Bharat Bandh

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Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi. (Image: Ranjona Banerji)

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In Karnataka's Kalaburagi, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and other Left organisations held protests against the government policies. (ANI)

Mixed response to Bharat Bandh on second day

Parliament proceedings are also being affected by the Opposition protests due to the fuel price hike

29 Mar 2022 12:24 PM

Left Front workers block railway tracks during a nationwide strike called by central trade unions to protest against Centre's policies, in Bhubaneswar, Monday, March 28, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Bharat bandh partially impacts banking services, normal life

Normal life was disrupted at some places in West Bengal in the wake of a two-day nationwide strike

28 Mar 2022 1:02 PM

The nationwide bandh is likely to have little impact in West Bengal as the state government issued an order saying all offices should remain open and the employees will have to mandatorily report to duty. (Representational image: PTI)

Bharat bandh today set to hit banking, services

The bandh has been called in protest against the government’s 'anti-people' economic policies and 'anti-worker' labour policies

28 Mar 2022 8:32 AM

Members of Bhartiya Kisan Union Ugrahan stop the Delhi-Shri Ganganagar Intercity Express during farmers' Bharat Bandh against central government's three farm reform laws, at Daun Kalan village near Patiala, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (PTI)

Bharat Bandh hits Punjab, Haryana: mixed response elsewhere

The shutdown was almost complete in Punjab where transport services remained suspended during the entire bandh period

27 Sep 2021 3:27 PM

Farmers gather at the protest venue in Gazipur Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border during a nationwide strike called by the farmers as they continue to protest against the central government's agricultural reforms in Ghaziabad on September 27, 2021. (AFP)

Bharat Bandh: Farmers block highways, rail tracks; Traffic hit on Delhi borders

State governments of Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Punjab, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh have extended their support to the protest

27 Sep 2021 11:43 AM

On December 30 last year, the Narendra Modi government agreed to drop the amendments in the Electricity Ordinance (Point 4) and to exempt farmers from the stubble burning penalty (Point 6). (Photo: PTI)

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14 Sep 2021 2:39 AM

Farmer's leaders attend 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' over the ongoing farmers' agitation against Centre's farm reform laws, in Muzaffarnagar, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Farmers vow to carry on stir till 2024 polls

The leaders made it clear that they will campaign against the BJP in both the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections in 2022

06 Sep 2021 2:31 AM

A group of farmers who were holding a protest in Zirakpur and Kharar towns in Punjab, both on the outskirts of Chandigarh, said they were allowing ambulances and other emergency vehicles to pass. (AFP file photo)

Bharat Bandh: Farmers gather near national highways, key roads in Punjab, Haryana

Farmer leaders have said road and rail transport will be blocked and claimed that markets will also remain closed

26 Mar 2021 10:17 AM

Left Parties leaders and activists taking part in Bharat Bandh in support of Farmers against new Agriculture bill at Guntur city on Tuesday. (DC Image: Tejo Roy)

Large parts of Bharat shut, bandh peaceful

Protesters also blocked railway tracks at several places in West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha

09 Dec 2020 1:07 AM

Police uses water cannons to stop farmers during their protest against the Center's new farm laws, in Chandigarh, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (PTI)

Amit Shah’s talks with farmers’ leaders fail, deadlock remains

The farmers’ leaders made it clear that they will call off their agitation only after their demands were fully met

09 Dec 2020 12:59 AM

Anticipating rail blockades in 16 states, the Railways has issued directives for maintaining law and order in trains and station premises, cautioning zonal railways against 'pro-left wing extremists' participating in Tuesday's 'Bharat Bandh'. (Representational Image: DC)

Bharat Bandh: Railways fears blockades in 16 states

Railways' two biggest unions, AIRF and NFIR too have extended their support to the bandh and are planning to hold rallies and demonstrations

08 Dec 2020 11:19 AM

Farmers raise slogans during their ongoing agitation against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. (PTI)

Prominent opposition leaders issue joint statement backing farmers' Bharat Bandh

The representatives of thousands of agitating farmers have said that the countrywide strike on Tuesday would be observed with full force

07 Dec 2020 12:06 PM

Farmers shout slogans during a protest against the central government’s recent agricultural reforms at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur on December 5, 2020. (AFP)

Farmers call Bharat bandh on Dec 8, threaten to intensify agitation

This hardening of stand came a day ahead of the fifth round of talks with the government

05 Dec 2020 12:54 PM

Michael Levitt, an American-British-Israeli biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at the Stanford University in the United States, said the incident sent a bad message to tourists. (Photo: nobelprize.org)

'As if bandits stopped us at gunpoint': Nobel winner after boat blocked in Kerala

Boat was blocked by by trade union activists, who were on a nationwide strike against the Centre's 'anti-labour' policies.

09 Jan 2020 9:57 AM

Members of AITUC and INTUC block a train during the trade unions’ nationwide strike in West Midnapore, West Bengal, on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

‘Bharat Bandh’ is largely a flop

The corporate sector largely worked smoothly, while schools and colleges too were open in several parts of the country.

09 Jan 2020 1:29 AM

Commuters faced difficulties as bus services were also affected. (Photo: ANI)

Bharat Bandh: Railway, bus services affected in Odisha, West Bengal

Protesters raised anti-government slogans and criticised the Center for its policies.

08 Jan 2020 9:41 AM

Trade body said, 'all wholesale and retail markets in Delhi will observe a bandh on 18 February'. (Photo: PTI)

Pulwama attack: Trade body calls for all India bandh

Commercial markets will remain closed and there will be no business activity during the bandh on February 18, the trade body said.

17 Feb 2019 4:26 PM

The 10 central trade unions (CTUs) which have given a call for the two-day Bharat Bandh are protesting the government's snub of their 12-point charter of demands seeking minimum wage of Rs 18,000, social security for all workers and issue related to price rise. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Central Trade Unions' nationwide strike enters day 2

According to the reports, public transport and banking services remain disrupted for the second day in some states.

09 Jan 2019 10:27 AM

Piyush Goyal accuses Congress of misleading people

“At times if you take a knee-jerk reaction to sort out one issue, it may end up harming the economy more,” Mr Goyal said.

13 Sep 2018 6:27 AM

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