1998 Good Friday Agreement: What is it and who signed it? Here’s all you need to knowThe 1998 Good Friday Agreement was signed between the pro-Ireland and pro-United Kingdom populace of Northern Ireland. Here’s all about it.
17 Dec, 2022, 01.59 AM IST
UK delays calling Northern Ireland election amid Brexit impasseThe limbo means more uncertainty and delays to government decision-making at a time when many people in Northern Ireland are struggling wit...
28 Oct, 2022, 10.10 PM IST
Brexit talks between EU, UK to resume after 9-month lull? Find out hereHopes for a resumption of Brexit talks between United Kingdom and European Union have finally been raised after Northern Ireland Minister C...
05 Sep, 2022, 05.49 PM IST
UK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; European Union calls it illegalBritish unionists there say the checks are fraying the bonds between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K., seen by some unionists as a...
27 Jun, 2022, 01.30 PM IST
Stir in Visakhapatnam opposing steel plant saleWorkers, under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee, staged a demonstration outside the main gate of the VSP, raising slogans against th...
28 Mar, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
Senior CPI leader C A Kurian diesVeteran CPI leader, trade unionist and former Deputy Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly, C A Kurian, died at his residence in Munnar on...
20 Mar, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
Veteran CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty dies of COVID-19 at a hospital in KolkataChakraborty, the three-time transport minister of West Bengal from 1982 to 1996, was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for ...
06 Aug, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
George Fernandes a political colossus, says Arun JaitleyFernandes, who served as defence minister between 1998 and 2004, died Tuesday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 88.
30 Jan, 2019, 04.00 PM IST
George Fernandes rose above identity divide to leave an indelible mark on national politicsAn active trade unionist, he was involved in the railway strike in 1974, which disrupted train services across the country and invited a ma...
29 Jan, 2019, 12.16 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi condoles demise of MP Praveen Rashtrapal76-year-old Rashtrapal, a Congress member of the Upper House from Modi's home state Gujarat, died here this morning after suffering a massi...
12 May, 2016, 01.48 PM IST
Lee Kuan Yew helped in financial development of ethnic Indian communityLee, the city-state's prime minister for 31 years and widely respected as the architect of Singapore's prosperity, died of severe pneumonia...
29 Mar, 2015, 06.54 PM IST
Govt to consider unions' reservations in EPF Act amendmentsThe move was proposed under the amendments to the Employees' Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act.
11 Feb, 2015, 09.32 PM IST
Journalist, trade unionist Vasant Pradhan passes awayPradhan began his journalistic career in Chitra, a Marathi daily and later became its Editor. He joined Loksatta in 1969 and retired in 198...
02 Feb, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
Barrackpore: Ex-pilot, trade unionist, ex-IPS officer in fray for Lok Sabha seatsIndustrial belt is witnessing a riveting fight among seasoned politician, a trade unionist, lawyer and retired IPS officer
10 May, 2014, 02.56 PM IST
- CPI leader SS Thyagarajan passes away
The 73-year-old bachelor, also the AITUC Vice President, breathed his last following old-age related problems, the sources said.
24 Nov, 2013, 01.32 AM IST
- EPFO fails to fix interest rate, wants Finance Ministry to decide issue
Amid differences between representatives of employees and employers, the EPFO failed to take a decision on the interest rate to be paid.
23 Dec, 2011, 06.19 PM IST
- 144 trade union activists killed globally in 2006: ITUC
The number of activists killed rose to 144 from 115 in 2005, while 800 were injured or tortured and more than 5,000 arrested and 500 jailed.
18 Sep, 2007, 10.00 AM IST