Puducherry Mar 29 PTI Normal life was affected in Puducherry on Tuesday on the second day of Bharath Bandh organised by central trade unions Shops and establishments remained closed cinema halls downed shutters privately-operated bus services were off the roads causing disruption in transport services Hotels also remained closed during the bandh organised by trade unions to protest against the anti-people anti-worker anti-farmer polices of the Centre Police were deployed in strength at all major places in the Union Territory Government-operated bus services functioned normally as office attendance was normal Most schools declared a holiday but those institutions conducting revision exams however functioned normally Two-wheelers zoomed in and around Puducherry Fish markets vegetable stalls and tea shops remained closed Banking services were partially hit by the strike and branches of some banks were functioning with less turnout of customers Police patrolling teams were seen keeping vigil on the situation Delegates of different political parties and trade union outfits held demonstrations at various points The Rajiv Gandhi Municipal bus terminal in neighbouring Orleanpet presented a forlorn look as the private fleet operators kept the vehicles off the roads PTI COR HDA HDA

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New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): A 48 hours Bharat bandh or a nationwide strike called by different trade unions to protest against government policies has kicked off in several states on Monday.

Midnapore East (West Bengal) [India], February 20 (ANI): Ahead of the February 27 municipality elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari warned Trinamool Congress (TMC) led government in West Bengal that if the voting is blocked on polling day than BJP will call a bandh for 72 hours.

Patna Jan 28 PTI Normal life in Bihar was on Friday affected by a dawn to dusk bandh called by students bodies in protest against anomalies in the format of exams conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board and police high handedness against protesting students Opposition parties like the RJD the Left and the Congress extended their support to the bandh took active part in many places and expressed satisfaction over its success The BJP which is in the focus of the agitation as it rules at the Centre besides shares power in the state urged the student community to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and be wary of playing into the hands of RJD-led opposition The problem for the BJP is that it faces assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh where the agitation has spread and where happenings in Bihar have a reverberation State BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal came out with a Facebook post claiming that he has personally spoken to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav who has assured that concerns of the aggrieved examinees will be squarely addressed Ashwani Vaishnav is a former IAS officer who began his career by cracking a tough competitive exam Yours truly earned his MBBS after much academic rigor You students can count on us said Jaiswal In a thinly veiled attack on Lalu Prasads RJD he added those who have depended on capture of polling booths for whom kidnappings and murders were political tools will only take advantage of you The day went off peacefully barring skirmishes between policemen and bandh supporters at many places There was no incident of full blown violence and rail traffic which had been hit during recent stirs was spared on the day Road traffic was however affected as bandh supporters placed burning tyres at crossroads in cities and on the highways resulting in long queues of stranded vehicles Police said some bandh supporters were apprehended at places where they caused much trouble and tried to intimidate shopkeepers to down their shutters though details were not available The men in uniform have been drawing flak from political parties including Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JDU for lodging cases against agitators which has given rise to a volatile situation The students have been hitting the streets ever since results of entrance tests for the Non Technical Popular Category were declared by the Railway Recruitment Board They have been livid that the RRB was far from completing selection process for 30000 vacancies nearly three years after advertising the posts Moreover there have been goof ups like candidates with more than one roll number Introducing an extra screening test for Group D has also been resented by the candidates who say the jobs are not of a highly skilled nature and hence a complex selection process was unnecessary The Railway Board recently put on hold the selection process and set up a high powered committee inviting suggestions from the aggrieved students PTI NAC JRC JRC

Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 17 (ANI): After meeting Tripura Minister Sushanta Chowdhury, the Twipra Students' Federation (TSF) called off its 12-hour bandh that was scheduled to be observed on Monday over alleged assault on two students by traffic policemen.

New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot visited the rain-affected Mundhela and Malikpur villages in Najafgadh and assured farmers of proper action.

Amravati : As Per the reports of The Indian Express, two shops belonging to Muslims were burnt during a shutdown observed by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra’s Amravati city on Saturday. The BJP had called for Bandh amid the protest staged by a Muslim organisation on Friday against the recent communal violence in Tripura. The protestors had allegedly thrown stones at BJP leader Pravin Pote’s home. Incidents of stone-pelting were witnessed from other places in Amravati, after which the authorities on Saturday imposed a curfew for four days and suspended internet services.

Amravati : As Per the reports of The Indian Express, two shops belonging to Muslims were burnt during a shutdown observed by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra’s Amravati city on Saturday. The BJP had called for Bandh amid the protest staged by a Muslim organisation on Friday against the recent communal violence in Tripura. The protestors had allegedly thrown stones at BJP leader Pravin Pote’s home. Incidents of stone-pelting were witnessed from other places in Amravati, after which the authorities on Saturday imposed a curfew for four days and suspended internet services.

Amravati: The Amravati Police on Monday arrested former Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Dr Anil Bonde along with a few other party members in connection with the violence over the weekend. The police is already in search of another BJP leader Praveen Pote, who is apparently missing from Amravati. According to a report by the Indian Express, the latest arrests were in connection with the riots that took place on Saturday in the Kotwali area of Amravati when BJP called a bandh.