Tag: Karnataka
10 lakh IT jobs in Karnataka in 5 years
The Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) is gearing up to ensure that about ten lakh jobs are created in the information technology (IT) sector...
Wistron’s plant to resume operations under probation, hire 15,000
Wistron’s plant at Kolar, Karnataka, is all set to resume operations and hire about 15,000 workers for the purpose. The Company, which makes the...
2-month lockout at Toyota Kirloskar Motor plant ends
Operations at the Bidadi plant of Toyota Kirloskar Motor have resumed after two months of agitation by the workers, which had forced a lockout....
Wistron’s Kolar factory will resume operations in 20 days
Wistron’s Kolar factory, that had been shut down after violence broke out earlier this month, is expected to resume production within 20 days, according...
Five projects to come up in Karnataka, provide jobs to 13,000
Five projects have been given clearance in Karnataka, involving investment of about Rs 26,659 crore, which is hoped to create jobs for over 13,000...
Apple puts Wistron Corp on probation following workers’ violence in ...
Apple has put Wistron on probation saying it will not award new contracts to the Company until the workers’ issues are addressed. Wistron, the...
Vandalism at Wistron plant, thousands of iPhones stolen by agitated workers
Wistron’s iPhone-manufacturing plant in Kolar, Karnataka, witnessed violence on December 12, when more than a 1000 disgruntled workers, angry over non-payment of salary and...
TKM factory workers, management yet to resolve issues
Only a few workers at Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM) have resumed work despite the state labour department banning the strike. The issues continue to...
Kirloskar Electric employees call for strike over partial layoffs
The unions of Unit-1 (Govenahalli), Unit-7 (Tumkur) and Unit-15 (Budihyal) of Kirloskar Electric are protesting the partial layoff of workmen.
Kirloskar Electric Company laid off...
2 mn jobs by 2025: Karnataka’s new industrial policy
Karnataka’s New Industrial Policy 2020-25 will create two million jobs and is expected to attract Rs 5 lakh crore worth investments over the next...
Karnataka withdraws order allowing IT/BT offices to operate with 50% staff...
Earlier, the Karnataka government had issued a directive allowing information technology (IT) and bio-technology (BT) organisations to resume their operations with 50 per cent...
No layoffs amid lockdown: Karnataka Labour Dept directs companies
In the wake of the coronavirus menace, the Karnataka Labour Department has asked the private sector employers to not lay off a single employee....
Mega sports & cultural meet for Karnataka govt staff
The Karnataka government has planned a three-day sports event for its employees, in which as many as 11000 government employees are expected to participate....
Hunger strike on 20th February by Karnataka transport staff
It is going to be a tough day for public transport users in Karnataka as the employees of all divisions of the state-run transport...
Women in Karnataka will now be allowed to work night shifts
In November, the Karnataka government issued a notification citing the Madras High Court ruling made 19 years back, which had done away with Section...
May Day Parade by Karnataka IT Employees’ Union
A May Day Parade was organised under the aegis of the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees’ Union (KITU). The participants marched from the Bangalore Town...
Karnataka creates maximum jobs in the country
Karnataka features among the three Indian states to have generated the maximum number of jobs in the formal sector in the last one year....
IT employees can set up trade union in Karnataka
Backed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), KITU will help voice the grievances of IT employees.
Apple manufacturing plant in India to create more jobs
The American technology company plans to set up a plant in Karnataka.
100% reservation for Kannadigas in blue-collar jobs in Karnataka’s pvt. sector
The state government is now considering a change in the legislation, to make this move legally justifiable.
Karnataka launches youth skilling programme ‘Yuva Yuga’
This financial year, more than one lakh youth will be trained under this programme.