C’garh gets flak for action against teachers

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 13:38

The opposition Congress hit out at Chhattisgarh`s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday for imposing the ESMA against 200,000 contract teachers after they refused to refused to withdraw the strike for better salary.

Over 1,000 striking teachers held in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Monday, November 7, 2011, 12:37

Over 1,000 contract teachers in Chhattisgarh, who have been striking work since Nov 1 for a better salary package, were arrested Monday as the state government imposed the ESMA.

J&K Govt invokes ESMA against striking employees

Last Updated: Monday, February 14, 2011, 23:44

Jammu and Kashmir government invoked the Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA) against its Public Health Engineering department employees who are to begin a strike from Tuesday demanding higher wages.

190 striking nursing staff of heart institute detained

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 21:18

Over 190 striking nursing staff of the U N Mehta Heart Institute here were today detained and Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) was invoked against them.

UP invokes ESMA; bans strike in power corporations

Last Updated: Friday, July 2, 2010, 22:36

Invoking Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), Uttar Pradesh government today banned strikes in all the power distribution corporations for the next six months.

Orissa threatens ESMA to scuttle doctors` strike

Last Updated: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 11:37

The Orissa government on Saturday threatened to impose the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and cancel the registration of government doctors if they went ahead with their proposed state-wide strike from Sunday.

Striking J&K employees return to work

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 13:21

More than 4.5 lakh Jammu and Kashmir government employees ended their 12-day strike Wednesday following assurances by CM Omar Abdullah that their demands on salary arrears and retirement age would be met within three months.

Leader of striking employees held in Kashmir

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 13:55

The leader of the Jammu and Kashmir government employees` who are in the third day of their strike has been taken into "preventive custody" to maintain law and order, police said.

Despite ESMA, employees continue to cease work in J&K

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 18:00

Undeterred by the Jammu and Kashmir government slapping ESMA on them, employees continued their strike across the state on Tuesday crippling work in government departments and public sector undertakings.

J&K govt invokes ESMA against employees

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 11:51

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday invoked the Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA) against the government employees as they continued their strike for the third consecutive day.

Manipur likely to invoke ESMA to break employees` strike

Last Updated: Friday, February 26, 2010, 16:46

The Manipur government is likely to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to break the indefinite strike of state government employees since Jan 16 demanding higher salaries, officials said here Friday.