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Delhi: Transport unions protest against new penal law on hit-and-run cases

Delhi: Transport unions protest against new penal law on hit-and-run cases

The truckers had staged a protest against the BNS but ended their strike on Tuesday after assurance

03 January,2024 05:25 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Truck drivers strike: Normalcy would return in a day or two: AIMTC

Truck drivers strike: Normalcy would return in a day or two: AIMTC

Truck drivers, who went on strike to protest against the new stringent law on hit-and-run cases, have started coming back to work and normalcy will return in a day or two, the AIMTC said

03 January,2024 03:49 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Truckers’ protest hits India hard

Truckers’ protest hits India hard

In a late night development, the government and transporters agreed that truckers would resume work immediately

03 January,2024 02:19 AM IST | Chandigarh | Agencies
Police assure enough fuel stock in Mumbai, urge public to avoid panic buying

Police assure enough fuel stock in Mumbai, urge public to avoid panic buying

Mumbai Police Tuesday asked the general pubic not to throng to fuel stations and indulge into panic buying. The statement comes amid reports of people rushing to petrol pumps amid the fear of fuel shortage

02 January,2024 10:31 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Truckers' strike: Tanker refilling from depots begins

Truckers' strike: Tanker refilling from depots begins

Amid protests in parts of Maharashtra by some truckers' associations against stricter punishments in the new law on hit-and-run cases, the refilling of tankers carrying petrol and diesel started at all except four depots of oil companies in the state started from Tuesday afternoon

02 January,2024 10:25 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Pune transporters' body warns of strike if law on hit-and-run cases not repealed

Pune transporters' body warns of strike if law on hit-and-run cases not repealed

The National Auto-Taxi-Bus Transport Federation Tuesday threatened to go on strike if the union government did not repeal a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run road accidents

02 January,2024 08:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Truckers' protests: Police provide armed escort to petrol tankers in Nagpur

Truckers' protests: Police provide armed escort to petrol tankers in Nagpur

Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur district Tuesday said armed escort is being provided to tankers transporting petrol in view of the ongoing agitation by truck and tanker drivers.

02 January,2024 08:07 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Maharashtra: Nashik truckers call off strike after assurance from authorities

Maharashtra: Nashik truckers call off strike after assurance from authorities

Truck drivers in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday afternoon called off their strike after local authorities assured to look into their demands

02 January,2024 06:49 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
‘Penalising the poor’: Congress supports truckers' protest

‘Penalising the poor’: Congress supports truckers' protest

The Congress Tuesday came out in support of truckers' protest against a new law on stricter punishment in hit-and-run cases, saying the misuse of the legislation can lead to an “extortionist network” and “organised corruption"

02 January,2024 05:52 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
About 2,000 petrol pumps run dry as truckers strike against new penal code

About 2,000 petrol pumps run dry as truckers strike against new penal code

While state-owned oil firms had topped up tanks at most petrol pumps across the country in anticipation of the truckers' strike, some petrol pumps in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab ran out of stock due to heavy rush

02 January,2024 05:30 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI

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