Can you be fired from job despite achieving your annual target? Know what the labour law saysMeeting annual targets doesn't guarantee job security in the private sector. Labour laws, particularly the Industrial Disputes Act, offer p...
11 May, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
Boss blames engineer after office workstation running nonstop for years suddenly fails; company now demands over $5,000 for ‘negligent damage’A Reddit post from an Illinois-based mechanical engineer is drawing attention after he claimed his employer attempted to charge him $5,200 ...
10 May, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
No Supreme Court order on TMC plea as Election Commission assures counting rules complianceThe Supreme Court has closed a case regarding vote counting supervisors for West Bengal elections. The Election Commission assured the cour...
02 May, 2026, 11.10 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee storms EVM strongroom; TMC, BJP trade tampering chargesKolkata streets saw tension after West Bengal Assembly polls. Trinamool Congress staged a protest alleging EVM irregularities in strongroom...
01 May, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
Vedanta Chhattisgarh power plant blast: Death toll rises to 23The death toll from a blast at the Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district has risen to 23. Two more workers died from their i...
18 Apr, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Naveen Jindal backs Vedanta chair Anil Agarwal, questions FIR in Chhattisgarh boiler blast probeLok Sabha MP Naveen Jindal voiced support for Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal. Jindal questioned Agarwal's naming in an FIR following a fatal...
18 Apr, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin announces 20% bonus and ex-gratia for PSU workers ahead of DiwaliTamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin announced a 20% bonus and ex-gratia for 'C' and 'D' category workers in state PSUs. He also flagged off 26 vehicl...
06 Oct, 2025, 02.09 PM IST
Coal India worker unions call for 1-day strike on August 18 against divestmentLeaders of federations affiliated to five central trade unions of BMS, HMS, AITUC, CITU and INTUC held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss th...
15 Jul, 2020, 08.59 PM IST
RSS-affiliated trade union plans agitation against government PSU policiesBMS, the RSS-affiliated trade union is planning hold a large agitation in New Delhi in January 2020, to oppose government policy of disinve...
24 Sep, 2019, 12.49 PM IST
Coal unions' talks with Piyush Goyal stay inconclusiveThe meeting of unions with Coal Minister Piyush Goyal remained "inconclusive" after the latter directed the Coal India management to furthe...
14 Mar, 2016, 08.55 PM IST
Strike would not impact coal production: Piyush GoyalCoal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said that the nation-wide strike called today would not impact coal production much and there is suffi...
02 Sep, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
Bank unions defer proposed 4-day strikeThe unions had deferred one-day strike scheduled for January 7 as IBA improved the wage hike offer to 12.5 per cent from 11 per cent earlie...
19 Jan, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
PSU workers may be allowed to participate in decision-making processThe policy proposal, an initiative of the labour ministry, is expected to be initially confined to state-run enterprises, but its scope cou...
20 Oct, 2014, 06.51 AM IST
Vizag HPCL refinery fire: Death toll climbs to nineThe death toll in the massive fire at state-run Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) refinery-cum-petrochemical complex here has risen to nine.
26 Aug, 2013, 05.23 PM IST
Vizag HPCL refinery fire: Death toll climbs to nineAt present, 34 injured workers are being treated in various corporate hospitals across the city. While four injured have been airlifted to ...
26 Aug, 2013, 05.11 PM IST
- PSUs threaten stir over wage deadlock
The workers, backed by trade unions, are demanding a five-year settlement and higher increments.
26 Aug, 2009, 01.01 AM IST
- Govt okays wage negotiations for PSU workers
The government on Monday empowered the managements of central PSUs to negotiate the wage structure with unionised workers from January next...
16 Oct, 2006, 04.10 PM IST