Mumbai: Markets in Mumbai have been shut for days now as traders fight against the controversial Local Body Tax. It has been estimated that the strike has incurred a loss of almost Rs 75,000 crore and it still counting.
From grocery stores to restaurants to apparel stores, the bandh was near total. Around 40 traders were detained for holding a rally without permission at Lohar Chawl. But that was no deterrent. Traders are digging in their heels - vowing to intensify their agitation.
Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) President Mohan Gurnani said, "We are not going to stop our agitation until the Chief Minister gives in. We will go on."
Merchants have been agitating for over two weeks against the LBT. The Local body tax is a new taxation system in place of OCTROI, payable to the local civic bodies, introduced in 24 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. Mumbai and Nagpur are to start paying LBT later this year....
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08:41 AM, May 09, 2013
Leading automobile company Tata Motors will undertake a 11-day shutdown to carry out maintenance of equipments at its Jamshedpur plant from March 27, a senior company official said today. ...
02:23 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Many areas of Srinagar city on Tuesday observed a complete shutdown over the arrest of a youth allegedly involved in stone-pelting, officials said. A complete shutdown is being observed in Nowhatta, Gojwara and adjoining areas around the historic Jamia Masjid in the old city here, sources said. ...
01:55 PM, Mar 12, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday declared that her government will not allow forcible enforcement of the two-day shutdown called by central trade unions. "We want to make it clear there will no shut downs in Bengal. Bengal will not remain shut, from schools and colleges to shops and offices, everything will remain open," she said at a public rally in South 24 Parganas district's Diamond Harbour, some...
06:15 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Unhappy over the outcome of the all-party meeting on the issue of statehood for Telangana, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has called for a shutdown in the region on Saturday. ...
02:04 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Mumbai: A closure report has been filed in the Palghar Facebook case in which two girls were arrested for posting comments about the bandh imposed after Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. On November 18, police arrested the Palghar girl who posted a comment on her Facebook questioning the shutdown after Thackeray's death on November 17 and when he was given a public cremation the next day. Her friend, who...
07:16 PM, Dec 18, 2012
The girl who was arrested for posting a Facebook comment criticising the Mumbai shutdown over Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death, has said that she stands by her post. ...
10:59 AM, Nov 24, 2012
Mumbai: The girl behind the Facebook post on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray finally spoke up for herself on Friday, saying that she did not regret what she wrote but added that what followed afterwards should not have happened. She was joined by her father who said that the family received immense support from the media and were thankful to it. "We say we are free, but in many ways,...
07:40 AM, Nov 24, 2012
Idukki: The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by CPM in Idukki to protest arrest of party leader M M Mani for his refusal to turn up for a polygraph test in connection with a case registered in the wake of his controversial speech, hit normal life in the high range district on Thursday. Mani was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday for rejecting the police notice to undergo brain mapping...
03:21 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Mumbai: 11:10 pm: Traffic advisory for Mumbai on Sunday from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm - 1. Veer Sawarkar Road and Annie Besant Road, Mori Road to Babasaheb Worlikar Chowk will remain closed for general traffic. 2. LJ Road and Gokhale Road will remain closed. 3. Tilak Bridge will remain closed from Dadar train terminal. 4. No parking on Veer Sawarkar Road, Ranade Road, NC Kelkar Road, Kuleshkar Marg, LJ...
07:52 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Long queues were seen at the petrol and diesel pumps across the country on Monday as the station owners launched their partial shutdown of pumps, operating only from 9 am to 5 pm, in protest against inadequate commission payments. The pump owners say the move will help them save on manpower costs. CNG pumps, however, are open 24/7 as the owners say they have got good commissions. ...
02:30 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Expect long queues at the petrol and diesel pumps across the country starting Monday as the station owners launch their partial shutdown of pumps, operating only from 9 am to 5 pm, in protest against inadequate commission payments. The pump owners say the move will help them save on manpower costs. CNG pumps, however, will be open 24/7 as the owners say they have got good commissions. More...
08:40 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Hyderabad: The nation-wide shutdown had its impact on Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly with the opposition parties forcing adjournment thrice since morning. Main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), YSR Congress Party, BJP, CPI and CPM stalled the proceedings to protest the hike in diesel price, cap on subsidized LPG cylinders and FDI in retail. While the opposition parties staged sit-in and stopped buses across the state,...
01:25 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Hyderabad: Telangana leaders in the Congress are caught in a cleft stick over the TJAC-sponsored Telangana March on September 30. The leaders fear that if they do not take part in the march, in which several sections of people in the region are expected to participate, they will be targeted by the Telangana agitators. At the same time, the leaders also apprehend that their party may not take kindly to...
12:25 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
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: Kinghfisher Airlines may have to shut down operations if $600 million cash is not infused in the next two months, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said on Friday. "Kingfisher is able to continue as a result of daily infusions of funding by the promoter. However, with mounting losses the situation is unsustainable. In Q1 (first quarter, 2012-13) the promoters invested $133.9 million, but this barely allows...
08:21 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Airport Express, which will suspend operations Saturday night after major construction defects were detected, is likely to re-start only in late August, much to the discomfort of commuters. The Airport Metro, which ferries over 15,000 people daily on the 23-km network, covers the distance between the New Delhi railway station and the Indira Gandhi International Airport in 18 minutes. "We have to stop the service...
06:45 PM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: The services of the Airport Express Metro line will be suspended from Sunday onwards. Interestingly, both the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Reliance Infra have cited repair work as the prime reason for stopping the service, and not financial losses. In fact, representatives of both the DMRC and the Reliance Infra say that safety concerns was the only reason for the temporary suspension of the Airport...
02:52 PM, Jul 07, 2012
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
