked Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district today in protest against shortage of teachers due to their deployment on census duty, police said. Around 800 students of several high schools and higher seco
The Confederation of Newspapers and News Agencies Employees Organisations today said it will launch a country-wide agitation if the government failed to extend the tenure of the wage boards of journalists and non-journalists within the next three
Employees of troubled-lender, Bank of Rajasthan today came out against the proposed move to merge the bank with ICICI Bank, saying it would destroy the identity of one of the oldest private sector banks in the country. The merger, if it ma
Major Air India unions today decided to launch an agitation, which could lead to a strike, to protest delayed payment of wages. They are also opposed to implementation of recommendations of two parliamentary committees which include separa
