Latest news about Strike
Tube strike is hardly the Blitz but its spirit lives on
The strike is over, the Tube is returning to normal — but still the tales of commuter ingenuity continue to flood in to Evening Standard HQ.
8 Sep 2010, 5:16 am | click here to view more
US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan
A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border killed at least 10 rebels on Wednesday, local security officials said.
8 Sep 2010, 3:38 am | click here to view more
US drone strike kills six militants in Pakistan
A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border killed six rebels on Wednesday, local security officials said.
8 Sep 2010, 1:45 am | click here to view more
US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan
A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border killed four rebels and wounded five others on Wednesday, local security officials said.
8 Sep 2010, 1:05 am | click here to view more
Strike affects IT industry, banking services paralysed
Strike affects IT industry, banking services paralysedStrike affects IT industry, banking services paralysed
7 Sep 2010, 6:23 am | click here to view more
Strike hits banks, industry and transport
NEW DELHI: The dawn-to-dusk strike called by some major trade unions on Tuesday against the UPA government's labour policies and price rise disrupted the functioning of industries, banks and insurance offices, besides road transport and flight operations throughout the country.
7 Sep 2010, 2:32 pm | click here to view more
Strike force into 3yo boy’s death
POLICE have established a strike force to investigate the death of a three-year-old Narrabri boy, who died in hospital on Monday night.
7 Sep 2010, 2:02 pm | click here to view more
Strike on the "Tube" causes London commuter havoc
Millions of London commuters struggled to receive to and from work on Tuesday as a 24-hour strike by workers on the capital's underground rail system disrupted much of the network, hurting the city's convalescent economy. Passengers took to bikes and buses, walked, or made use of extra boat services on the River Thames that snakes through the city in a bid to beat the stoppage, called in protest ...
7 Sep 2010, 1:48 pm | click here to view more
Strike hits banking services in Bengal, Kerala, Mumbai
The strike call given by leading trade unions today affected banking services in the Left-ruled states of West Bengal, Kerala and the country's financial capital, but elsewhere, banks functioned almost normally.
7 Sep 2010, 10:23 am | click here to view more
Strike force to probe NRL betting
A strike force of specialist detectives has been formed to investigate suspicious betting activity surrounding last month's Canterbury-North Queensland NRL match.
6 Sep 2010, 6:03 pm | click here to view more