Air India given Rs700 cr more to pay for fuel
While Air India’s striking pilots remain on a hungerstrike, the government Wednesday granted a fresh equity infusion of Rs700 crores to the national carrier.
Sources said this would ensure the airlin
3 striking AI pilots hospitalised
Three striking Air India pilots were hospitalised on Wednesday as their condition worsened on the fourth day of their indefinite fast demanding withdrawal of sack orders against 101 pilots and better
AI pilots to go on indefinite hunger-strike from Sunday
Upping the ante after their agitation entered the 47th day, Air India pilots on Saturday decided to start indefinite hunger-strike here from Sunday to highlight their demands relating to career progre
AI loses around Rs 500 cr, extends contingency plan till July
Cash-strapped Air India has suffered a loss of around Rs 500 crore due to the 45-day-old pilots' strike, forcing the airline management to extend its curtailed international flight plan till July 31.
Normal life disrupted in Kashmir due to strike
Normal life in Kashmir was disrupted on Monday due to a strike called by hardline Hurriyat Conference to commemorate those killed in the summer agitation of 2010.
Shops and business establishments i
Strike: Air India to hire new pilots
With the strike by union pilots flying Air India’s global routes nearing a month’s completion, Air India is firming up plans to hire pilots for operating its international flig-hts on a contract basis
Doctors stage demo, demand police protection
Even as the strike by the junior doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi government general hospital entered the third day, the protest gained momentum as all the junior doctors at the government medical college
Junior docs on strike for second day
The junior doctors at Rajiv Gandhi government general hospital continued their strike for the second consecutive day demanding protection and the arrest of attendants who had attacked the duty doctors
Maoist strike hits Chhattisgarh
A shutdown called by Maoists crippled life in parts of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, with the rebels resorting to firing and putting up road blocks besides killing a trader.
Most of the disturbances wer
No vindictive action, come for talks: Govt to AI pilots
On the eighth day of Air India strike, Government on Tuesday promised to hear the pilots' grievances unconditionally and appealed to them to return to work as the 'almost bankrupt' airline had already