Mumbai: The Maharashtra government will fix responsibility on those political parties who called the Bharat bandh on Thursday and recover from them losses caused to public and private property, Home Minister RR Patil said. "The process of registering the panchnamas of the loss has been initiated. The police department has been asked to assess the loss of the public and private properties due to attacks on the buses, disrupting public...
09:08 PM, May 31, 2012
Jaunpur: The Doon Express on Thursday got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, killing at least three people died and injuring 15 other. Union Railways Minister Mukul Roy ordered an enquiry into the accident, saying sabotage cannot be ruled out. The Railway Minister, who is mostly absent from New Delhi, ordered the routine enquiry in Kolkata. A crowded Doon Express was en-route to Dehradun from Howrah when...
08:53 PM, May 31, 2012
Chandigarh: The bharat bandh call to protest the petrol price hike has been fairly effective in Punjab. However, no incidents of violence have been reported from the region till the filing of this report. The Amritsar bus stand wore a deserted look with no buses plying. All buses stood lined up at the bus stand. Mounted police patrolled the streets even as shops remained closed. "We wanted to go to...
07:19 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: A united opposition on Thursday enforced Bharat Bandh to protest against petrol price hike. Several states especially those ruled by the NDA witnessed total shutdown with offices closed, markets wearing a deserted look along with major disruptions in train and road traffic. The Delhi-Howrah train route was the worst hit. Violence was also reported from some area although there have been no reports of any major clash or...
05:39 PM, May 31, 2012
While buses and rickshaws were seen plying on the roads, the shopkeepers voluntarily participated in the bharat bandh by keeping their shops closed in Ahmedabad. ...
04:59 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy has said that sabotage cannot be ruled out in the Doon Express accident near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh. A total of five bogies of the 18-coach Doon Express derailed killing at least five people and injuring 12 others. The Railway Minister also ordered a high-level enquiry into the incident, terming the accident as unfortunate. "Relief and rescue operations are...
04:42 PM, May 31, 2012
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi courted arrest on Thursday as a part of the Bharat bandh. ...
03:43 PM, May 31, 2012
BJP President Nitin Gadkari demanded that the government rolls back the petrol prices. ...
03:31 PM, May 31, 2012
Rail traffic was affected as the protestors stopped the Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi in Chandigarh. ...
03:26 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Left leaders Prakash Karat, AB Bardhan and Sitaram Yechury on Thursday courted arrest along with a number of their supporters in central Delhi as part of their protest against petrol price hike. The protest was organised at Delhi Gate on Thursday morning and a number of demonstrators blocked traffic. Holding placards and shouting slogans against the government, the Left activists marches towards the Daryaganj Police Station where they...
12:50 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The nationwide bandh called by the NDA and the Left Front evoked a mixed response from across the country on Thursday. While the NDA states were hit by the Bharat bandh, there was a lukewarm response in the Congress-ruled states as they remained partially affected. Most of the protests have been peaceful till now, but sporadic violence has been reported from Maharashtra and Karnataka. In the BJP-ruled Karnataka,...
11:44 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the hike in petrol prices did not evoke much response in the national capital though party supporters blocked traffic in some places. Small shops were seen open in many areas in the morning while commuters complained that there were less autos on roads as number of auto and taxi unions have joined the protest. BJP activists led by...
11:04 AM, May 31, 2012
Kolkata: The supporters of the 12-hour bandh called by the NDA to protest the petrol price hike on Thursday blocked some roads in some districts of West Bengal and squatted on railway tracks. BJP workers went on a rampage at Barasat and there was a blockade at East-West by-pass in the city. Protesters blocked the Howrah bridge, which connects the metropolis to the Howrah district. They also blocked roads at...
10:58 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi courted arrest in Delhi during the Bharat bandh protesting against the petrol price hike. Naqvi tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). Before courting arrest, Naqvi told CNN-IBN, "Reports suggest that the bandh is a success. These protests are a show that the common man won't tolerate price hikes. I appeal to all...
10:44 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav was detained on Thursday in Bihar while he tried to enforce the Bharat bandh. JD(U)'s women's wing also stalled traffic on rail route in Patna. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also courted arrest in Delhi. He tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). In Allahabad, Samajwadi Party workers, too, jammed the Delhi-Howrah rail route...
10:30 AM, May 31, 2012
Shiv Sena workers are expected to come out on the streets to hold rallies while the dabbawalas too have joined the strike. ...
10:06 AM, May 31, 2012
Bangalore: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices on Thursday disrupted normal life in parts of BJP-ruled Karnataka where bandh supporters set on fire three buses and stoned about a dozen others forcing authorities to withdraw bus services in the city. According to initial reports, the bandh evoked good response in several districts. Public transport was hit and shops and business...
09:54 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharat bandh against petrol price hike started affecting normal life across the country on Thursday. The protests even turned violent at some places with public transport being damaged. In Karnataka, three state-run buses were burnt and 11 others were damaged early on Thursday morning. Following this, the BMTC has suspended operations for now and will review the situation after a meeting. There were similar scenes in Pune...
09:30 AM, May 31, 2012
In Odisha, the BJD and the CPM have given a bandh call against the petrol price hike which has completely paralysed the state. ...
08:49 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharat bandh call by the NDA and the Left parties started affecting normal life on Thursday with the other parties joining the the protests. Rail traffic was hit as Samajwadi Party and JD(U) workers blocked rail routes in Allahabad and Patna. The Saket Express and Ganga Gomti Express were stopped in Allahabad. The bandh turned violent in Karnataka as protestors burnt three state-run buses and damaged 11...
07:40 AM, May 31, 2012
