| Haldia expansion plan hit by workers' strike | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Work on the Rs 1,230-crore expansion project of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL), among the country’s largest naptha-based petrochemical facilities, came to a grinding halt after a Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU)-backed union called an indefinite strike over wage revision of contractual workers. |
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| Passenger train derails as Naxalites strike | 21-NOV-09 |
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| In a major Naxalite strike in Thursday night, several bogies of the Tata-Bilaspur down passenger train were derailed on the railway tracks near Manoharpur railway station in West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand. Naxalites used powerful explosives to blow up the train, police said. |
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| Air India pilots defer strike by six days | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Air India pilots, protesting management's moves to cut their salaries and allowances, today deferred their strike threat from November 24 by six days, even as the conciliation talks remained inconclusive. |
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| TUs call indefinite strike in jute mills from December 14 | 18-NOV-09 |
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| About 20 trade unions operating in jute mills have decided to go for an indefinite strike from December 14 this year, demanding payment of their statutory requirements, primarily dearness allowance, provident fund, gratuity and bonus. “At a meeting attended by 20 trade unions working in the jute industry we have unanimously decided to go on an indefinite strike,” said Gobinda Guha, General Secretary, Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union. |
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| High Potential for Indian Economy, but too early for Exuberance | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Karnataka today organized the Annual CFO Conference 2009 with the theme ‘Road to Recovery – The CFO’s Role’. The conference was aimed at illustrating the key take-away and learning from the recent economic downturn, focusing on the strategies that have worked for CFOs in challenging times in transforming finance for greater value creation, influencing corporate strategy and impacting organisational performance, all of which has redefined the conventional role of the CFO in the organisation. |
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| NIA registers case against Headley, Rana | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has registered a case against suspected terrorist David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana to probe their role in various terror strikes in the country, including the 26/11 Mumbai attack. |
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| Workers call off strike at Rico Auto | 07-NOV-09 |
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| Workers at Rico Auto Industries ended their strike of around 50 days following an agreement with the management on reinstatement of some employees. An employee of the company had lost his life during the deadlock when a clash broke out between the two groups of workers last month. |
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| Jute mill workers plan strike | 07-NOV-09 |
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| Just like last year and the year before, jute mill workers may go on strike from this month-end, too. However, observers warn this could be risky for the industry’s future markets, given the present timing. |
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| Keya Sarkar: The inglorious present | 07-NOV-09 |
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| As I write this, both the teaching and the non-teaching staff are on strike at Tagore’s Visva Bharati University. This not only extends the long Puja holidays that the teachers and students have already had, but makes it clear to those with any interest in academia that syllabi will not be completed in time for the November semester exams. |
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| Drivers' strike hits coal supply | 07-NOV-09 |
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| The transport drivers’ strike in the Talcher coalfield under the Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd (MCL) has severely hit dispatch of coal to power plants of NTPC and National Aluminium Company (Nalco) in the area among others. |
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| Rico Auto 50-day strike ends | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Workers at Rico Auto Industries ended their about 50-day strike following an agreement with the management on reinstation of some employees. |
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| Union threatens strike against State Bank of Indore-SBI merger | 05-NOV-09 |
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| The All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) is planning to go on a one-day strike by November-end to protest the proposed merger of State Bank of Indore with State Bank of India (SBI). While terming the merger a “violation” against the agreement, the union also said it would consider going on an indefinite strike if the merger was pursued. |
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