Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday called for a statewide shutdown May 31 to protest the hike in petrol prices by oil marketing companies. At an emergency meeting, the office bearers of the party here decided to organise demonstrations and protests across the state on their own, even though the Left parties and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) also have called a nation-wide shutdown the same...
05:33 PM, May 25, 2012
Dushanbe: Tajikistan blocked local access to Facebook and two Russian-language sites that published an article critical of its long-serving president on Saturday, representatives of two Internet providers said. The shutdown was ordered by the state-run communications service, the local Internet providers told Reuters, requesting anonymity. Users who tried to access Facebook or the two websites, which published a story critical of President Imomali Rakhmon, were automatically re-directed to the home...
10:31 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Imphal: The common man in Manipur has one big hope from Saturday's assembly polls - a lasting solution to shutdowns. They are still smarting from last year's debilitating 120-day economic blockade, which laid bare the vulnerability of the landlocked northeastern state. The blockades not only lead to sky high prices of food and fuel but also disrupt education, trade and commerce. P. Kuki, a school teacher, told IANS: "The student...
03:55 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Bangalore: Hundreds of shops across Bangalore, in upscale areas as well as middle and low-income areas, were shut on Thursday protesting foreign direct investment in the retail business. Traders in upscale shopping areas of M.G. Road, Brigade Road, Commercial Street in city centre, Malleshwaram in north Bangalore, Jayanagar in south, and whole-sale markets in Akkipet and Chikpet in central business district did not open their shops. The traders gathered at...
05:25 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Srinagar: Normal life was on Saturday partially affected in the Kashmir Valley due to a strike called by hardline Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani demanding release of all political prisoners in the state. While the commercial hub of Lal Chowk and adjoining areas remained closed, the strike evoked little response in Civil Lines and sub urban areas of the city, officials said. The government offices functioned normally...
12:35 PM, May 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Aligarh Muslim University was on Saturday shut down indefinitely following violent clashes between two rival groups of students that left around 11 of them injured. Violence erupted at the Aligarh Muslim University campus on Friday night as two student groups clashed and opened fire at each other. One group belonging to Bihar and eastern UP and the other to western UP and some others parts opened fire...
07:03 AM, Apr 30, 2011
Srinagar: Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for Kashmir shutdown on the occasion of Republic Day from January 25. Geelani has also asked people not to send their children to participate on the Republic Day celebrations. Moderate separatist leader Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, has also questioned BJP's motive for the flag-hoisting decision. Meanwhile the BJP has given a call for Jammu bandh...
03:04 PM, Jan 25, 2011
Kolkata: Kolkata braces for a showdown between rival student unions on Monday as SFI calls for a strike and TMC is set to hold a protest rally. The CPM backed Student Federation of India has called for a strike, while the Trinamool affiliated Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad will take out a massive student rally in the city today. The clashes between the two organisations on Thursday left one person dead...
07:52 AM, Dec 20, 2010
Lonavala: Life remained peaceful in this Maharashtra hill station snuggling in the Western Ghats despite a Shiv Sena-sponsored shutdown against two Pakistanis participating in reality TV show "Bigg Boss", the police said on Monday. Road and rail traffic on the Mumbai-Pune sector remained unaffected as the shutdown was restricted to the hill station that has a population of around 40,000, a police official from the Lonavala control room said. Tight...
01:06 PM, Oct 11, 2010
Srinagar: An eight-year-old boy, hit by a stray bullet during clashes between security forces and protesters, died here on Thursday, taking the toll in the Kashmir Valley unrest since June 11 to 60. Milat Ahmad Dar was injured on Saturday in Harnagh village of Anantnag district. He was playing with his friends when a bullet fired some distance away hit him. "The boy was not part of any mob. He...
12:26 PM, Aug 19, 2010
Hurriyat leader Geelani's shutdown call cripples life in Kashmir even though authorities lifted all restrictions. ...
01:07 PM, Jul 15, 2010
Every day of shutdown or curfew could deny the administration Rs 161 crore in revenue. ...
03:51 PM, Jul 11, 2010
Restrictions were imposed again in the Old City and uptown Maisuma and Batmallo areas of Srinagar. ...
11:43 AM, Jul 11, 2010
The dawn-to-dusk shutdown by non-Congress parties began on Monday, affecting normal life in Orissa. ...
08:50 AM, Jul 05, 2010
The decision was taken to protest the disinvestment policy of the United Progressive Alliance government. ...
07:58 PM, Jun 22, 2010
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