SC has asked lawyers to get back to work by Wednesday. Demands of the lawyers on strike include setting up of a permanent bench of HC in Sambalpur & enhancement of welfare funds.
The strike, against the Modi govt's move to open up the coal sector to privatisation, is set to be observed by 2.72 lakh workers across multiple unions.
Public transport buses in Mumbai have been off roads as employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) undertaking have been on strike...
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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