Bombay Informer

Although traders in Mumbai called off their strike against Local Body Tax, traders in the city seem to be in no mood to call off their protest even for Akshaya Tritiya, one of the Hindu auspicious days in the year. To buy gold on Akshay Tritiya is said to be a good omen. No glitter: [...]

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Wholesalers in the city would continue to observe bandh against the local body tax (LBT) even as associations representing retailers called off their strike yesterday. Full News here – dna: Mumbai News

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“We have called off the retailers strike because of the various requests from retailers and consumers from several areas due to festival period and Akshaya Tritiya,” said Viren Shah, president of FRTWA. Full News here – dna: Mumbai News

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Mumbai : Over 50,000 retail and wholesale pharmacists and chemists in Maharashtra Friday joined the all-India strike called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists Associations (AIOCDA) in support of various demands, a top official said. Around 7,500 retail and wholesale pharmacists from Mumbai are also taking part in the nationwide agitation involving around [...]

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Mumbai  :  Banking activities here remained paralysed and most businesses were shut too Tuesday, day two of the indefinite strike called by over 1.5 million traders and manufacturers to protest the Maharashtra’s government’s local body tax (LBT) in lieu of octroi. Millions of customers were inconvenienced as neighbourhood retail shops, wholesale trading in clothes, electronics, [...]

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The city may face a shortage of essential commodities such as grocery, vegetables and milk from Wednesday if traders continue with their indefinite strike, which began on Monday. Full News here – dna: Mumbai News

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Mumbai  :  Millions of Mumbaikars could go hungry Monday as around 20,000 hotels, restaurants, licenced tea and snacks outlets as well as ubiquitous vada-paav stalls go on strike to protest the new service tax (ST). “In Mumbai, around 18,000-20,000 hotels and restaurants have expressed solidarity with the move to protest the new ST on fully [...]

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Resident doctors from across the state continued to strike for the third consecutive day despite the Bombay High Court’s order asking them to return to work. On Thursday, they received a notice from the state government at 7 am, stating they… Full News here – City : Mumbai Mirror

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"We have called for an indefinite trade bandh and all wholesale and semi-wholesale markets will remain closed in Maharashtra from April 22 against LBT and LPT," Federation Association of Maharashtra (FAM) President Mohan Gurnani said in Mumbai. The Maharashtra government had imposed LBT in lieu of Octroi from April 1 this year across the state [...]

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Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, the alleged handler of the LeT terrorists who carried out the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, has threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike till he is moved out of solitary confinement in the Arthur Road Jail… Full News here – City : Mumbai Mirror

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MUMBAI: Senior citizens residing in the older MHADA colonies have decided to go on a day long hunger strike on April 15 at Azad Maidan to protest discrimination by the authority while allowing redevelopment. Sunil Furtado, a member of the Janhit Association that is fighting for redevelopment rights of the old MHADA colonies, said their [...]

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border near Gorakhpur and recovering explosive material, hand grenades and an AK-56 rifle from a hotel in the Jama Masjid area. Highly placed sources told TOI that Hizbul cadres were planning a massive firing and bombing attack at two prominent Delhi… Full News here – The Times of India (Mumbai edition)

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If the upcoming school exams weren’t stressful enough, parents now have one more thing to worry about: the possibility of private school buses going on strike from April 1 during exam time. The final decision on the strike will be made on March 28, but if it does happen, it will be an all-India movement. [...]

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Violence broke out in different parts of India on Wednesday as labour unions began a two-day strike to demand measures to check inflation, generate jobs, universal social security, make the minimum wage Rs10,000 per month and enforce labour… Full News here – Top Stories: Mumbai Mirror

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Mumbai: The administrative machinery of the state government is all geared up to tackle the strike called by labour unions on February 20 and 21, Maharashtra chief secretary J K Banthia said here Full News here – Sify.com

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