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World Politics Review
December 14, 2017
His government saw over 100 days of general strikes by the Madhesis, an ethnic minority group largely from southern Nepal, who were not satisfied with the constitution and how the new states were divided. The protesters also received support from neighboring India, which tacitly assisted in a blockade ofÃÂ ...
Haaretz
December 14, 2017
The Histadrut labor federation called a general strike for Sunday (see story on this page) and Wednesday leaks elicited strong reactions from politicians, especially as the company enjoyed billions of shekels in tax benefits over the years. MK Moshe ... That manufacturing can be done more cheaply in India.
benarnews
December 13, 2017
An Indian paramilitary guards a deserted street in Srinagar during a general strike called by Kashmiri separatists to mark the 70th anniversary of the day ... The former chairman of a leading separatist organization in Indian Kashmir defended himself Wednesday after he was fired from his post for meeting aÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 7, 2017
Schools were closed, stores were shut and the public largely observed a general strike. The Israeli military said it was .... Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India is seeking to stave off the most serious challenge yet from the opposition in elections in his home state of Gujarat. [Quartz]. • The memoirs ofÃÂ ...
IndiaPost.com
December 7, 2017
JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital sparked a Palestinian general strike and a call for a new intifada today as fears grew of fresh bloodshed in the region. The Israeli military deployed hundreds of more troops to the occupied West Bank amid uncertaintyÃÂ ...
India Today
November 28, 2017
Washington, Nov 28 (PTI) The Taliban can now either "reconcile, live in irrelevance or die", the top US and NATO commander said today, asserting that due to sustained pressure the terrorist group can no longer win the war in Afghanistan. However, Gen John Nicholson, in a video conference withÃÂ ...
KanglaOnline
November 21, 2017
IMPHAL | Nov 21: The 26 hours general strike imposed by the CorCom, a conglomerate of several militant groups operating in the state against the visit of President of India, affected normal life in the state. In response to the strike, major business establishments and streets in Imphal including the two mainÃÂ ...
United News of India
November 19, 2017
... on Monday after remaining suspended for two days due to security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where separatists called for a general strike against ... spearheading the agitation, demanding right to self determination, had called for a general strike on Sunday in the valley, where six Lashkher-e-ToibaÃÂ ...
KanglaOnline
November 16, 2017
Imphal, November 16 2017: Conglomerate of rebel groups of the region Co-ordinating Committee while boycotting the visit of the President of India Ram Nath Kovind to the state of Manipur has called general strike across the state from 5 am of November 21 till 8 am of November 22 . Indian PresidentÃÂ ...
The New Indian Express
November 7, 2017
... Pradesh's Kinnaur district becoming independent India's first voter. ... DES 9 JK-PROTESTS Jammu: A general strike marks the reopening of ...
The Telegraph
November 7, 2017
Imphal: Police service aspirants of Manipur on Monday threatened to launch a four-day statewide general strike from 5am on Friday if the ...
E-Pao.net
November 7, 2017
Imphal, November 06 2017: After general strike Maoist Communist Party, ... is blamed to go hand in hand with the security force and called agent of the India.
Times of India
November 6, 2017
A major trade union representing public and private sector employees meanwhile said it planned to call a general strike. Economists and ...
NewsClick
November 6, 2017
s position since the general strike in 2015 as far as we know. ... said Tapan Sen, general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), ... The maha-padav follows a series of general strikes in 2015 and 2016, and a ...
The Telegraph
November 6, 2017
Imphal: A 12-hour general strike called on Sunday by the Maoist Communist Party of Manipur over misappropriation of PDS items paralysed life ...
The Tribune
November 6, 2017
A general strike on Monday marked the reopening of the Civil Secretariat, the seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, here as many ...
The New Arab
October 30, 2017
The regular uprisings against Indian rule in Kashmir are met with brute, ... rule and every week is marked by at least one day of general strike.
United News of India
December 31, 1999
The “Joint Resistance Leadership” comprising Geelani, Mirwaiz and Mohammad Yaseen Malik, had called for a general strike on Sunday on Human Rights ... roads leading to Maisuma and other places in the civil lines besides United Nations Military Observers for India and Pakistan (UNMOIP) at Sonawar.
Times of India
December 31, 1999
A major trade union representing public and private sector employees meanwhile said it planned to call a general strike. Economists and ...
Brown Political Review
December 31, 1999
On September 2, 2016, 150 million Indian workers, 30 percent of the Indian labor force, participated in a general strike to demand higher wages ...
The Telegraph
August 15, 2017
... Movement Coordination Committee) to withdraw the hunger strikes and indefinite general strike and sit for talks with the state government.
Kashmir Reader
August 15, 2017
On 15 August 1947, India, after Partition, was declared independent of ... marking this day as black day by a general strike and processions atÃÂ ...
The Telegraph
August 15, 2017
Besides asking the hill parties to end the hunger strike and restore normality in the hills by calling off the general strike, the home minister hadÃÂ ...
Press TV
August 13, 2017
A general strike has been held in Indian-controlled Kashmir in protest over attempts to scrap the special status granted to the disputed region inÃÂ ...
E-Pao.net
August 13, 2017
The four rebel groups also called general strike in North East India from ... The celebration of the Indian Independence Day behind securityÃÂ ...
Daily News & Analysis
July 27, 2017
Three people have been killed in clashes between Venezuelan security forces and protesters during an opposition-led strike against PresidentÃÂ ...
The New Indian Express
July 26, 2017
CARACAS: Venezuela hurtled toward a high-stakes political confrontation with the opposition calling a general strike on Wednesday in a bid toÃÂ ...
Voice of America
July 21, 2017
The Indian army fired at worshippers outside a mosque in disputed ... were closed because of a general strike against Indian rule in Kashmir.
NewsClick
December 31, 1999
India's central trade unions have decided to go on a countrywide indefinite strike. A three-day dharna of lakhs of workers is planned for 9,ÃÂ ...
E-Pao.net
March 26, 2017
Imphal, March 25 2017: Assessment under the media & Entertainment Skills Council of India for qualification pack "News anchoring and reporting" in respect of Dhanamanjuri Community College has been rescheduled for March 26 due to general strike, saidÃÂ ...
India.com
March 26, 2017
Imphal, March 25 (IANS) The Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur (Desam) and two Muslim organisations have called a general strike from Saturday midnight till 6 p.m. on Sunday to protest against the "reward" given to an independent legislator who ...
India.com
March 26, 2017
On Sunday, normal life was disrupted as a result of the 17-hour general strike called by the Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur protesting the appointment of Asabuddin as the Parliamentary Secretary.
Hindu Business Line
March 24, 2017
"News came in that the Royal Indian Navy Ships in Bombay harbour had mutinied," announces a crisp English voice, which I later learn belonged to Mervyn Jones, son of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones and former member of the Communist Party of Great Britain ...
Daily News & Analysis
March 22, 2017
... central bank reserves and a wide fiscal deficit. Home heating subsidy cuts and other fiscal belt tightening have started taking a political toll, even as the economy climbs out of recession.
Times of India
March 22, 2017
More Argentines now disapprove than approve of his performance for the first time since he took office in December 2015, and the country's largest labor union has planned a general strike for April 6. (Reporting by Luc Cohen; Editing by Lisa Shumaker).
Times of India
March 19, 2017
Earlier this week the country's biggest labor union federation called for a general strike on April 6 to protest policies that it says has hurt workers and killed jobs.
Times of India
March 18, 2017
AGARTALA: The Left Front government in Tripura called a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Sabroom on Saturday in protest against the alleged killing of three civilians along the India-Bangladesh border by personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) onÃÂ ...
Times of India
March 18, 2017
The announcement comes after Argentina's biggest labor union said this week it will hold a nationwide general strike on April 6 to protest President Mauricio Macri's business-friendly policies that workers say have slashed jobs and wages.
Times of India
March 16, 2017
The Royal Indian Navy (RIN) ships in Bombay harbour had mutinied. Trade unions had declared a general strike. It was a terrific crisis," recites Mervyn Jones, a former member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Daily News & Analysis
March 16, 2017
Argentina's largest union announced a one-day general strike on April 6, increasing pressure on President Mauricio Macri's center-right government six months before mid-term congressional elections.
Sify News
March 15, 2017
Before the General Strike on 2nd September called by trade unions last year, workers were detained. This, despite the fact that the union had intimated their intention to strike to the management as per law.
Hindustan Times
March 15, 2017
The alliance from the southern Terai plains bordering India has 36 seats in Parliament. Despite its withdrawal of support, there is no immediate threat to the government.
Daily Times
March 5, 2017
There have been two largest general strikes in the world by the Indian proletariat in 2015 and 2016 and numerous other struggles of the workers, students, peasants and other oppressed strata of society ever since the Modi Sarkar (regime) came to power.
Pakistan Today
March 3, 2017
She had been out of the country for schooling and work since the age of 15 in 1960, first living in India with her widowed mother who was a diplomat for the military junta, then to the US for schooling and work, to England where she married and had two ...
SFGate
March 3, 2017
Peace gathering: To denounce an incident in Kansas last month in which a man allegedly shot two natives of India and a third man after telling the Indian men to "get out of my country." One of the Indian men died. The gathering is from 1 to 4 p.m. at ...
SFGate (blog)
March 3, 2017
Peace gathering: To denounce an incident in Kansas last week in which a man allegedly shot two natives of India and a third man after telling the Indian men to "get out of my country." One of the Indian men died. The gathering is from 1 to 4 p.m. at ...
SFGate
March 2, 2017
Peace gathering: To denounce an incident in Kansas last week in which a man allegedly shot two natives of India and a third man after telling the Indian men to "get out of my country." One of the Indian men died. The gathering is from 1 to 4 p.m. at ...
WEEI.com
March 1, 2017
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SFGate
March 1, 2017
Peace gathering: To denounce an incident in Kansas last week in which a man allegedly shot two natives of India and a third man after telling the Indian men to "get out of my country." One of the Indian men died. The gathering is from 1 to 4 p.m. at ...
Socialist Project
February 28, 2017
The women who mobilized the January global protest against Trump are upping the ante with plans for a one-day women's general strike. They focus ... Under India's prime minister Indira Gandhi, millions of men and women were forcefully sterilized ...
