People at the railway station in Delhi faced problems as some of them said that private taxis were not plying too. In Kolkata, there were insufficient public vehicles on the roads. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Commuters have been hit in many parts of the country due to the trade unions' strike. Public transport services are off the roads in many states. The maximum impact is in Kerala where banks and shops are shut and taxis, autos, private and public buses are not running. ...
09:05 AM, Feb 20, 2013
It was a tragic start to the nationwide bandh in Haryana where a Haryana Roadways employee was killed in Ambala at the roadways depot when he was crushed by a bus following a confusion called over the trade union strike. Chaos broke out after the Haryana Roadways staff tried to stop officials from allowing the buses to move from the depot. ...
08:05 AM, Feb 20, 2013
The nation is gearing up for yet another Bharat bandh. A two-day nationwide strike has been called by 11 trade unions over price rise and labour laws. Major sectors likely to be affected include banking, insurance, post, transportation and coal. Though the railways is expected to function normally. ...
07:54 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Bangladesh remained tense as three people died in clashes during a bandh called by the country's right wing extremist party Jamaat-e-Islami to halt an ongoing trial of their top leaders for 1971 war crimes. The bandh was called in protest against the ongoing trial of the party's extremist leader, Abdul Quader Mollah, who was awarded life sentence. However, the government gave a nod to push for tougher sentences, which are...
09:28 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis have been thronging Shahbagh, a Dhaka landmark, demanding death sentence for 1971 War criminal Abdul Quader Mollah of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Following the murder of blogger Rajib who spearheaded the agitation, the gathering has grown manifold and the sentiments have been further galvanised. CNN-IBN's senior editor Suhasini Haidar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the massive agitations in Dhaka over the 1971 War Crimes trials....
06:32 PM, Feb 18, 2013
What is underlying these protests and calls for counter strikes and meetings by the Jamaat is the secular-Islamist clash in Bangladesh. The Islamists who had seen much better days when Bangladesh was in army hands have seen their control slipping over the last decade. ...
06:05 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Protests broke out in south Kashmir's Kulgam area on Monday following death of a woman due to heart attack during a raid by security forces, police sources said. ...
04:57 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Dhaka is bracing for a day of violence on Monday, after the Jamaat-e-Islami called for a bandh across the country to protest against what they see as a victimisation of their party. The right wing extremists were caught at the centre of a controversy after students in many Bangladeshi cities, particularly in Dhaka, protested against life term given to Jamaat-e-Islami members for 1971 Liberation war crimes The protesters are demanding...
09:52 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Bangladesh Parliament on Sunday amended the war crimes law to allow the prosecution to try and punish any organisations, including the Jamaat-e-Islami, a significant move that could pave the way for banning the country's largest Islamic party. The move was cheered by tens of thousands of protesters who have been camping in Shahbagh for the past 13 days demanding a ban on Jamaat, whose leaders are on trial for war...
10:47 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Over one lakh protesters took to the streets in Dhaka after the murder of a blogger, demanding death penalty for those found guilty of war crimes in 1971. "They have no right to do politics in our country because they are using religion in our political scenario which is total hypocrisy. The big message is we want social, economical and cultural freedom," said one protester. ...
11:36 AM, Feb 17, 2013
Over one lakh protesters took to the streets in Dhaka after the murder of a blogger, demanding death penalty for those found guilty of war crimes in 1971. Protesters are also demanding the immediate arrest of the killers. ...
09:00 AM, Feb 17, 2013
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02:45 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Curfew in the Kashmir Valley has been lifted a week after Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged. The week-long restrictions have been removed and the Internet services have been restored. ...
11:05 AM, Feb 16, 2013
The White House has warned North Korea about "damaging consequences" if it went ahead with another nuclear test as being reported in the media. "We have warned North Korea about the damaging consequences, or at least I should say, the further isolation that's caused by their failure to live up to their international obligations," the White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said yesterday. ...
09:02 AM, Feb 16, 2013
A Spanish tourist was among five people injured Friday in the Kashmir Valley as sporadic protests erupted against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Despite a valley-wide curfew for the seventh straight day, protesters took to the streets in areas and clashed with security forces, both police and other sources said. ...
08:49 AM, Feb 16, 2013
Bangladeshi police on Friday shot dead three Islamist activists who were protesting against two of their leaders' convictions for war crimes, while far larger demonstrations calling for the men to be executed continued for an 11th day. A tribunal sentenced Abdul Quader Mollah to life in prison on February 5 for war crimes including murder, rape and torture, the second verdict in trials that have reopened wounds of Bangladesh's 1971...
08:15 AM, Feb 16, 2013
North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests in 2013 in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks with Pyongyang, said a source with direct knowledge of the message. Further tests could also be accompanied in 2013 by another rocket launch, said the source who has direct access to the top levels of government...
08:24 PM, Feb 15, 2013
There is outrage in Kerala after Union Minister Vayalar Ravi was caught on video making a personal swipe at a female reporter who wanted his reaction to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien's alleged involvement in the Suryanelli gangrape case. ...
02:05 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Several people were injured on Wednesday after violence gripped the Bangladeshi capital following fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists' violent protests at several places to protest the ongoing 1971 war trials. ...
08:57 PM, Feb 13, 2013
