Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) The truck owners’ associations in Karnataka called off their indefinite statewide strike on Thursday. The strike was announced in protest against the hike in sales tax on fuel, the increase in toll charges, and alleged harassment by RTO officials. Although no decision has been made regarding … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (IANS) Three of the agitating Asha workers launched an indefinite fast on Thursday as their protest in front of the state Secretariat entered its 39th day. Asha workers, who have been staying put before the Secretariat, are demanding a hike in their monthly honorarium from Rs 7,000 … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 (IANS) The Kerala Asha workers’ protest before the state Secretariat entered its 36th day on Monday, and it was decided that from Thursday, three of them will begin an indefinite fast till their demands are met. Many of the Asha (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers are protesting … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Imphal, March 13 (IANS) The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of the tribals in Manipur, on Thursday, announced the lifting of the indefinite shutdown it had called to protest the resumption of the bus services between the state capital Imphal and the hill districts and the police action in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 13 (IANS) The Tiruppur District Job-Working Powerloom Weavers Association, which represents 1.5 lakh members, has announced an indefinite strike starting from March 19, demanding a wage hike. The association has been staging protests over the past few days, urging textile manufacturers to revise wages in line with rising … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Imphal, March 9 (IANS) Normal life was badly affected in Kuki-Zo areas of Manipur on Sunday due to the indefinite shutdown called by the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of the tribals, to protest the resumption of the bus services between state capital Imphal and the hill districts. Ginza … Read more
Imphal, March 8 (IANS) The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur, called an indefinite shutdown across all Kuki-Zo tribal inhabited areas from Saturday midnight against the resumption of the bus services and Meitei community people’s march towards hill areas. The KZC in a statement said that during the movement of … Read more
Chandigarh, March 3 (IANS) As the meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and protesting farmer unions under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) “remained inconclusively” on Monday over their demands, the latter announced to go ahead with the March 5 indefinite protest in Chandigarh, including scheme to wave off farm loans. The meeting here didn’t … Read more
Chennai, March 1 (IANS) Fishermen and their families in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu continued their indefinite hunger strike, which began on Friday (February 28), demanding urgent intervention from the central government to secure the release of Indian fishermen imprisoned in Sri Lanka and retrieve their confiscated boats. Around 300 fishermen and their family … Read more