Commercial vehicles including trucks and lorries were also not plying to express solidarity with the stir, called by Samyuktha Samara Samithi, an umbrella organisation of various trade unions.
From Monday afternoon, around 5,000 nurses went on strike, hampering patient care services at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here.
Making a U-turn hours after withdrawing 4-day strike and resuming bus services, the Karnataka road transport employees decided on Sunday night to continue the agitation till all their demands were met by the state government.
The All India Taxi Union on Monday threatened to go on strike if the demands of the farmers, protesting against the Centre's new farm laws at different border points of the national capital, are not met within two days.
"Reports of Indian Army's action in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) across the Line of Control are fake," news agency ANI quoted Indian Army Director General of Military Operations Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh, as saying.
Alleging that the government has been creating obstacles in the launch of 4G service, employee unions at BSNL have called for a general strike on November 26 in protest.
Irked over non-payment of salaries, doctors and staff members of North Delhi Municipal Corporation's Hindu Rao Hospital have decided to sit on indefinite agitation from Monday onwards. The emergency services will, however, operate smoothly.
Fifteen lakh electricity department employees including junior engineers, sub-divisional officers, executive engineers and superintending engineers will go on a day-long boycott of work on Monday.
BEST buses employees in Mumbai have called for a complete strike in the city today after at least 8 staff members have so far died due to coronavirus while serving the duty. The BEST union have over 28,000 staff who runs the biggest public road transport in the metropolitan, therefore, bus service is likely to be affected in Mumbai today.
The students of Gargi College on Monday protested against the principal and the college administration over the mass molestation and harassment incident that rocked the campus during their Annual fest
The two-day nationwide strike called by bank unions to press for a salary revision saw over 31,000 staff from Madhya Pradesh staying away from work on Friday, a union functionary said.
The TSRTC employees unions Joint Action Committee (JAC) leader Aswathama Reddy said the decision to end the strike was taken to halt alleged attempts to 'privatise' the corporation.
BSNL employee unions have alleged that the management is forcing personnel to opt for a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) by creating a fear psychosis and have called for a pan-India hunger strike on November 25.
The indefinite strike by the TSRTC employees' unions over various demands continued for the 51st day on Sunday with protesters includingwomen holding demonstrations, taking out rallies and forming human chains across the state.
Employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) on Saturday decided to continue their indefinite strike, saying their future course of action will depend on the state government's response to their offer of resuming work unconditionally.
The Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a petition against the state government's decision to privatise 5,100 routes of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC).
Despite the best efforts of the employee's unions, political parties and even the High Court, the state government is turning a deaf ear to the crisis, the parties said in a memorandum submitted to the governor
Employees of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), on Monday, proceeded on a two-day work boycott to protest against the provident fund scam in which their money was invested in the tainted Dewan Housing and Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL).
Delhi Police Thursday resumed duty to look after the security at the Tis Hazari court premises after a gap of about two weeks following clashes with lawyers even as advocates continued to boycott work.
Depressed over not receiving salary for two months and due to fear of losing his job, a driver of TSRTC ended his life in Mahabubabad town. The driver, identified as A. Naresh, consumed pesticide at home. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead
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