Essential Services Maintenance Act

Himachal Pradesh ambulance strike: Govt imposes Essential Services Maintenance Act in four districts after employees riot

After 800 ambulance employees protested over various demands, Himachal Pradesh govt has now imposed ESMA in four districts

Gorakhpur is a legal tragedy too: Laws needed to regulate the state's casual attempts at dealing with private vendors

When governments enter into contracts, they need to realise that these are not like ordinary contracts. The failure at Gorakhpur is as much a legal and regulatory failure as it is a moral failure.

Long hours, poor facilities and insecurity: Doctors' distress is real and they have a right to strike

The problem is if medical care is an essential service, then protection of healthcare providers too is essential.

Karnataka cops prepare to strike: There's a lesson in this for India

The Karnataka Police stir has to be seen as a warning, and police reforms have to be implemented on a war-footing across the nation. Today, it is Karnataka, tomorrow it will be the rest of India.

Pakistan International Airlines halts operations after two staffers die in standoff with police

The employees of Pakistan International Airlines are opposing the airlines' privatisation.

DTC buses go off the roads, give school children a harrowing time

Thousands of school-going children had a harrowing experience in Delhi and NCR on Tuesday when most of the 4,705 buses of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses went off the roads.