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Industrial Relations Code clear attempt to diminish role of trade unions, says RSS affiliate

The Industrial Relations Code is one of three laws aimed at effecting labour reforms that were passed by Parliament Wednesday. It seeks to amend laws relating to trade unions.

Coal India trade unions including RSS-affiliate BMS on 3-day strike as talks with govt fail

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.

Dada Samant, trade union leader who lived in the shadow of younger brother Datta

91-year-old Dada Samant committed suicide in Mumbai Friday, blaming ‘prolonged illness’ in a note. Police have registered a case of accidental death.

Violence erupts in Bengal as strikers enforce bandh, 55 arrested in Kolkata

Protesters blocked a major road in Malda district, set tyres on fire, ransacked government buses and torched several vehicles, including a police van.

Banking services hit as employees join nationwide strike by trade unions

Unions participating in the call for a nationwide strike said they were opposing govt policies on bank mergers, privatisation, fee hike and wage-related issues.

Central trade unions go on one-day nationwide strike over rising prices, PSU stake sale

Members of AITUC, INTUC, CITU and others are participating in the strike. Several sectoral independent federations have also joined in.

Govt warns employees of ‘consequences’ as trade unions call for strike on 8 January

The Central Trade Union and their affiliates have called for a nationwide general strike on 8 January to protest against some of the government's 'anti-people' policies.

Indian trade unions: united in labour cause, divided over RSS ideology

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh skipped conclave backed by 10 central trade unions, plans separate rally on 17 November.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.