Telangana’s Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy on Friday (October 17, 2025) urged all political parties and organisations to ensure that the statewide bandh call given for October 18 is observed peacefully. In a statement released to the media, the DGP said that any attempt to disrupt public order or indulge in unlawful activities … Read more
The protestors were seen burning tyres and blocking roads, mainly on the outskirts of Ranchi. | Photo Credit: PTI Activists of various tribal outfits hit the streets on Saturday morning (March 22, 2025) to enforce an 18-hour bandh in Jharkhand‘s capital Ranchi to protest against the construction of a flyover near the Sarna Sthal, a … Read more
BJP leader Agnimitra Paul lashed out at the Bengal government as she took part in the 12-hour ‘Bengal Bandh’ called by her party on Wednesday. Speaking to ANI, she said that the police and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government have become spineless. Ms. Paul also mentioned that the police have invalidated the orders of the … Read more
Normal life may be affected in Mysuru on Friday as various organisations have extended support to Karnataka bandh over the Cauvery issue. Farmers, trade bodies, and pro-Kannada organisations on Thursday announced their support. A total shutdown of the city is anticipated since commercial and business establishments will remain closed from dawn to dusk even as … Read more
Seer of Adichunchanagiri Mutt Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji turned up at the site of protest by farmers’ outfits in Mandya to extend his support to the ongoing agitation against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on September 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Several shops and business establishments remained closed in Mandya on September … Read more
The city traffic police have diverted traffic movement in and around Majestic owing to the Bengaluru bandh called by the Federation of Karnataka State Private Transport Association on Monday. Considering the traffic disruption in and around Majestic and Freedom Park areas, the traffic police have diverted vehicular movement and requested road users to avoid K.G. … Read more
The Kerala Students’ Union (KSU) has called for an education bandh in the State on Tuesday to force the government to open up about the alleged rot in the higher education sector in the wake of a series of cases of certificate forgery and deceit. Announcing this here on Monday, KSU State president Aloshious Xavier … Read more
The 48-hour Jharkhand bandh called by Jharkhand State Students’ Union (JSSU), an umbrella body of different students’ associations, started on Saturday, June 10, 2023, but shops and markets were open and vehicles plied normally in the streets. The JSSU had called the bandh in support of its demand for 100 per cent reservation for local … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI The ripples of a resolution against any division of West Bengal in the State Assembly were felt in Darjeeling on Tuesday as pro-Gorkhaland parties called for a 12-hour bandh in the hills on February 23. However, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that government would take action … Read more
Activists of the Shiv Sena and the NCP organised a joint rally in Thane on Monday as part of the Maharashtra bandh called by three partners in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to protest the killing of four farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. The rally, led by Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske, passed … Read more