Bengal bandh: Suvendu Adhikari claims gunshot fired at BJP leader in Bhatpara
Aug 28, 2024, at 05:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has claimed one of his colleagues from the Bharatiya Janata Party was targeted by a Trinamool Congress worker in trouble-ridden Bhatpara in the early hours of a 12-hour state-wide bandh called by his outfit on Wednesday.
BJP-sponsored North Bengal bandh receives mixed response, sporadic clashes reported
Apr 28, 2023, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/Siliguri/UNI: The BJP-sponsored dawn-to-dusk Northern West Bengal bandh on Friday evoked mixed response with reports of sporadic clashes between the bandh protagonists and the state's ruling Trinamool Congress activists pouring in from several quarters.
Many shops closed, public transport hit in BJP's 12-hour North Bengal bandh
Apr 28, 2023, at 03:05 pm
Kolkata: Many private buses kept off the roads and shops and markets remained shut in several areas in response to a 12-hour bandh called by the BJP in districts of Northern West Bengal on Friday.
West Bengal: After Mamata's warning, pro-Gokhaland parties call off Darjeeling bandh
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's warning of action, the pro-Gorkhaland political parties on Wednesday called off their Feb 23 bandh in Darjeeling, media reports said.
APPSC paper leak: Arunachal deadlock ends as govt agrees to demands
Feb 19, 2023, at 10:26 pm
Itanagar/UNI: The Arunachal Pradesh Government on Saturday night agreed to fulfill all the 13 demands of the Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee-APPSC, paving the way for the withdrawal of the ‘indefinite’ bandh call by protesters and the temporary suspension of mobile internet services in Itanagar capital region.
APPSC paper leak: Normal life paralyzed as Arunachal’s Itanagar continues to remain shut
Feb 19, 2023, at 04:28 am
Itanagar: Normal life came to a standstill in Arunachal Pradesh's state capital as the bandh enforcers reportedly extended the Itanagar bandh till February 21, demanding that the state government fulfills the Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee’s 13-point demand.
Left's 12-hour bandh in West Bengal today, railway tracks blocked
Feb 12, 2021, at 04:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The eastern state of West Bengal is on Friday witnessing a 12-hour strike (bandh) from 6 am to 6 pm called by the Left parties in protest of the police's manhandling of its students and youth leaders during a march a day ago.
Bengal: Left calls 12-hour bandh after its Nabanna march meets violence
Feb 11, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left parties have called a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal after its students and youth leaders met with violence during their march to state secretariat Nabanna with multiple demands.
West Bengal BJP calls for 12-hour Barrackpore bandh after party worker killed
Oct 05, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for a 12-hour bandh at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district on Monday after one of its workers was killed last evening.
BJP's North Bengal bandh to protest against alleged murder of party MLA evokes mixed response
Jul 14, 2020, at 06:12 pm
Raigunj/UNI: A 12-hour north Bengal shut down began at dawn, called by the opposition BJP to protest against the alleged murder of the party MLA Debendra Nath Roy, evoked mixed response with shops and business establishments almost downing their shutter and vehicular traffic going off the roads.
Nationwide bandh supporters block visiting Nobel Laureate's houseboat in Kerala
Jan 09, 2020, at 10:58 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A Nobel Laureate, who is visiting Kerala as a guest of the state, was left stranded in a houseboat for hours owing to the nationwide bandh (strike) on Wednesday.
Jan 08, 2020, at 02:21 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the CPI-M of resorting to violence to enforce the shutdown, saying the Kerala unit of the CPI-M was better than its counterpart in West Bengal.
West Bengal govt gears up to foil Jan 8 shut down
Jan 07, 2020, at 03:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government has decided to remain business-as-usual on Jan 8 24-hour nationwide bandh called by the Congress and the Left front against CAA, NRC and NPR.
Northeast observes 11-hour bandh as protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensifies
Dec 10, 2019, at 12:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The 11-hour bandh (strike) called by the umbrella organisation of the students' bodies is underway in northeast on Tuesday to mark the protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 which was passed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comfortably in Lok Sabha last night, media reports said.
Life badly hit in Telangana by TSRTC employees' shutdown protest
Oct 19, 2019, at 11:35 am
Hyderabad/UNI: Normal life was crippled across Telangana in a state-wide bandh called by the employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) in support of their indefinite strike, which had entered the 15th day on Saturday.
Two-day strike by trade unions starts from midnight
Jan 07, 2019, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): A nationwide two-day strike called by central trade unions in protest against the policies for workers taken by the Narendra Modi-led Union government will begin at midnight on Monday, said media reports.
People have made BJP's West Bengal bandh a failure: Mamata Banerjee
Sep 26, 2018, at 03:05 pm
Milan, Sept 26 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s 12-hour state-wide bandh, which has been called to protest killing of two students at Islampur College in North Dinachpur district, is a complete failure.
WB: BJP's bandh to protest killing of students in N. Dinajpur underway, clashes in parts of state
Sep 26, 2018, at 01:17 pm
Kolkata Sept 26 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s 12-hour West Bengal bandh (strike) to protest the killing of two students in a clash with police in North Dinajpur district of the state is underway, media reports said.
Kathua rape case: Lawyers protest against filing of charge-sheets, call bandh
Apr 11, 2018, at 07:16 pm
Jammu, Apr 11 (IBNS): A bandh has been called in Jammu by lawyers as a protest against the filing of charge-sheets against the accused who had allegedly raped, mutilated and murdered an eight-year old girl in Kathua town of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
Bharat Bandh: Violence sweeps north India, 5 killed
Apr 02, 2018, at 09:54 pm
Chandigarh/Agra/Bhopal, Apr 2 (IBNS): At least five people were killed as 'Bharat Bandh' called by several Dalit organisations turned violent in several parts of India on Monday.
Andhra Pradesh witnesses bandh called by Left parties
Feb 08, 2018, at 05:11 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 8 (IBNS): The Left parties have called a state-wide bandh in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday as a mark of protest against the "injustice" meted out to the state by the Union budget 2018, media reports said.