Goa Strike Called Off

Daily commuters, office goers and students in Goa suffered as private bus operators stayed off roads across the state on Wednesday on the second day of the 48-hour nationwide trade strike called against the Centre's alleged anti-workerpolicies.

Goa has stopped bus services to neighbouring Karnataka after farmers and pro Kannada groups called a dawn to dusk bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute.Chief of the Goa government-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), Deryk Natto told news agency PTI, that "bus services to Karnataka have been suspended due to the bandh cal...

In a stern warning to striking tourist taxi operators, Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Friday said if the "illegal" strike is not withdrawn by Saturday, the state government will invite taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to operate in Goa.

Nearly 15,000 taxi owners and auto-rickshaws in Goa today called off their strike after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar assured them to take action against illegal rent-a-cab and related businesses.

Goa's tourist taxi operators on Tuesday ended their two-day strike, but threatened to launch a protest again within a day if their demands were not met by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

Daily commuters, office goers and students in Goa suffered as private bus operators stayed off roads across the state on Wednesday on the second day of the 48-hour nationwide trade strike called against the Centre's alleged anti-workerpolicies.

Goa has stopped bus services to neighbouring Karnataka after farmers and pro Kannada groups called a dawn to dusk bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute.Chief of the Goa government-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), Deryk Natto told news agency PTI, that "bus services to Karnataka have been suspended due to the bandh cal...

In a stern warning to striking tourist taxi operators, Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Friday said if the "illegal" strike is not withdrawn by Saturday, the state government will invite taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to operate in Goa.

Nearly 15,000 taxi owners and auto-rickshaws in Goa today called off their strike after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar assured them to take action against illegal rent-a-cab and related businesses.

Goa's tourist taxi operators on Tuesday ended their two-day strike, but threatened to launch a protest again within a day if their demands were not met by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.