Unions plot Jaitley's eviction from George's house

In the good old days, Janata Dal-United Rajya Sabha member George Fernandes, now caught in a crossfire between two warring families, rejected all material gains that were accrued from his status as......

Mumbai: BMC calls off strike move

The strike by a section of employees of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for a pay hike was called off on Tuesday evening following "positive assurance" on the issue from the Maharashtra......

Civic employees in Mumbai on strike

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation staff, owing allegiance to the Municipal Mazdoor Union led by Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Rao, went on a strike on Tuesday demanding salaries on the......

'I was imprisoned in the phansi yard'

'I was told to go to the next room and strip -- that's when it really hits you for the first time... that you are a criminal and you are being treated like one.''It comes as a shock when, instead......

Mumbai mill owners move SC on land use

Led by the National Textiles Corporation, a handful of textile mills have moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court's order halting the development of mills' properties in the......

Trade unions denounce SC ban on strikes

The Supreme Court's order that government employees have no fundamental, legal or moral right to go on strike has raised the hackles of trade unions."Workers don't enjoy going on strike, but they......

Money, after a long wait

Manohar Naik, 59, is convinced that 2003 holds much promise for him and his family. In December 2002, the 36-year veteran of the Mafatlal-owned Standard Mills, located in central Mumbai, received......