Farmers hit streets, call for bandh protesting against India's new farm bills
Chandigarh/Amritsar/IBNS: Several farmers' organisations called for a nationwide bandh (strike) on Sept 25 as the protests against the two new farm bills- passed by the Narendra Modi government earlier this week- intensified in Punjab, Haryana and other parts of the South Asian country on Thursday, media reports said.
Bharat Bandh attracts lukewarm response in Marathwada
Aurangabad/UNI: The call of Bharat Bandh given by Bahujan Kranti Morcha, along with various organisations, in protest against the CAA and NRC, has received lukewarm response across the eight districts of Marathwada region in Maharashtra.
Mumbai: Bahujan Kranti Morcha block train services during Bharat Bandh
Mumbai/UNI: The activists of Bahujan Kranti Morcha on Wednesday blocked train services briefly at the Kanjurmarg suburban railway station here.
Bharat Bandh: Violence erupts in West Bengal's Malda, police vehicles torched, cops attacked
Kolkata/ IBNS: The 24-hour Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) called by ten Central Trade Unions (CTU) to protest against the Narendra Modi government's "anti-people policies" turned ugly in West Bengal's Malda town where two police vehicles were torched by a mob and the cops faced stone pelting.
CPI-M leader Sujan Chakraborty detained by police during pro-bandh rally
Kolkata/UNI: CPI-M legislator Sujan Chakraborty was on Wednesday detained from Jadavpur for disrupting traffic while leading a procession in support of 24-strike.
Trade Unions' Bharat Bandh hits road, railway traffic in parts of West Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: The 24-hour Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) called by ten Central Trade Unions (CTU) to protest against the Narendra Modi government's "anti-people policies" have hit road and railway traffic in parts of West Bengal, media reports said.
Puducherry: Bandh affects normal lifeÂ
Puducherry/UNI: Normal life was affected here following a 12 hour bandh called by the trade unions ,which evoked a near total response on Wednesday.
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: The 24 hours national strike called by ten trade unions started from 6 am morning as protesters were seen blocking rail tracks in West Bengal on Wednesday.
Trade unions' Bharat Bandh enters second day
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): The two day Bharat Bandh called by 10 trade unions entered its second day on Wednesday.
Trade Unions go on two-day strike from today
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): The two-day national-wide strike called by central trade unions commenced from midnight on Tuesday.
Guwahati, Sept 10 (IBNS): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday took out a mammoth rally in Guwahati protesting the rising of fuel price and essential commodities.
We oppose bandh by principle but support protests: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS): Stating her reason behind not supporting the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress and Left over fuel price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she opposes such a political programme but is open to protests.
Bharat Bandh remains mostly ineffective in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS): The Bharat Bandh called by the opposition parties across the country to protest against rising fuel prices remained mostly ineffective in West Bengal.
Will Rahul Gandhi takes responsibility for Bihar child death: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed that a two-year-old baby died in Bihar's Jehanabad area after the ambulance, in which he was traveling, was caught in a traffic jam due to the Bharat Bandh called by the opposition parties on Monday.
United opposition will defeat BJP in 2019: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Sharing a dais with leaders belonging to diverse political ideologies in the national capital, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said a united opposition will defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 General Elections, which is just few months' away from now.