Chandigarh’s school bus operators call off strike

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is mulling a uniform licence fee for various services offered by telecom operators, a top official said here Monday. "The DoT (Department of Telecommunications) is considering implementing a uniform licence fee," said Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura at a conference organised by the Internet Service Providers Association of India.

August 15th, 2009 SF rail union, management to resume negotiationsOAKLAND, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system and the union representing its station agents and train operators are resuming negotiations to try to avert a strike Monday.

July 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Commercial vehicle operators will go on an indefinite strike in the city from Friday, after a meeting between the strikers and the West Bengal government failed to break a deadlock over the decision to ban all commercial vehicles that are over 15 years old. With the government expressing its determination to implement a high court order banning such vehicles, at least 17 associations of commercial vehicle operators declined to withdraw the indefinite transport strike call.

July 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - At least 17 associations of commercial vehicle operators in West Bengal will go on indefinite strike from Friday, to protest the state government's decision to ban all commercial vehicles that are over 15 years old. "We're sticking to our stand to call the strike if the state government does not pay any attention to our interests," said Sarnakamal Saha of Kolkata Metropolitian Bus and Minibus Owners' Association.

July 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - At least 17 associations of commercial vehicle operators Sunday called for an indefinite strike from July 24 to protest the state government's decision to ban all commercial vehicles that are over 15 years old. "We've called this strike as the state government has paid no heed to our interests.

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 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Hundreds of students here were affected as nearly 500 private schools buses went off the roads Friday against the administration's decision to fine and impound any buses plying without speed governors. The administration had given time till July 10 to bus operators for installation of speed governors.

June 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Chandigarh administration is all set to launch an exclusive bus service for government school kids by next month. This service - the first in the country - is being offered to them at a subsidized rate compared to private school buses.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom watchdog has asked mobile telephony operators to prevent network congestion and ensure calls by subscribers do not get disconnected abruptly. Taking note of complaints regarding what are called 'call drops', the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has written to telecom operators to ensure deficiency in service does not inconvenience subscribers.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chaos took over the capital's roads Friday morning, with serpentine queues outside the few petrol pumps that had not run dry spilling over on to roads and creating major traffic snarls that forced every motorist to waste more fuel. With no end in sight to the strike by officials in public sector oil companies for more pay and by truck operators for cheaper diesel and tyres, panicky residents scrambled to stock up on fuel and vegetables.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday urged the central government to further reduce the price of diesel and take other immediate steps to end the truck operators' strike, which the party said has 'disrupted transport of supplies'. The transporters are protesting the government reluctance so far to reduce the diesel price by 'at least Rs.10 a litre' - as the truckers want - against the Rs.2 a litre now, and steep road taxes.

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 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Nearly 70 percent of trucks in West Bengal remained off the road, while none of the 15,000 trucks, scheduled to go out of the state daily, moved on the second day of the nationwide strike Tuesday. The indefinite strike was called by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC).

January 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Airline operators Tuesday said they have a contingency plan with oil companies for uninterrupted supply of aviation fuel to tide over any crisis if oil sector employees go on strike. The Oil Sector Officers' Association (OSOA), an umbrella organisation representing 45,000 oil sector employees, has threatened strike from Wednesday demanding higher wages.

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).