Dr Vishal Sharma, BMA consultants committee chair, said: “We’ve reached this point not just through our tough negotiations with the Government, but thanks to the resolve of consultants, who took the difficult decision to strike, and did so safely and effectively, on multiple occasions, sending a clear message that they would not back down.” Source … Read more
: The Siddapura police arrested a 35-year-old Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) conductor on the charge of assaulting a 24-year-old private firm employee over a ticket row on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Honnappa Nagappa Agasar attached to depot number 34 Kothnoor Dinne, is conductor with bus number 368 plying from Bilekahalli towards Shivajinagar. According … Read more
NHS bosses warn of significant disruption to services in England during the five-day walkout. Source link
Devotees line up to enter the Kashi Vishwanath temple next to the Gyanvapi mosque (background) in Varanasi on February 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, is once again in focus, albeit in a context in which its objectives are being ignored. Civil suits … Read more
Dr Mohammed Hussain is joining national colleagues in three days of strike action. Source link
“This means doctors who started their hospital training this year have received a 10.3% pay increase, with the average junior doctor getting 9.8% and consultants 6%, alongside generous reforms to their pensions – the BMA’s number one ask,” the spokesperson added. Source link
The BMA said talks with the government were deadlocked and their final pay offer was unacceptable. Source link
Unions urge members, including nurses and ambulance staff, to back deal which includes one-off payment. Source link
Royal College of Nursing to take action from 1 to 3 March in England in biggest walkout of dispute. Source link
Parthenahalli village, located on the Karnataka-Maharashtra border, is the last large settlement on the Athani-Jath road before the crossover into Gugwad village in Maharashtra. The signboards of shops in these villages are in both Kannada and Marathi. Sadashiv Jadhav runs a plant nursery in a portion of his three-acre sugar cane farm. He has one … Read more