The court was hearing the plea filed against the arrest of the rights activists -- Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha -- in the case.
'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and other finance ministry officials have reached the last leg of pre-Budget consultations.
Minal Gadling, in her petition, claimed that all the arrested five, including her husband, have been in a false and mala fide way implicated in the case even when there was no involvement on their part in any such activity.
'We know that if the IT industry goes on strike even for a day or two, the repercussions will be international, and we will suffer as a country.' 'We don't want that to happen.'
As a nationwide strike of trade unions hit banking and other services on Wednesday, business chambers pegged the loss to the economy at a staggering Rs 25,000 crore and said such "disruptive" actions can hit India's image as an attractive business destination.
Currently, industries with up to 100 workers were allowed to do this.
The meeting with economists and financial experts has been called off due to pressing engagements of the finance minister.
State of Air India reveals one of the sorriest aspects of Indian public life.
The issue arose after TCS dismissed hundreds of employees in January 2015, leading to the formation of the IT Employees Wing supported by the NDLF.
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The clout of Aituc and other unions in Haryana's automobile heartland will depend crucially on whether they manage to get a foothold in the country's largest car company.
Any people's movement without a well-defined ideology and organised structure will always lead to chaos and anarchy, says Dr Abhijit Vaidya, founder of Arogya Sena
EPFO had started investing ETFs in August last year.
Daily wagers are running out of resources, including ration and cash, and the state governments might not be able to sustain their needs for a longer period of time, given the lockdown has already been extended until May 3.
In the factory, workers said Friday was the last day as far as production was concerned.
The EPFO has about 5 crore (50 million) subscribers and the decision will have a bearing on their retirement fund.
'The rule for millennials is: You can have a career for life.' 'You have to constantly adapt to the needs of the industry to stay relevant.' 'The jobs will be the same, but the skill sets required will be different.' 'Technology will dominate the nature of jobs available in the future.'
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There is no doubt that archaic labour laws governing employment of contract labour have fanned tensions at the workplace and need to be amended.
'We want the government to provide job security for all these workers,' says E S N Reddy, district general secretary of CITU.
On September 7, the trade unions have called a dawn to dusk bandh to protest against rise in price of daily commodities and, once again, fuel price hikes.
What unfolded on the streets of Cairo over the last few weeks could happen in Pakistan as well if the United States does not handle the Raymond Davis case more sensitively, warns senior analyst B Raman.
Ussue will be raised at the meeting of the Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation on Tuesday.
As the nation woke up to images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi splashed across the front page of newspapers by Reliance Industries to announce the launch of its 4G services, Shiv Sena's Member of Parliament from South Mumbai, Arvind Sawant, was not impressed.
In a quick chat with rediff.com's Shobha Warrier before he started his campaign in Palakkad, VS claims that all is well between him and Vijayan.
Still the Reserve Bank of India will operate as usual and can provide funds via its overnight repo window, traders also said.
According to new proposal for amendements in the labour law, a worker will be allowed to object to being laid off within three years, against no clear period specified in the law now.
Wealth management seems to have moved from family office solutions to CXO office solutions.
A section of employees of auto-maker, Hyundai Motor India went on a flash strike at the company's production unit at nearby Sriperumbudur on Monday, demanding reinstating over 60 employees dismissed last year on grounds of ''unruly practices.''
Workers of SNCF will be on strike for two days out of five every week for three months.
Coal India employees, who were barred by their unions from buying shares during the mega-IPO last year, may after all get another opportunity.
The strike will be observed in all government departments, local bodies, hospitals, including OPDs and schools and colleges, he said, adding emergency services have also been included in the strike.
He has also convened the first meeting of the extended CWC on July 22 to chalk out the party's future strategy.
Desai led a walkout of the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in the summer of 1976 in an attempt to convince managers to recognise a unionised workforce.
He indicated that the government was looking into the problems of the small and medium sector. To a question Mukherjee said, 'there will always be a gap between what should be done and what can be done. The Union Budget is usually presented on the last day of February every year'.
For two-and-half weeks, as Kanhaiya Kumar's Jan Gan Man Yatra opposing the CAA-NPR-NRC makes its way through Bihar, it has come under sustained violent attack. Archana Masih/Rediff.com discovers that the yatris, who include teenagers wanting to save the Constitution and the Nation, are unfazed by the threats and loathing.
Fadnavis said the decision of the top court proved that there was no conspiracy behind action by the state police against Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha.
US automaker General Motors' chief executive has apologised for the company's handling of the failed sale of its subsidiary Opel to Canadian manufacturer Magna and Russian investment bank Sperbank.
An explosion near a concert hall killed four people and injured 20 others in the southern Russian city of Stavropol on Wednesday, with authorities saying they were probing the possibility of a terror angle into the blast.
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