India's federal labour minister asked the southern state of Tamil Nadu to resolve a weeks-long strike by workers at Samsung Electronics, a government source said on Wednesday. The protests - the biggest such in India in recent years - at the South Korean group's plant near Chennai has disrupted operations,

NEW DELHI – A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week, and management is at an impasse over their demands for recognition of the employees’ union and higher pay, a workers union spokesman said on Wednesday,

The ongoing strike at Samsung Electronics' plant near the Indian city of Chennai may seriously threaten the country's prowess as a major global manufacturing hub, according to a recent report from an Indian think tank.