Bandh effect: 100 local trains cancelled
Suburban commuters were left in the lurch as around 100 local trains were cancelled due to the 12-hour bandh called by the BJP today.
Suburban commuters were left in the lurch as around 100 local trains were cancelled due to the 12-hour bandh called by the BJP today.
Union minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar today wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah demanding action against chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her ‘if Bengal burns’ remark.
Junior doctors this afternoon brought out a huge protest rally from Shyambazar close to the R G Kar Medical College Hospital where the woman PGT doctor was raped and killed.
Two BJP supporters were allegedly injured at Bhatpara in North 24-Parganas following political clashes between BJP and Trinamul Congress supporters over a 12-hour bandh call by the BJP this morning.
On the day of BJP-enforced 12-hour bandh, Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari announced three separate protest marches.
A 12-hour strike called by the BJP in West Bengal led to near-total shutdown across Siliguri and its adjoining areas on Wednesday.
The attendance in the industrial region of Asansol and Durgapur has remained normal today and there has been very little effect of the bandh, claimed state labour minister Moloy Ghatak today.
Top officials of Birbhum district police, Tarapith Rampurhat Development Authority and Tarapith Hotel Owners Association participated in the meeting.
For the first time ever there will be direct flight connectivity between north Bengal and south Bengal from 30 August.
Bus services on different routes were badly affected, while train commuters had a harrowing time.
