The High Court also directed the state police to ensure there is no damage to property of persons or establishments which do not support the hartal. Any damages so caused must be reported to the Court, it ordered.
September 23, 2022According to Northern Railways, a total of 18 East-bound train services scheduled from different Northern Railway terminals have been cancelled today, and as many as 71 Delhi area-bound commuter trains (including return services) have also been dismissed for today in the wake of the protests against the Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme.
June 20, 2022The roads witnessed routine traffic jam with all the autos, taxis and buses operating normally, banking operations, offices including government and private both worked usual way.
May 25, 2022The federation is protesting against the centre for not conducting a caste-based census for the Other Backward Classes (OBC).
May 24, 2022When contacted, Southern Railway officials said that there is an unprecedented increase in the passenger flow in all the metro stations in Chennai.
March 28, 2022Trains services were disrupted for a short while at a few places in the city and suburbs as supporters of the 12-hour strike staged a protest on the railway tracks. Commuters at Ultadanga station were stranded for a while after the bandh supporters allegedly burnt tyres on the tracks and staged a sit-in demonstration resulting in rail blockade for a few minutes.
March 1, 2022State government has clarified that government and private establishments, schools and colleges, shops, markets, industrial establishments, transport and all sectors will remain open and function normally tomorrow.
February 28, 2022"The whole TMC is operated by the police department as police collect money by allowing vehicles transporting coal, sand and deliver the cash to Kolkata," he alleged. Asked about cattle smuggling kingpin Enamul Haque arrested by ED, Suvendu, Adhikari said "Enamul means Trinamool, the agency will do their job."
February 21, 2022It is pertinent to note here that the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has given bandh call on 12 November to protest against the BJD government's alleged inaction against Minister of State.
November 12, 2021The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has shut Pandit Shree Ram metro station that is close to the Tikri border in western Delhi
September 27, 2021Protesting against price hike in fuel and other essential commodities, the Left parties along with Congress on Thursday observed a 6-hour Odisha bandh on Thursday. The CPI, CPI (M), CPI (ML) and Forward Bloc workers staged protests at various places of the state from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Left party supporters were also …
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July 15, 2021No hartal or bandh is ever “complete”. That lesson used to be drummed into young journalists years ago when a premium was placed on accuracy in reportage. There was always a strong element of the subjective to any assessment of such protests. That reality has not changed: hence opinion will be divided if Monday’s action …
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September 12, 2018The Left Front on Friday said the six hours bandh called by them was successful in exposing the complete surrendering of the State Election Commission (SEC) to the state government and throttling of democracy by the ruling party which did not allow Opposition candidates to file nominations in the upcoming panchayat election. In a statement, …
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April 14, 2018Hardly 16 months have passed when the CPI-M-led Left Front called yet another bandh in the state on 13 April to protest against pre-panchayat poll violence over the submission of nomination papers mainly by oppositions across districts. This time the bandh will be for six hours from 6.00 a.m to 12 noon. The state Congress …
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April 12, 2018The Sundergarh Nagarik Committee has given a 12-hour-bandh call in Sundergarh on Saturday to protest against the toll collection on Biju Expressway stretch between Rourkela and Sambalpur. They have also decided to organise a “Chetabani Yatra’ on 19 March. There are three toll collection gates on the Biju Expressway, nearly 170 km. The gates are …
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March 17, 2018The six hour Kuanrmunda bandh call by, Kuanrmunda Nagarik Committee, against severe dust pollution caused by sponge iron units passed off peacefully on Wednesday. Road communication between Odisha and Jharkhand was disrupted during the bandh. There was no untoward incident as the protestors, over 500 surrounding villages, squatted on the road. Business houses, public institutions …
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February 22, 2018The heat on the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to sever its ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gained momentum on Thursday, 8 February, as opposition parties observed a shutdown across Andhra Pradesh. Though Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu made it clear on 5 February that the alliance with the BJP at the Centre …
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February 8, 2018