Chandigarh autorickshaw strike continues

August 20th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Mumbai terror attacks, the global financial meltdown and the swine flu scare have failed to deter foreign tourists from visiting Chandigarh in steadily increasing numbers, officials said Thursday. "Despite so many worldwide deterrents, there has been a significant increase in the number of foreign tourists coming to Chandigarh.

July 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Bus operators of private schools in the city continued their strike for the fourth day Monday against a government order making it mandatory for all such buses to install speed governors. Over 500 privately owned school buses were off the roads for the fourth day, posing problems to parents and school children.

July 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Private school bus operators, on strike for the past four days against a government order making speed governors mandatory in all buses, Monday evening called off their stir after the Chandigarh administration formed a committee to look into their demands. The bus operators' association agreed to install speed governors by Sep 30, the new deadline set by the administration.

June 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - This year's edition of Mumbai Xpress, an autorickshaw rally from here to Mumbai, is expected to raise Rs.25 lakhs for providing basic amenities in rural schools, its organisers said here Tuesday. "The funds raised will be used towards 10 projects along the rally route and will benefit over 20,000 students," said Aravind Bremanandam, managing director of Chennai Event Management Services, the lead organiser of the event.

April 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Akali Dal (Amritsar) nominee for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat Vensun Massey, whose papers had been rejected by the returning officer during scrutiny, Monday threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike if his nomination was not cleared in 24 hours. 'The cancellation of my nomination is politically motivated, as there are some parties, which do not want a Christian candidate to contest the elections from Chandigarh.

April 23rd, 2009 NOIDA - One person was killed when an autorickshaw collided with a dumper on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, police said Thursday. The accident occurred Wednesday night on the expressway when the speeding dumper collided with the autorickshaw, police said.

April 9th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - As many as 14 children aged between four to six years were critically injured here Thursday when the autorickshaw they were travelling in collided with a speeding car being driven by a teenage girl, the police said. The children, mostly studying in prep and kindergarten classes of the Ingraham Institute School at Raj Nagar were returning to their homes at around 11 a.m.

March 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Teachers of government and non-government colleges in Punjab and the union territory of Chandigarh went on a 72-hour strike Tuesday demanding higher pay. The 72-hour 'Education Bandh' was called by the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisation (PFUCTO) in support of their demand for implementation of the new notifications of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on pay scales for faculty.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - One person was killed and four others were injured here Wednesday when an autorickshaw collided head-on with a speeding car, the police said. According to police, Vinod, 45, and his two sons - Nitin, 22, and Nikhil, 24, were travelling in the autorickshaw when a Maruti Omni car rammed into it near the Moolchand flyover in south Delhi.

January 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Over 10,000 teachers of various government and private colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh observed a strike for two hours Thursday to press for their pay hike demand. The teachers are demanding the Punjab government to implement the new by the University Grants Commission (UGC) pay scale approved by the government Dec 31 last year.

January 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The panic button was pressed Friday when many petrol pumps of Chandigarh and its neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana went dry on the third day of the indefinite strike by officers of public sector oil companies. Long queues of harried customers carrying additional containers could be seen during the early hours of Friday at various filling stations even before the petrol pumps opened.

January 6th, 2009 NOIDA - At least three people were killed and four others injured in two separate accidents near here Wednesday, the police said. In the first accident, two people travelling in an autorickshaw which was coming from Vijay Nagar to Noida, were killed and four others injured after the autorickshaw was hit by a State Roadways bus around 12 a.m.

January 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The truck operators' nationwide strike entered its second day Tuesday, leading to an anticipated shortage of vegetables and other essential commodities here and the neighbouring towns of Mohali and Panchkula. Thousands of trucks from Punjab and Haryana, as in the rest of the country, went off the roads midnight of Sunday-Monday following a strike call given by India's apex transporters' body, the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC).

January 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Local traders Monday threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Wednesday if barricades and checkpoints put up at entry points of the vegetables and grain market here are not removed. Representatives of various market associations also joined the grain market committee Monday to raise slogans against Chandigarh administrator S.F.

January 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR - With truck operators beginning their nationwide strike, shortage of vegetables and other essential commodities is expected in markets across India. Thousands of trucks from Punjab and Haryana went off the roads midnight Sunday following a strike call given by the transporters' body, the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC).