Maharashtra Traders Strike

• Maharashtra traders agree to call off protest after meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan

  Section of traders in Maharashtra on Monday night agreed to call off their prolonged agitation protest against the Local Body Tax (LBT) after a meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai.

• Mumbai traders' strike continues for second day

  Banking activities in Mumbai remained paralysed and most businesses were shut too Tuesday, day two of the indefinite strike called by over 1.5 million traders and manufacturers to protest the Maharashtra's government's local body tax (LBT) in lieu of octroi.

• Lakhs of Maharashtra traders on two-day strike against Local Body Tax

  Lakhs of traders in Maharashtra are on strike today and tomorrow to protest against the new Local Body Tax in the state. Most markets are expected to stay shut.

• Maharashtra trade body warns of indefinite trade bandh

  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.

• Local body tax issue: After assurance from Maharashtra Govt, Pune traders end strike

  Traders in Pune, who were on strike for the last six days protesting imposition of new local body tax, today called off their stir after the Maharashtra government assured of amicable solution to the issue.