Bandh

Shutdown in Tripura tomorrow to protest against killing of newspaper employees

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

The opposition Congress in Tripura has called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in the municipal corporation area in Agartala tomorrow to protest the killing of three employees of a local Bengali daily.

Wholesalers to continue strike against local body tax

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2013

Wholesalers in the city would continue to observe bandh against the local body tax (LBT) even as associations representing retailers called off their strike on Saturday.

25 buses stoned during bandh called by BJP

Press Trust of India | Monday April 22, 2013

Tension prevailed in this district as a bandh called by BJP protesting the attack on one of its state-level functionaries in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu witnessed sporadic stone throwing incidents targeting buses.

Thane bandh begins; buses damaged

Press Trust of India | Friday April 19, 2013

A bandh called by major political parties in Thane against on-going demolition of illegal structures without providing alternate accommodation to the occupants began with some persons damaging at least 12 buses in the wee hours of the morning on Thur...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's close shave with Maoists while shooting film

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 11, 2013

It was a close shave for Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was shooting for Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa in the Maoist-affected area of Shimultala in Bihar.

Andhra Pradesh shuts down in protest against power hike

Written by Uma Sudhir | Tuesday April 9, 2013

From the Left to the Right, across the spectrum, Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh tried to shut down the state to protest against the recent power tariff hikes imposed by the Congress government. However, their manner of protest ironically seemed...

Maharashtra trade body warns of indefinite trade bandh

Press Trust of India | Monday April 8, 2013

Traders body Federation of Association of Maharashtra (FAM) on Monday said it will go ahead with its indefinite Maharashtra bandh plan if the state government did not resolve the issue of local body tax (LBT) by next week.

Mine worker dies after man runs over jeep on protesters

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 7, 2013

A mine worker, who was part of a dharna in Jodhpur against the state's decision to cancel mining and quarrying licenses, was crushed to death when a man ran his jeep over the protesters after a dispute.

Kolkata student's death: family wants CBI probe; Left calls for bandh

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Thursday April 4, 2013

The Left plans 15-minute road blocks and a 12-hour bandh in the Kolkata area where 22-year-old Sudipto Gupta, a student activist who died in police custody, lived. Mr Gupta's family wants the CBI to investigate how he died after being arrested during...

Telangana stir disrupts traffic along NH7, hundreds arrested

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 21, 2013

Over 1,100 pro-Telangana activists including leaders of TRS and TJAC were taken into preventive custody at various places in the region during the 'Sadak Bandh' (road blockade) agitation along the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway (NH-7) today.

Cop killed, four injured as lorry hits police jeep in Andhra Pradesh

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 21, 2013

A Sub-Inspector from Warangal district was killed and four other policemen were seriously injured when a speeding lorry hit them when they were on patrolling duty in view of 'Sadak Bandh' protest programme in Mahabubnagar district, police said.

Pro-Telangana parties to hold protest tomorrow

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 20, 2013

Pro-Telangana parties and organisations would enforce a 'sadak bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway tomorrow though police has denied permission for the protest.

Bangladesh remains tense on day two of nationwide bandh; 24 killed overnight

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday March 4, 2013

Bangladesh continues to be on the boil over the death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities, including rape and killings, during the country's 1971 freedom war. Twenty four people have died overnight in clashes...

51 per cent polling in Meghalaya in first five hours

Press Trust of India | Saturday February 23, 2013

Defying a bandh called by militants in seven districts, 51 per cent of the over 15 lakh electorate cast their votes in the first five hours of polling to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly today.

Man allegedly attacked by Trinamool workers speaks to NDTV

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie (with IANS inputs); Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday February 23, 2013

The brick kiln worker whose eye was severely damaged after he was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters on Thursday has spoken to NDTV about the incident from his hospital bed.