Ranchi: Normal life in Jharkhand was affected with the nationwide strike called by various political parties, including ruling partners BJP and JMM in the state, in protest against FDI in multi-brand retail and hike in diesel price. Slogan-shouting bandh supporters squatted on railway tracks in Koderma, Dhanbad and other places disrupting train services for over a couple of hours, railways sources said. BJP activists also put up blockades on national...
12:17 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Bangalore: Normal life was affected in Karnataka on Thursday following the call for nation-wide shutdown to oppose the diesel price hike, cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders and allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail. Many IT firms declared a holiday. Buses were off the roads, majority of schools, colleges and market places were shut, many IT firms declared a holiday due to the shutdown. Attendance in government offices, banks...
12:04 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Kolkata: Life in the city and elsewhere in West Bengal was disrupted by a 12-hour bandh called by Left parties to protest diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG. Though airport services were normal, train services in Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway were disrupted, officials said. Running of trains in South Eastern Railway to and from Howrah were disrupted since 8:30 AM due to...
12:03 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Mumbai: The nation-wide bandh called by the BJP-led NDA and other Opposition parties to protest fuel hike and FDI in retail evoked little response in the metropolis on Thursday owing to Ganesh festivities across Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have kept away from the day-long bandh due to the festival. BJP leaders including Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde and Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra...
12:00 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Patna: The opposition-sponsored Bharat bandh against FDI in multi-brand retail and diesel price hike began on Thursday morning with protesters disrupting road and train services across Bihar. A group of BJP workers blocked rail traffic at Patna junction and stopped movement of a number of long distance express and passenger trains, official sources said. The protesters shouted slogans against the UPA government at the Centre demanding roll back of FDI...
11:48 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Chennai: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties against the Centre's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail and hike in diesel prices evoked a mixed response in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. No untoward incident was reported so far from across the state and the protest was so far peaceful, police said. Government-run buses were on the road. However, autos affiliated to Left unions kept off the road even...
11:37 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Normal life was disrupted in Odisha, barring the western region, due to disruption in train and road traffic during a bandh called by BJP and Left parties to protest diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and ceiling on subsidised LPG. State government offices, banks and insurance offices remained closed on the occasion of Nuakhai festival. Schools, colleges and other educational institutions remained closed due to the festival celebrated...
11:29 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: The bandh called by NDA, Left parties and UPA supporters Samajwadi Party and JD(S) on Thursday evoked a mixed response in the capital with most markets remaining closed while vehicular movement was normal though protesters blocked traffic at some places. Small shops were seen open in the morning hours though big markets like Khan Market, Connaught Place, Greater Kailash, Karol Bagh, Chandni Chowk and Kashmere Gate were shut....
11:20 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party and BJP workers on Thursday staged demonstrations and stopped trains at a number of places in Uttar Pradesh in support of the bandh called by them against FDI in multi-brand retail and hike in diesel prices. Protestors stopped trains in Mathura, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad and Lucknow as part of their stir while BJP workers and traders blocked the Agra-Gwalior Highway by burning tyres. Major markets remained closed...
11:15 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Protestors also blocked trains at the Bhubaneswar railway stations since 6 am in the morning. ...
10:52 AM, Sep 20, 2012
As part of the nationwide bandh by the NDA and Left parties, shops remained shut in Chandugarh. ...
10:44 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: It was business as usual in Kerala, a state otherwise renowned for its shutdowns. Kerala had observed a state-wide shutdown last Saturday. Hence it decided not to go along with the all-India bandh call by the opposition parties. During a debate in the state assembly recently, CPM politburo member and former state minister for home and tourism Kodiyeri Balakrishnan had remarked: "Hartal tourism is also a tourism product, one...
10:23 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: 5:42 pm: The Trinamool Congress organised a rally in Kolkata against foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and diesel price hike. The rally was led by Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy. Speaking to mediapersons, Roy said that ministers from the party would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and resign on Friday afternoon. He further said that the ministers had also sought an appointment with President Pranab Mukherjee. 4:27...
08:17 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: The nationwide protests on Wednesday against fuel price hike and FDI in retail are likely to bring life to a stand-still in major cities. The strike call has been given by both the NDA and the Third front parties. Shiv Sena, though, has opted out of it. BJP leaders have fanned out to all major cities to lead the protest. Sushma Swaraj will be in Bhopal, Nitin Gadkari...
07:32 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Lucknow: The BSP, a key outside supporter of the UPA, will keep away from Thursday's nationwide bandh against diesel price hike and FDI in retail, party sources said on Wednesday. BSP supremo Mayawati has already announced that the issue of continuing support to the UPA government would be discussed after the party's 'maha rally' on October 9, the sources said. They said a final decision on continuing outside support to...
10:19 PM, Sep 19, 2012
DMK leader TKS Elangovan has said that the party will join the Opposition bandh on Thursday over FDI in multi-brand retail and the diesel price hike. ...
11:45 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may seek a special session of Parliament on the FDI issue after Thursday's Bharat Bandh protest. Sources say a special session may be sought to expose the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, who may try to save the government. The BJP is holding a Bharat Bandh protest on September 20 against the diesel price hike, cap on subsidised LPG and FDI...
08:45 AM, Sep 19, 2012
Chennai: The DMK, a key ally of the ruling UPA, on Tuesday announced its participation at the September 20 nation-wide bandh called by several non-UPA parties to protest Centre's decision on diesel price hike, allow FDI in multi-brand retail and limit subsidised cooking gas. In a brief statement, DMK President M Karunanidhi asked his party members to extend "full co-operation" for conducting the protest in a "peaceful" and "successful manner"....
10:40 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Chennai: The Koyambedu Wholesale Market is a picture of activity, with trucks and other storage vehicles bustling in and out, transporting merchandise, and people loading or unloading them. On September 20, this place will come to a grinding halt, with all the traders of this market expressing their support to the pan-India bandh call against the hike in diesel prices and most importantly the Central governments proposal to introduce multi-brand...
03:05 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The dawn-to-dusk strike called by the LDF and the BJP to protest hike in diesel prices and curtail LPG subsidy hit normal life across Kerala. Reports from different districts said the strike crippled mobility of people as public modes of transport kept off the roads and shops and hotels remained closed. There was no disruption of rail traffic. However, passengers who came by long-distance trains were caught unawares in...
10:10 AM, Sep 15, 2012
