Banking services hit for second day in India (Lead)
August 23rd, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Banking services were paralysed for a second straight day Thursday as almost one million employees of public and private sector banks struck work protesting against ... Read more...
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Bank strike hits financial sector in India (Roundup)
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Banking transactions across India were severely affected Wednesday as employees of most public sector banks and some private and foreign banks went on a two-day ... Read more...
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Banking activities paralysed as strike begins
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Business and commercial activities across India were paralysed Wednesday as employees of public sector and private banks went on a two-day strike to protest proposed amendments ... Read more...
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Bank employees to go on strike Aug 22-23
August 21st, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A section of employees of the government-run banks plan to go on two-day country wide strike beginning Wednesday to protest proposed amendments in banking regulation ... Read more...
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Two-day bank strike from Wednesday
August 20th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) All business and commercial activities across the country are likely to be crippled as the entire banking industry employees would go on a two-day strike starting ... Read more...
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Top executives of PSU banks are outside service rules
May 19th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) The country's top civil servants are subject to service/conduct/disciplinary rules, but top honchos of government-owned banks are not.In response to a query under the Right to ... Read more...
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Strike doesn’t affect life in Tamil Nadu
February 28th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 28 (IANS) Normal life in Tamil Nadu was not affected by the 24-hour nation-wide strike called by 11 trade unions Tuesday, with buses and trains running as ... Read more...
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Banking sector bears brunt of strike
February 28th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) State-owned banks were the worst hit Tuesday as nearly eight lakh government employees went on a nationwide strike called by 11 major trade unions, ... Read more...
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Peaceful start to general strike in Maharashtra
February 28th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Employees of banks, insurance companies, central government and local bodies as well as workers in several private industries joined a 24-hour all India strike of various ... Read more...
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Trade unions call nationwide strike Tuesday
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) All business and commercial activities are likely to be paralysed next Tuesday following a nationwide strike call by 11 trade unions.The strike would involve around 45 ... Read more...
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Bank employees oppose Kingfisher bailout
November 16th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Opposing the bailout of Kingfisher Airlines, the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) Wednesday urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to first recover loans given ... Read more...
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‘Probe conversion of Kingfisher loan into equity’
November 15th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 15 (IANS) Demanding a parliamentary probe into the manner in which government banks converted their loans to Kingfisher Airlines into equity at a higher price than the market ... Read more...
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‘Occupy Dalal Street Movement’ protestors detained
November 4th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) At least 29 people were detained Friday as they gathered on Dalal Street - where the country's premier bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange is located - ... Read more...
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‘Occupy Dalal Street’ protest Friday
November 1st, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Bank employees here will protest Friday on the Dalal Street - where the country's premier bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange, is located - following New York's ... Read more...
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Bank staff begin 72-hour march to Mumbai
October 30th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Pen, Oct 30 (IANS) Thousands of citizens along with employees of Pen Urban Cooperative Bank from Maharashtra's Raigad district Sunday started a march to chief minister's bungalow in Mumbai to ... Read more...
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Staff strike hits banks operations in Karnataka
August 5th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 5 (IANS) State-run banks remained shut across Karnataka Friday as thousands of employees began a daylong strike against privatisation and entry of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the ... Read more...
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Mixed response to strike in Maharashtra
September 7th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Mumbai commuters suffered as autorickshaw drivers' unions joined a nationwide strike Tuesday even as the rest of Maharashtra was relatively unaffected by the agitation called by eight ... Read more...
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Mumbai commuters hit as autos join nationwide strike
September 7th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Commuters rushing to their workplaces Tuesday morning were badly hit as a section of auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers joined the nationwide labour strike called by various trade unions.
While ... Read more...
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Bank staffs call one-day strike Tuesday
September 6th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Banking services are likely to remain affected Tuesday as about one million bank employees plan to go on a one-day strike against a host of issues, including foreign ... Read more...
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Bank employees to strike on Sept 7 over private banks getting new licences
August 31st, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Aug 31 (ANI): Public sector bank employees will go on a nation-wide strike on September 7 in protest over granting of new licences to private sector banks.The employees are also demanding ... Read more...
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Bank, insurance employees to join Sep.7 all India strike
August 23rd, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) Banking activities across the country could be affected Sep. 7 as employees of state-run banks have threatened to join the day-long general strike called to highlight issues affecting ... Read more...
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Bank employees in Rajasthan to strike work Monday
June 18th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Banking operations in Rajasthan are set to be paralysed Monday with all bank employees threatening to boycott work in support of the three-day strike by Bank of Rajasthan ... Read more...
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Bank of Rajasthan employees protest against merger with ICICI
June 5th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, June 5 (ANI): Over 4200 employees of Bank of Rajasthan began a two-day nationwide strike here on Friday to protest the bank's management proposal to merge with the ICICI Bank.The ... Read more...
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Bank of Rajasthan staff protest merger with ICICI Bank
June 4th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) Over 4,300 employees of the Bank of Rajasthan Friday started a two-day all-India strike in protest over its proposed take-over by the ICICI Bank, a union office-bearer ... Read more...
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United Bank employees protest IPO
February 23rd, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Around 7,500 employees of the United Bank of India (UBI) Tuesday struck work to protest the initial public offer (IPO) of the bank.
The public sector bank is divesting ... Read more...
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Nationwide bank strike affects bank operations
December 16th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Dec. 16 (ANI): The day-long nationwide strike by public sector bank employee unions to protest against the move by the Central government to merge public sector banks affected banking operations ... Read more...
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Indian bank staff strike work but people able to draw money (Roundup)
December 16th, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Banking operations across the country were affected Wednesday, as an estimated 450,000 workers of state-run and private banks proceeded on a daylong strike, although people were able ... Read more...
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Bank staff in nationwide strike but people able to draw money (Lead)
December 16th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Banking operations across the country were affected Wednesday, as an estimated 450,000 workers of state-run and private banks proceeded on a day-long strike, although people were able ... Read more...
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Bank-strike disturbs services all over the country
December 16th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): Dissenting the proposed merger of the State Bank of Indore with its parent State Bank of India (SBI), the bank employess have gone on a one-day ... Read more...
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Bank employees across India go on strike
December 16th, 2009 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) Around 450,000 bank employees of both public sector and private sector banks across the country went on a strike Wednesday, paralysing banking services. They were opposing the ... Read more...
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Bank employees to strike work Wednesday
December 15th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) Employees of state-run banks throughout the country will go on a one-day strike Wednesday to protest against a proposed move to consolidate public sector banks.
The strike call has ... Read more...
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Bank employees stage protest in New Delhi, Kolkata
August 6th, 2009 - 9:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi / Kolkata, Aug 6 (ANI): Bank employees in the national capital took to streets on Thursday following the nationwide strike, which was announced after talks between the United Forum ... Read more...
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Across India, bank employees go on two-day strike (Roundup)
August 6th, 2009 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Nearly one million bank employees in India, including some with private and foreign banks, went on a two-day nationwide strike Thursday demanding higher wages and a ... Read more...
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Indian bank employees go on two-day strike
August 6th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Nearly one million bank employees in India, including some with private and foreign banks, went on a two-day nationwide strike Thursday demanding higher wages and a ... Read more...
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Bank union wary of divestment plans
July 6th, 2009 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 6 (IANS) Despite assurance by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday that state-owned undertakings in the banking and insurance sectors will not be privatised, a leading bank employees union is ... Read more...
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