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Maharashtra Power Companies' Employees Go On 72-Hour Strike
Thousands of employees of three state-owned power companies went on a 72-hour strike on Wednesday to protest against the privatisation of power firms even as the government invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA).
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UP Sacked Over 500 Ambulance Workers By Imposing Law: Priyanka Gandhi
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government sacked more than 500 workers by imposing Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).
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UP Government Invokes ESMA, Bans Strike In State Universities Till June 2019
The Uttar Pradesh government Monday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), banning any strike in the services of the state universities and affiliated colleges till June 2019.
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Electricity "Essential", Delhi Invokes ESMA As Power Employees To Strike
Ahead of a proposed strike called by electricity employees in Delhi, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), declaring the supply and distribution of electricity as "essential"
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No Such Proposal To Bring Delhi University Under ESMA: HRD Official
There is no such proposal to bring Delhi University under ESMA or Essential Services Maintenance Act, says a Ministry of Human Resource Development official.
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Delhi University Teachers Denounce UGC's ESMA Circular, Call It 'Attack On Democratic Rights'
According to DUTA, the circular is exploring the 'possible alterations that may dissolve the University's institutional autonomy and suspend the democratic rights of its academic community'.
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ESMA Act Imposed In Four Himachal Districts, As Ambulance Services Strike
The Essential Services Maintenance (ESMA) Act was imposed in four districts of Himachal Pradesh today, following a strike by the employees of the 108 and 102 ambulance services.
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Rajasthan Doctors On 1-Day Mass Leave, Government Invokes ESMA
Government doctors in the state went on a one-day mass leave today to press for their long-pending demands, prompting the government to invoke the Rajasthan Essential Services Maintenance Act (RESMA) for three months.
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BEST Buses Go Off Mumbai Roads As Workers Strike Over Salaries
The Maharashtra government has warned of invoking Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act or MESMA, 2011 against the employees who go on strike.
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Nurses Strike Hits Delhi Hospitals, As Government Cracks Down
Over 20,000 nurses in government hospitals in Delhi on Friday went on an indefinite agitation to press for higher salary and allowances, even as the government decided to crack down on the agitation by invoking the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them.
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Why Government Employees In Karnataka Say They Are Unhappy
Lakhs of government employees in Karnataka stayed away from work today demanding equal pay with workers in the Union government. They want the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission and say there is a huge difference between what a state and a central government employee earns.
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Strike By Lifeguards In Goa Enters Fourth Day
The strike by lifeguards in Goa over the demand for regularisation of services entered its fourth day today even as the private agency engaged to provide lifeguard services termed their move "unjustifiable".
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Resident Doctors in Delhi Call Off 2-day Long Strike
Doctors in the national capital called off their two-day long strike tonight, hours after Delhi government invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them to normalise the functioning of the hospitals run by it.
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Delhi Government Plans Invoking ESMA as Doctors' Strike Enters Second Day
Delhi government is planning to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to force an end to the strike by government doctors that continued to paralyse health services in the national capital for the second day today.
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Bus Drivers Call Off Strike After Delhi Government Evokes ESMA
Drivers of the Delhi Transport Cooperation (DTC) today called off their strike protesting the killing of a fellow driver by a biker after the AAP government imposed the Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA).
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Maharashtra Power Companies' Employees Go On 72-Hour Strike
Thousands of employees of three state-owned power companies went on a 72-hour strike on Wednesday to protest against the privatisation of power firms even as the government invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA).
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UP Sacked Over 500 Ambulance Workers By Imposing Law: Priyanka Gandhi
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government sacked more than 500 workers by imposing Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).
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UP Government Invokes ESMA, Bans Strike In State Universities Till June 2019
The Uttar Pradesh government Monday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), banning any strike in the services of the state universities and affiliated colleges till June 2019.
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Electricity "Essential", Delhi Invokes ESMA As Power Employees To Strike
Ahead of a proposed strike called by electricity employees in Delhi, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), declaring the supply and distribution of electricity as "essential"
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No Such Proposal To Bring Delhi University Under ESMA: HRD Official
There is no such proposal to bring Delhi University under ESMA or Essential Services Maintenance Act, says a Ministry of Human Resource Development official.
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Delhi University Teachers Denounce UGC's ESMA Circular, Call It 'Attack On Democratic Rights'
According to DUTA, the circular is exploring the 'possible alterations that may dissolve the University's institutional autonomy and suspend the democratic rights of its academic community'.
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ESMA Act Imposed In Four Himachal Districts, As Ambulance Services Strike
The Essential Services Maintenance (ESMA) Act was imposed in four districts of Himachal Pradesh today, following a strike by the employees of the 108 and 102 ambulance services.
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Rajasthan Doctors On 1-Day Mass Leave, Government Invokes ESMA
Government doctors in the state went on a one-day mass leave today to press for their long-pending demands, prompting the government to invoke the Rajasthan Essential Services Maintenance Act (RESMA) for three months.
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BEST Buses Go Off Mumbai Roads As Workers Strike Over Salaries
The Maharashtra government has warned of invoking Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act or MESMA, 2011 against the employees who go on strike.
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Nurses Strike Hits Delhi Hospitals, As Government Cracks Down
Over 20,000 nurses in government hospitals in Delhi on Friday went on an indefinite agitation to press for higher salary and allowances, even as the government decided to crack down on the agitation by invoking the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them.
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Why Government Employees In Karnataka Say They Are Unhappy
Lakhs of government employees in Karnataka stayed away from work today demanding equal pay with workers in the Union government. They want the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission and say there is a huge difference between what a state and a central government employee earns.
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Strike By Lifeguards In Goa Enters Fourth Day
The strike by lifeguards in Goa over the demand for regularisation of services entered its fourth day today even as the private agency engaged to provide lifeguard services termed their move "unjustifiable".
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Resident Doctors in Delhi Call Off 2-day Long Strike
Doctors in the national capital called off their two-day long strike tonight, hours after Delhi government invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them to normalise the functioning of the hospitals run by it.
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Delhi Government Plans Invoking ESMA as Doctors' Strike Enters Second Day
Delhi government is planning to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to force an end to the strike by government doctors that continued to paralyse health services in the national capital for the second day today.
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Bus Drivers Call Off Strike After Delhi Government Evokes ESMA
Drivers of the Delhi Transport Cooperation (DTC) today called off their strike protesting the killing of a fellow driver by a biker after the AAP government imposed the Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA).
