tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38732170750210445082011-11-28T06:32:48.608+05:30It happens only in IndiaBinu Alexnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-29023651808988130522009-02-13T01:28:00.000+05:302009-02-13T01:28:00.341+05:30

Setting up a High Court Bench in Thiruvananthapuram has been a long standing reason for many hartals and here it is once again raising its ugly head. Now it is on the the first anniversary of its agitation by the Action Council.Action Council chairman C.K. Sitaram said that they had already organised marches to the Secretariat, Parliament, High Court and Raj Bhavan. They had also met the Prime

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The Bangla O Bangla Bhasa Bachao Committee(now that’s something beyond absurdity) has convened a 24-hour north Bengal bandh on 12 February to protest against the ‘acts of vandalism’ being indulged into by the GJMM and also against the Centre and the state government's ‘appeasement policy’ vis-à-vis the growing graph of the GJMM-instigated subversion in the Darjeeling hills and in the plains.These

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The bandh was called by CPI(Maoists) in the state to protest against police atrocities evoked mixed reaction in East Singhbhum and the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district.At Ghatshila sub-division in East Singhbhum, where Maoists have considerable influence, schools were open but classes were not held as a few teachers could reach the schools due to the absence of public transport. Shops and

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Enjoy a two day bandh called by a West Khasi Hills Students Union in West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya demanding repair of all roads in the district.Accusing the government of going back on its promise, the students' body also criticized the local MLA and other ministers of the government for turning a blind eye to the problems after getting elected.

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Peeved by the Meghalaya government's failure to abolish various unauthorized gates from National Highway-62, the Goalpara District Truck Owners' Association (GDTOA) has called for an indefinite chakka bandh.According to the GDTOA, despite repeated request made by them to the Meghalaya government to abolish the unauthorized gates no initiative has been taken by the government.

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A 24-hour bandh was called by the CPI (Maoist) in six districts of Jharkhand. It did have its impact in rural areas, but did not affect life in urban areas.Long distance surface transport remained off the roads and loading and unloading was affected in some mineral rich areas with truck owners deciding against running their vehicles for reasons of safety.

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The struggle of Sri Lankan Tamils will be the focus for a bandh in Tamil Nadu today but the state government termed the bandh called by a few political parties as illegal and warned that it would have to take all steps to uphold law and order on that day.In a stern statement, it said it would do everything needed to maintain normal life came in the wake of protests against the Centre for its “

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The CPI(M) has called a 12-hour bandh in the Binpur block today condemning the murder of a zonal committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) who was shot dead by suspected Maoists in the Lalgarh area of West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur.The Maoists have a presence in the Lalgarh area — scene of a month-long agitation by a section of the tribal population in November-December 2008 in

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Bandh is an unheard term in Gujarat and yet Upleta town in Rajkot observed total bandh following bandh call given by local chamber of commerce on the second day of their agitation against setting up of third toll booth at Dumiyani. Traffic on the national highway remained suspended for the whole day Police arrested 250 people including local political leaders.

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Teachers have been neglected lot in this literate state and this is the latest reason for a bandh in the six Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) by the All Manipur Newly Appointed Autonomous District Council Teachers’ Association.

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The Sikkim Nationalist People's Party has convened a 12-hour bandh in Sikkim today India’s Republic Day. This is to demand for the restoration of associate state status to Sikkim and asking chief minister Mr Pawan Chamling to step down in order to enable an independent inquiry into his alleged dual citizenship issue.

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Kolkata will experience its first bandh of 2009 today, thanks to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI), a small Left party and an ally of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, putting its foot forward for a 12-hour Bangla bandh protesting against price rise and demanding reduction in bus fares. The party plans to disrupt railway services and has asked its cadres to block busy roads

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Gifting 15 acres of land in Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) campus to a private party has triggered protests with the opposition parties calling a city bandh today.Opposition parties like Congress, NCP, LJP, JMM, BSP, CPI and CPI(M), who have been staging dharna in front of the RGH on the issue, have given the 12-hour bandh call.

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Congress sponsored bandh in Kaliyaganj block of North Dinajpur district against the alleged attack of the SFI activists on the Congressmen was complete. All vehicles including NBSTC buses stayed off roads since morning in Kaliyaganj. The sudden strike gave the daily commuters a tough time due to the non-availabily of transport. Apart from vehicles, all business establishment centres including,

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Bandh is a never ending process in Darjeeling as another indefinite bandh has been called by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in protest of Malbazaar, Dooars incident where several of its supporters were injured during a clash with groups opposed to the Gorkhaland demand.

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Phulbani, the district headquarter town of troubled Kandhamal district observed a near total bandh today in response to the call given by the District Bar Association. Streets wore a deserted look as all commercial establishments and banks remained closed right through the 12-hour bandh.The Bar had given the call to protest against the failure of the administration in ensuring proper supply of

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"Tamil Nadu will come to a standstill. Except basic services like milk and health, nothing should move in the state. Until the Centre intervenes to effect a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, the state will be paralysed,'' What more do you want than this statement to prove that Tamil politicians draw sadistic pleasure in bandh. This is the statement of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss who

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Hotwar is not in Botswana but near Ranchi and is a small village where the displaced villagers are bracing up for a mega sports complex for the 34th National Games-Khelgaon.But their displacement is causing concern and they have called a bandh today. The displaced villagers decided that they needed to highlight their demands for jobs and other government benefits. They also demanding recruitment

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When the law keepers become law breakers, you dont have a choice. This is what happened today in Thalasserry. CPM has called for a dawn to dusk hartal at Thalasserry and Mahi corporation and panchayat. The CPM leaders have alleged that BJP and RSS were responsible for hacking to death a CPM activist.

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The Kaliyaganj Nagarik Adhikar Rakkha Committee have called a 12-hour bandh, demanding the immediate reimbursement of funds to customers cheated out of their savings by the Uttar Gabindapur mini-bank in Kaliyaganj. The bandh will also serve as a protest against an attack made on a prior KNARC rally, in which ten members of the committee were injured. Around 4,000 customers have an estimated total

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Expressing concern over large scale destruction of public property by various organisations, including political parties during course of their agitations and bandh across the country, Supreme Court-appointed committees in their reports has recommended for more stringent provisions of law to deal with the menace.A 7-member Justice K T Thomas Committee recommended amendments in the Prevention of

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Bands in Darjeeling seems to be endless. Again the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has called for a 24-hr Darjeeling bandh today after a clash broke out between its supporters and the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad at Malbazar in Jalpaiguri district.The GJM called for the bandh in three sub-divisions of Darjeeling Hills blaming the CPI(M). GJM supporters also blocked the roads in the Darjeeling

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A four-hour bandh from 12 noon to 4 pm (sensibly this is not office hours) has been called by the Milli Ittehad Parishad West Bengal, a forum of 13 Muslim organisations to protest Israel's strikes on civilian targets in Gaza City of Palestine.Ironically lawyer Idris Ali, who had moved high court against bandhs earlier, is himself a party to the bandh call. The organisers will invite prominent

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Where simple protests are enough, we have parties like BMS calling for an entire district bandh as a protest against the attack on its district secretary Jyothir Manoj by some unknown assailants.The house of a BJP activist in Kannur district of Kerala was attacked. The men who attacked BJP activist and lawyer R Jayaprakash’ home in Thalassery killed the family’s pet dog. The dog’s throat was slit

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This is a bandh with a difference. This bandh was sponsored by all parties cutting across ideologies. The bandh was against the creation of a new revenue division at Nanded. Though some business establishments at Gujri Bazar, Shivaji Chowk, Kachchi Bazar, Nanalpeth, Ashtbhooja Mandir area and Gandhi park remained closed and schools and colleges were also seen deserted, it didnt had the impact it

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Commuters in Kolkata faced a harrowing time as taxis and autorickshaws remained off the streets in response to a bandh called by the Trinamool Congress from 6 am to 6 pm to support auto rickshaw owners protesting the government's efforts to implement a July 2008 Calcutta High Court order. To curb air pollution levels in the city, the court had issued an order banning three wheelers with two

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Kandhamal never seems to be returning to normalcy or in more proper words, some vested interests wants to keep the tensions fresh for the whole year and perhaps for ever. A 12-hour bandh was called by a new outfit, claiming to be a splinter group of Maoists, in three south Orissa districts on Saturday. While Gajapati district was partially affected, the bandh had little effect in Ganjam.

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A 24-hour bandh was called by the Kangleipak Communist Party’s highway task force against the alleged killing of its commander in custody by a joint team of police and Assam Rifles. A joint team of the paramilitary force and the police gunned down Akoijam Shyambi alias Kokai, commander of the group on December 30 at Koirengei of Imphal East.

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Can anything be better to welcome the new year in Kerala than what it is famous for? Yes, the new year was welcomed by the CPI-M with a bandh in Thalassery municipal limits to protest the killing of CPM Branch Committee secretary Latheesh by alleged BJP-RSS men.

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What do you do when some stranger asks you to stop consuming your staple diet – whatever it may be – with immediate effect? And then go on trumpeting that you are the most cruel animal on earth.This is exactly the situation in Chittorgarh district where India’s national protectors – the saffron outfits – asked nomads to stop eating beef to protect cows – which otherwise were dying of hunger and

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How many murders take place in India? Do we have bandhs for each of those murders? If the logic of United Democratic Front has its way, this is possible. The UDF has called for a hartal in Neyyattinkara town following the death of the manager of a guest house there. The police said Bhuvananchandran, 53, had an altercation with Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers over parking of a vehicle

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Now there is a bandh even on dialogues which means talks across the table is not feasible but solutions can only be found by violence. This seems to be the message of a state wide bandh convened by Jana Chetna against the tripartite dialogue on the Darjeeling imbroglio in north Bengal.“We want the Centre and the state government to clarify their stand on the foreigners’ issue first before

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It is any body’s guess what an opposition party will do if they get such a juicy matter on a platter. The Samajwadi Party just did that - call for statewide bandh.This after a ruling Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) legislator was named in a police case for lynching a government engineer.BSP legislator Shekhar Tiwari was arrested near Kanpur in the evening after he and his supporters lynched M K Gupta,

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Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party has called for an indefinite bandh call in Cooch Behar from 23 December. The GCDP has threatened an indefinite clampdown alleging police atrocity against its supporters.But political parties reacted sharply at this call. The Trinamul Congress district secretary Mr Mihir Goswami said: “We know the police harass and torture people. If the cases brought against

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Wholesale markets for foodgrains and grocery in Pune district will remain closed as part of a state-wide market bandh call to protest against the government's order on collection of levy from the buyers instead of farmers. The bandh call has been given by a consortium of 42 traders and merchants organisations,The levy refers to a 30 per cent amount of the total labour charge collected by

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Why should an entire district suffer if a small time office of a party is attacked by a rival party? The answer is to take revenge the same way. But who will listen in Kerala, the bandh capital of the world. The CPM is observing a hartal in Shoranur to protest against the attack on its local committee office. Stones were pelted at the victory demonstration taken out by Janakiya Vikasana Samiti.

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Yet another 12-hours bandh was convened by the district Congress following a clash with CPI-M in Alipurduar on 28 November. Congress members alleged that police had failed to arrest the perpetrators of the violence within a time frame.All the schools, collages and other institutions remained closed. The work at the offices and banks remained stalled and markets wore a desolate look. The train

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Yet another 12-hours bandh was convened by the district Congress following a clash with CPI-M in Alipurduar on 28 November. Congress members alleged that police had failed to arrest the perpetrators of the violence within a time frame. All the schools, collages and other institutions remained closed. The work at the offices and banks remained stalled and markets wore a desolate look. The train

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As the year 2008 passes by, how can parties like JMM not call for yet another bandh? A 12-hour bandh is called by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in Baraipada with a slew of demands like setting up of a government medical college and hospital, provision of BPL cards to all needy and eligible families, completion of broad gauge from Baripada to Bangiriposi and completion of Subranerekha irrigation

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When will this state come into force? The number of bandhs are not ending. Now Andhra Pradesh BJP unit is to support to a "state bandh' call given by the Forum for Intellectuals and teachers of Telangana region on December 17.The attempt is to mount pressure on the state and central governments for creation of a separate statehood for backward Telangana region.

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Old issue but new vigour. This is what the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is aiming as it has called for a bandh by various Telangana-based organisations in the region on December 12.The bandh to be organised to protest against the delay in granting Statehood to Telangana should be an eye opener to the UPA government and the All India Congress Committee which have betrayed the people of Telangana

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Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad (ABAVP) has called for a 24-hour Dooars bandh on against the state forest official's alleged torching of adivasi huts at Birsamunda Basti under Malbazar police station in the Dooars on 4 December.The shutdown has been convened demanding an immediate arrest of the forest beat officer concerned Mr Maite Biswakarma and his team, who had allegedly carried out

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The Supreme Court has called for tapes of Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, T R Baalu's speech, to decide whether he committed contempt of court or not. The Court has issued notices to two news channels, and also to their reporters and camerapersons to submit the original tapes of T R Baalu's speech on October 1, 2007 at Chennai during the Sethu Samudram bandh, according to

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Communist Party of India (CPI) [who else] sponsored a dawn-to-dusk hartal, protesting against an attack on the party office in Adoor town.The situation turned violent when a group of hartal-supporters tried to close the shops in the fish market.The CPI office in Adoor town was attacked alleged by a group of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and Students Federation of India (SFI)

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The South Bengal bandh called by Jharkhand Party (Aditya) continues today. The reason apparently is the government negligence and apathy in the jungle villages across Midnapore West, Bankura and Purulia.A Statesman report quoted Mr Kisku as saying “The tribal people have always been exploited by the LF. Whenever we raise our voice we are given different names like militia or Maoist. We don’t

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Imagine calling for a bandh in Maosit infested place and then talking peace. Bandh is the origin of all violence and peace cannot be sprouted from hartal or bandh. Once upon a time Gandhi used it against British and he used this tool successfully. But that was because the British were decent and mannered while Indians are not. British never harmed any Indian during the bandhs or other protests

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If everyone is in hartal mould, why cant we? This seems to be the dilemma that Ulema Council in Uttar Pradesh is in and therefore has called for a state wide 'bandh' today to protest harassment of youth of the community on the pretext of tackling terrorism.Convener of the Council Maulana Amir Rasadi Madani said the bandh is to draw the attention of the people on the growing menace illegal arrests

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If India doesn’t interfere inside Sri Lanka, then Tamil Nadu will observe total bandh today to protest against the Indian Government’s inability to facilitate the declaration of a ceasefire in the island nation.If Pakistan enters India in the same vigour for the same reason but for different community, there will be again a protest march.Who is right and who is wrong. Well, read a resolution

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BJP's district vice-president, Om Prakash Upadhayay's killers are at large and this becomes yet another reason for the party to call for a bandh. BJP said the party workers would hit the road to launch a campaign against the government highlighting the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.“Owners of all business establishments and heads of all educational institutions will be

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-49119568844718461852008-11-21T20:09:00.002+05:302008-11-21T20:09:48.509+05:30

When a busy bus terminal shifts to a new and wider space, the biggest losers are the shops in and around the old terminal. But why should every one in that particular municipal limits suffer? Yes, it is very much possible in Kerala where traders and business houses in the municipal limits observed a day long hartal against the move to shift the entire bus fleet to the new bus terminal.The Forum

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Humans are protesting against the god’s will. This can be summarized to a bandh call given by newly formed ‘mandir bachao samiti’ to protest against demolition of temples in GandinagarIronically all the 80 temples demolished were illegal and encroached public or private land.But rest assured, this bandh will not be the kind of bandh observed in other parts of the country especially on Kerala

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Calling hartal during Sabarimala season is something that calls for strict condemnation but the very group advocating Hindu causes are doing exactly this.A dawn-to-dusk hartal was observed in Thrissur to protest the killing of BJP worker. The hartal was called by the BJP, RSS and BMS. Shops remained closed; except for vehicles carrying Sabarimala pilgrims and some private vehicles plying, most

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-7970420721640527442008-11-13T12:04:00.000+05:302008-11-13T12:05:51.122+05:30

High Range Protection Committee(no dearth of committees in Kerala. Wonder if there is a count on it) has called for yet another bandh in the hilly town of Munnar to protest against the police baton charge on its workers. Imagine if there was a firing. It would have been an all India bandh. Thanks to police they didnt attempt to fire.The High Range Protection Committee further accused the, Special

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-45569954450718504782008-11-03T02:26:00.000+05:302008-11-03T02:26:00.771+05:30

It seems blasts results in more bandhs than casualties. After VHP bandh on 1st November against the unknown perpetrators of blasts, it is the chance of All Assam Students' Union (AASU) to call for another bandh today.

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-11983416675304350292008-11-01T10:24:00.000+05:302008-11-01T10:25:32.522+05:30

The VHP made the best out of the blast as it has done what it knows the best. Today a bandh to protest against the serial blasts that claimed 77 lives and injured more than 400 people is observed. Now what gain will this bandh achieve is a question that only VHP can answer. It will neither give any relief to the injured and dead nor it will desist terrorists from doing another blast.

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-29382943872324056182008-10-31T22:25:00.000+05:302008-11-01T10:26:10.103+05:30

Traders observed a bandh to show their solidarity with the Eezham Tamils and as a result all shops and commercial establishments in Tamil Nadu shut down. How can this solidarity save Lankan Tamils is a different issue.

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The same call, same action, same response and yet another hartal in Kerala. This time in Chalakkudi, called by Chalakkudy River Protection Forum and Athirappilly Action Council in protest against the alleged registration of false cases against the activists of these two organizationsWhat else do you expect other than closed markets, shops, educational institutions, and other establishments and

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-30910387646592284832008-10-29T02:03:00.000+05:302008-10-29T02:03:00.266+05:30

Protesting against a Guwahati bound passenger bus from Imphal burnt down by Kuki Liberation Army (KLO/ KLA) at Loharijan in Assam on October 23 claiming two lives, the All Manipur Inter State Bus Association has called a 12 hour Manipur bandh today.

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-9615779063137749842008-10-24T09:36:00.000+05:302008-10-24T09:37:42.997+05:30

Now is the time for all men to come to the aid of the party. The students' wings of almost all political parties gave a Bihar bandh call on 25th October in protest against attack on Bihari students in Maharashtra. Students' wings of JD(U), RJD, NSUI, LJP and NCP took out joint protest march to vent their anger over the attack on Bihari students and exhorted all sections of society to cooperate in

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-12084143597885407672008-10-23T21:37:00.000+05:302008-10-24T09:38:09.941+05:30

People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI),an extremist organisation, gave the bandh call to protest the killing of its district commander Sikandar Yadav in an encounter at Hazaribagh last week. The bandh had major impact on Murhu of Khunti district, around 40km from here. PLFI activists fired in the air this morning to terrorise public and set ablaze three trucks. A tanker driver died in the

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-69524176135145012292008-10-23T04:00:00.000+05:302008-10-23T04:01:45.825+05:30

Maoists is making a dough of democracy as they have again called a 12-hour bandh in Midnapore West, Bankura and Purulia districts over the proposed steel plant at Salboni in Midnapore West by the Jindal group of industries.

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A dawn-to-dusk district hartal called by the action council campaigning for a state capital bench of the Kerala High Court hit normal life in the city and suburbs of Trivandrum. Shops and hotels remained closed and taxis, autorickshaws and city buses were off the road. The state-run KSRTC, however, plied most of its city services. Needless to say educational institutions went without classes and

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-33555406394105407192008-10-20T15:59:00.000+05:302008-10-20T16:00:24.884+05:30

For some parties staging a protest is a district wide bandh. Trinamul Congress is enjoying a 24-hour bandh at Deocharai in Tufanganj of Cooch Behar against alleged police atrocities committed on the villagers.

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The political and bloody battle between BJP and Left parties in Kerala is one of the major reasons for making it hartal's own country. Here is yet another one. This time, the BJP is observing a dawn to dusk hartal in Thiruvananthapuramto protest against the killing of a RSS worker. And this bandh was swift and fast since the murder took place only this morning. Wonder if Malayalees work for their

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-6749584944992809432008-10-15T13:16:00.000+05:302008-10-16T13:17:13.988+05:30

A day-long bandh call given by six tribal organisations to demand scheduled tribe status for the tribals, affected normal life in upper Assam s Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar and Jorhat districts as well as in Bongaigaon district of lower Assam.

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-40444441553340134652008-10-15T01:52:00.000+05:302008-10-15T01:52:00.471+05:30

Irked at not being accorded Scheduled Tribe status, the Moran Students Union (MSU) and other organisations representing the community have called a 12-hour bandh in the state. Six communities, including the Morans, are demanding ST status, a cause for which there had been widespread agitation in the run-up to the panchayat polls held last December and January this year. The five other communities

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-79017620758950576982008-10-14T13:15:00.001+05:302008-10-16T13:16:53.542+05:30

A call for bandh evoked overwhelming response at Cuncolim with almost all commercial establishments remaining closed throughout the day. The bandh was against the inaction of the administration in nabbing the accused in the ‘ghumti’ desecration case. Banks, pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and essential services were however not affected by the bandh. Though private buses remained off the roads,

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-38138407504973450122008-10-12T21:20:00.000+05:302008-10-13T09:22:06.206+05:30

A string of left wing parties which includes The CPI (ML), CPI (ML) New Democracy, CPI (ML) Liberation, SUCI, Samajwadi Jana Parishad is observing a bandh to protest against the communal violence in Kandhamal district. Now, this is someting they should have done and only they know why they are doing it now. A release jointly signed by Mr Bhalla Chandra Sadangi of CPI (ML) New Liberation and Mr

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-56947433539909287412008-10-11T14:59:00.000+05:302008-10-11T15:00:14.458+05:30

Protesting against the killing of aAn RSS activist by suspected CPI-M workers with crude bombs in Thalassery town of Bandh's own country, Kerala, the BJP/RSS has called for a day-long hartal in Thalassery taluk limits but Vehicles have been kept out of the purview of hartal.

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A 36-hour statewide bandh sponsored by the Manipur University Tribal Students’ Union turned violent with protesters clashing with police and damaging property of the university. The students’ union, which has been agitating over the demand for increase in job quota for tribal candidates in the university, called the bandh against holding of interview for the appointment of three guest lecturers

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A UP-wide bandh called by Uttar Pradesh traders body against the state government's decision to hike the VAT rates on about dozen-odd goods had little to no response - perhaps because no party was involved. Traders staged anti-government dharnas and raised slogans and kept the shutters down in the major markets for a few hours.

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-21628515200300883532008-10-04T08:58:00.000+05:302008-10-04T08:59:44.427+05:30

A BJP Lok Sabha MP got the taste of his own medicine after being beaten up by Railway Protection Forces in Beena town in MP. The MP, Virendra Kumar was critically injured when a group of RPF personnel surrounded him and caned him in full public view when he tried to stop an ongoing drive to demolish illegal shops. Now what he has to do with this illegal encroachment is a question that the enquiry

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-37827675022263227012008-10-04T08:50:00.001+05:302008-10-04T08:50:59.527+05:30

If Tatas stays in Singur, Trinamul calls for a bandh and if they withdraw, the CPI-M will call. And yes, the CPI-M is making life difficult for Bengal as yet another Bandh is called to protest against the Tata Motor's decision to pull out the Nano project from West Bengal.The party's Singur zonal committee secretary Amar Chanda said that party supporters will also lay a siege on the Durgapur

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-22601822388876889552008-10-03T23:26:00.000+05:302008-10-05T23:26:33.548+05:30

Dungarpur is a place where all Ramas come - those who work as domestic help in almost all the western regions of India. A violent clash that took place between two communities on late Thursday night forced the police to impose Section 144. And lo, this was the best opportunity for opportunists to come to the aid of the party. And here they came in the form of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) which

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-49121597285014517962008-10-02T11:54:00.000+05:302008-10-03T11:54:56.067+05:30

Kerala's Manajapra Forane Units of the Kerala Catholic Youth Movement (KCYM) and Christian Life Community (CLC) observed a dawn-to-dusk hartal to condemn the alleged police atrocity on the parishioners of Sebipuram under the Kalady police station limit. Though the shops and establishments remained closed and the vehicles went off the road, no untoward incident was reported. Hail hartals.

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-24000349725469899662008-10-01T20:53:00.000+05:302008-10-04T08:54:03.878+05:30

Several associations including Berhampur bus owner's association, tractor and Mahendra owners, Aska Road merchants, Tulasinagar merchants, new bus stand bus owners, old bus stand small merchants association and several other associations (phew - wondering how many organisations do we have even in small places) observed a Bandh protesting the attack on the congress leaders office and demanding

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-27119642954874254742008-09-29T01:23:00.000+05:302008-09-29T01:23:00.513+05:30

What do you do when law makers themselves become law breakers? Yes, they have democracy to cover their failures and right to protest to cover their inaction. The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) has called for a statewide bandh on September 29 to protest the burning of the Chief Minister's effigy by the 'so-called' Shiv Sena activists in Siliguri over his alleged dual nationality. Now, the

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-86956405132595259832008-09-25T16:15:00.000+05:302008-09-26T16:16:14.786+05:30

It was just waiting to happen. Dow Chemicals R&D centre near Pune is up for a major showdown from the people - mainly members of the Warkari community, the followers of saint Tukaram and saint Dnayneshwar - in and around the towns of Alandi and Dehu, 30 kilometres north of Pune. Since Maharashtra strongman Sharad Pawar has supported the project, it was but natural that political parties like Shiv

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Jammu made history as it observed the longest bandh ever in the world which lasted for weeks. Now the bandh season seems to have begun again as SAYSS - Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangrash Samiti - sponsored bandh entered second day and disrupted life in Jammu. The official reason is to protest against the police firing on its members but the real reason is not given. Business and trade establishments

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-21710928643898780522008-09-21T17:27:00.000+05:302008-09-22T17:28:07.585+05:30

SAYSS - yes, this is the short form for Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangrash Samiti, a font fighting for land at Amarnath for the pilgrims. But more than that they are now the biggest bandh callers as yet another bandh called by SAYSS makes it headway in Jammu today.

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Bandhs or hartals are shifting from its headquarters in South India to North-East. In yet another bandh, The Committee on Land and Natural Resources (COLNAR) has called for a 12-hour Manipur ‘Chakka Bandh’ on September 18 next from 6 am to 6 pm, for persistence disregard to the call for total scarping of the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric (Multipurpose) Project and Review of the Mapithel Dam (Thoubal

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-208100534668319832008-09-16T17:52:00.001+05:302008-09-16T17:52:59.891+05:30

After a Christian sponsored bandh, it was the turn of saffron. Educational institutions and shops remained closed and roads were deserted in Karnataka's coastal city of Mangalore as Sri Rama Sena, a Hindu group called for a shutdown to protest the stabbing of one of its activists.

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The bandh had very little response but the agony was clear. The Christians were attacked for reasons that saffron forces say is grave and so in retaliation they claimed to have attacked the Churches. The attack by right-wing Hindu groups was to protest alleged conversion activities by Christians and distribution of literature insulting Hindu gods, specifically by a sect called the New Life

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-20082086429314392052008-09-13T10:36:00.001+05:302008-09-13T10:38:29.615+05:30

By PARSHURAM BAHINI, Orissa Nobody desire to go on hartal, unless the situation compels to to do so.Before going to said topic, i need to say something.Why the people seems "hartal" to be an untouchable matter,whereas some judicial and administrative functionaries termed this to be a thing of unlawful,unethical etc.But it was happened to be the weapon of Mahatma Gandhi and their disciples during

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-74860831292498352462008-09-09T03:05:00.000+05:302008-09-09T03:05:01.913+05:30

There are some organisations in India whose primary duty is to see how the country crawls. Vishwa Hindu Parishad is one among the many. The latest salvo from VHP is a complete shutdown in Eastern Uttar Pradesh over the attack on BJP MP Yogi Adityanath. Yogi Adityanath's cavalcade was attacked by angry mob (jaisi karni vaisi bharni) while he was on his way to address an anti-terrorism rally in

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-6879914724030394122008-09-08T14:59:00.000+05:302008-09-08T15:05:06.223+05:30

Kashmir has become a valley of bandhs. The place from where the phrase 'an apple a day keeps doctor away' was coined has now become 'One bandh a day keep people away'.After a marathon bandh, here comes another jolt. A bandh is called today by separatists in protest against Election Commission's move to decide the date for Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Now this is something that calls for

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-65078415514590310362008-09-03T10:58:00.000+05:302008-09-03T10:59:24.038+05:30

After pioneering hartals, Kerala seems to have passed on the baton to north east where every day there is a bandh on trivial issues. Today taking strong exception to the forcible demolition of all shops, houses and other structures located at Tampha Bazar, Canchipur and Leishang Hiden by the Government on August 20, the Joint Action Committee (again a copy of Kerala hit and run unions) against

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-35678320839833585312008-09-03T10:57:00.000+05:302008-09-03T10:58:25.655+05:30

The Jammu & Kashmir shutdown will go down as the costliest shutdown in the history of India. Times of India quotes regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) that the cumulative losses of the shutdown is as large as Rs 10,000 crore during the two-month long agitation.It further says that  the CCI, Jammu, has submitted a detailed proposal to S S Bloeria, advisor, J&K governor, for

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-80220748360896542342008-09-01T10:58:00.000+05:302008-09-03T10:58:53.981+05:30

A 24-hour bandh called by the CPM to mark its protest against police atrocities in Burudih paralysed Ghatshila. As happens in all bandhs, everything to anything was closed and one more day lost for some areas of progress. 

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THIS POEM GOT FIRST PRICE IN SINO-INDIAN INTERNATIONAL STRIKE FESTIVALWhen I born, there was strikeWhen I grow up, strike follows meWhen I go to road, strike blocks meWhen I scared, strike is the reasonWhen I travel, strike falls on meWhen I sick, strike doesnt allow me to hospitalAnd when I die, I am still struck up in a strikeAnd you Leftist fellowWhen you born, you were taken care from

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-39646434209316163412008-08-29T01:25:00.000+05:302008-08-29T01:25:00.462+05:30

The central action committee (CAC) of the Western Orissa Bar Association (WOBA) has called for a 12-hour western Orissa bandh on August 29 to mobilise opinion over the establishment of a permanent HC bench in the region.

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How do you communicate about a bandh call to the people? If no newspaper reports about the call, if no television breaks this news, any bandh will remain unsuccessful. Bandhs are made highly successful by the media because it gives prominent space to the call and thereby people stay indoors - especially in areas where newspaper penetration and literacy is high like Kerala, West Bengal etc. That

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-49334281412252786632008-08-27T10:07:00.000+05:302008-08-27T10:08:06.535+05:30

It is easy to call for a bandh because it takes just a moment of frenzy and a pinch of ideology. It is also very easy to find reasons for bandhs as there are plenty in this country. But it is not as easy to solve those problems and when your own weapon pinches you, it takes a new twist. This is exactly what happens to the Left parties who live in Stalin era in China and former USSR. Economic

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The Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) is all set to make a debut albeit with a flimsy reason - into the Indian bandh arena. It has called for Jharkhand bandh in protest against the Jharkhand government's decision to appoint 4401 Urdu teachers, including 1074 posts reserved for scheduled tribe candidates knowing Urdu, in the state - sounds crazy??Now the question JDP is asking is valid. How can the

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-77802599112183074152008-08-25T11:21:00.000+05:302008-08-25T11:22:15.399+05:30

While the central government is promoting north east by putting it into the central government LTC scheme, the people in the region seems to be least interested to economically boost their regions from being cut off from rest of the country. That is the reason an indefinite bandh has been called from 6 am in the areas of Sangaiporou, Malom, Ningomthong, Mongsangei and Konjeng Leikai which the

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-27281192241377301512008-08-25T01:32:00.000+05:302008-08-25T01:32:01.042+05:30

The killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader and some others by Maoists in Kandhamal district of Orissa is putting Orissa back to burner. Though the Church in India has already condemned the killing and mourned the death of the 82-year-old Hindu activist, a section of pro-Hindu groups are blaming Christians for the killings and called for a bandh today. The reaction is swift as two churches have

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-14249329140702362012008-08-23T09:32:00.000+05:302008-08-23T09:33:34.284+05:30

Bandh calls are given in Jammu & Kashmir the way pegs are ordered in a bar. Every day one group or the other is giving a bandh call and the situation has reached to such a boiling point that it has divided the state in religious lines. Now The Hurriyat Conference-led Coordination Committee called for a three-day general strike beginning today. The transport services, though, has been exempted

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-27659845444918622282008-08-22T10:24:00.000+05:302008-08-22T10:24:00.522+05:30

A bandh has been called by the CPRM to mark Betrayal Day. “It was on this day in 1988 that Subash Ghisingh had signed the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council accord which sealed the fate of the demand for a separate state. We have decided to protest against the Betrayal Day through a general strike. The strike has also been called in support of Gorkhaland,” said D.S. Bomzom, the spokesperson for the

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-18740955101279790732008-08-20T01:27:00.001+05:302008-08-20T01:27:00.080+05:30

Again an all India bandh and again India goes to dogs. One wonders when will this protests end because these protests have no bearing and no impact. Gone are the days of British government which respected such protests. Today's administration hardly cares for such a call. Then why call for a bandh? A national time pass.Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) — the CPM-backed trade union — is

Binu Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873217075021044508.post-67638634674370490122008-08-20T01:16:00.002+05:302008-08-20T22:01:21.024+05:30

What is the role of an opposition party? Does it mean that you have lost majority to form a government means you don’t have any responsibility towards a few section of people who gave you the votes? Well this is happening in India today. If you are not able to form the government means your job is to disrupt the governmental procedures and its functioning. Take the case of Bihar where a bandh is

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