Bharat Bandh In Up

Agnipath Protests: Security has been beefed up in several states on Monday amid protests against the Centre's new 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme.

Samajwadi Party workers came out on the streets of Uttar Pradesh today, raising slogans in support of the ''Bharat Bandh'' called by agitating farmers to press for repeal of the centre's farm laws, leading to clashes with police at many places.

The Delhi-Meerut highway was blocked today for over four hours amid "Bharat bandh" - a nationwide shutdown call against new farm laws. Transport services and shops - particularly those selling fruits and vegetables - were affected in some states. Police in Delhi and Haryana, where large numbers of farmers have set up camp amid police barricades, is...

As farmers continue the "Bharat Bandh" protest in Haryana, Punjab and parts of Uttar Pradesh against three new farm bills, which cleared the parliament last week, roads and railway tracks were blocked in several parts of the three states. While powerful visuals captured the protest by farmers, two clips - one from Punjab and another from UP - showe...

Over 265 farmers' groups took to the streets today to block roads and carry out rallies and marches in a nationwide agitation against the controversial farm bills. The protests will intensify, the farmers said, unless the bills are repealed. Opposition parties like the Congress, the RJD and the Trinamool, as well as 10 central trade unions, have vo...

Thousands of farmers are protesting today in Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh against farm bills that were recently passed in parliament amid massive protests by the opposition, and will soon become law.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati - who bailed out the Congress after it fell a whisker short of majority in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - on Monday set a condition to keep the party in line. Mayawati said she would "reconsider" her support if the cases filed in the two states against the "innocent" during April's all-India strike by Scheduled Ca...

UP Cabinet Minister and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president Om Prakash Rajbhar has warned the ruling BJP, saying the in the history of the country, governments have fallen because of price rise.

As Opposition parties across the nation actively participated in the Bharat bandh move, the Shiv Sena today took a jibe at them, stating that their nation-wide shutdown against the rising fuel prices should not look like a sudden act undertaken after waking up from a "long sleep".

As petrol prices on Monday shot up to Rs 89.97 in Maharashtra's Parbhani - the highest in India - the Opposition Congress staged a 'rail-roko' agitation in Mumbai as part of the party-sponsored nationwide shutdown to protest rising fuel prices.

Six policemen were injured and a train stopped in Uttar Pradesh during a 'Bharat Bandh' called by upper-caste groups, but everyday life remained largely unaffected across the state.

Bharat Bandh impact was seen in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...

BR Ambedkar, the iconic leader who drafted India's constitution, wears saffron and is covered with marigold garlands at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. The statue was rebuilt after it was vandalised recently.

The count of Dalit lawmakers from the BJP hitting out against their own government for what they call discrimination against Dalits has gone up to four, including three from Uttar Pradesh. The latest entrant to the list, Ashok Kumar Dohrey, who represents Etawah in Lok Sabha.

Agnipath Protests: Security has been beefed up in several states on Monday amid protests against the Centre's new 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme.

Samajwadi Party workers came out on the streets of Uttar Pradesh today, raising slogans in support of the ''Bharat Bandh'' called by agitating farmers to press for repeal of the centre's farm laws, leading to clashes with police at many places.

The Delhi-Meerut highway was blocked today for over four hours amid "Bharat bandh" - a nationwide shutdown call against new farm laws. Transport services and shops - particularly those selling fruits and vegetables - were affected in some states. Police in Delhi and Haryana, where large numbers of farmers have set up camp amid police barricades, is...

As farmers continue the "Bharat Bandh" protest in Haryana, Punjab and parts of Uttar Pradesh against three new farm bills, which cleared the parliament last week, roads and railway tracks were blocked in several parts of the three states. While powerful visuals captured the protest by farmers, two clips - one from Punjab and another from UP - showe...

Over 265 farmers' groups took to the streets today to block roads and carry out rallies and marches in a nationwide agitation against the controversial farm bills. The protests will intensify, the farmers said, unless the bills are repealed. Opposition parties like the Congress, the RJD and the Trinamool, as well as 10 central trade unions, have vo...

Thousands of farmers are protesting today in Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh against farm bills that were recently passed in parliament amid massive protests by the opposition, and will soon become law.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati - who bailed out the Congress after it fell a whisker short of majority in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - on Monday set a condition to keep the party in line. Mayawati said she would "reconsider" her support if the cases filed in the two states against the "innocent" during April's all-India strike by Scheduled Ca...

UP Cabinet Minister and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president Om Prakash Rajbhar has warned the ruling BJP, saying the in the history of the country, governments have fallen because of price rise.

As Opposition parties across the nation actively participated in the Bharat bandh move, the Shiv Sena today took a jibe at them, stating that their nation-wide shutdown against the rising fuel prices should not look like a sudden act undertaken after waking up from a "long sleep".

As petrol prices on Monday shot up to Rs 89.97 in Maharashtra's Parbhani - the highest in India - the Opposition Congress staged a 'rail-roko' agitation in Mumbai as part of the party-sponsored nationwide shutdown to protest rising fuel prices.

Six policemen were injured and a train stopped in Uttar Pradesh during a 'Bharat Bandh' called by upper-caste groups, but everyday life remained largely unaffected across the state.

Bharat Bandh impact was seen in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...

BR Ambedkar, the iconic leader who drafted India's constitution, wears saffron and is covered with marigold garlands at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. The statue was rebuilt after it was vandalised recently.

The count of Dalit lawmakers from the BJP hitting out against their own government for what they call discrimination against Dalits has gone up to four, including three from Uttar Pradesh. The latest entrant to the list, Ashok Kumar Dohrey, who represents Etawah in Lok Sabha.