Youngsters play cricket on Hill Cart road during a strike called by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Siliguri.
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Police personnel detain pro-Kannada activists during 'Karnataka Bandh' protest against the formation of Maratha community corporation by the state government, in Bengaluru.
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Police personnel detain pro-Kannada activists during 'Karnataka Bandh' protest against the formation of Maratha community corporation by the state government, in Bengaluru.
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Police personnel detain Bhim Army activists, protesting in support of the formation Maratha community corporation by the state government, during a state wide bandh called by pro-K...
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Pro-Kannada activists stop vehicles to move forward during 'Karnataka Bandh' against the formation of Marathi Development Authority by the government, in Chikmagalur.
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Security personnel patrol at a closed market during a strike called by the Hurriyat Conference (APHC) against the new land laws notified by the Centre for Jammu and Kashmir, in Sr...
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Shops are seen locked during 'Vyapar bandh' called by Assam Chamber of Commerce, in the wake of deadly coronavirus, at Fancy Bazaar in Guwahati.
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Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a barbed wire set up as road blockade during a strike in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Shops and businesses shut in Indian-cont...
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Closed shops are seen during a three day-statewide strike called by Bihar Chemists and Druggists Association against the alleged harassment and exploitation by drug inspectors in t...
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Protestors clash with riot police officers during a demonstration in Paris. Rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined a nationwide day of protests and strikes Thur...
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Half-open shops in a market near the Jama Masjid in tune with the partial impact of the trade unions' bandh call, in New Delhi.
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A Punjab National Bank branch wear a deserted during trade unions' nationwide strike, in Mumbai.
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Buses parked at depot during their a nationwide strike called by various trade unions, in Kozhikode.
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Sparse traffic on the roads near the Howrah Bridge during the trade unions' nationwide, in Howrah.
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Members of various unions demonstrate outside the LIC Building in Hazratganj during the trade unions' nationwide strike, in Lucknow.
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Left Front activists take part in a rally in support of the trade unions' nationwide strike over various demands, in Kolkata.
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Shop owners sit idle in front of their closed shops during the trade unions' nationwide call in protest against the Union government's alleged anti-people policies, in Kolkata.
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Bank empolyees stage a protest during a nationwide strike called by ten trade unions to protest against the alleged anti-people policies of the Centre, in Ranchi.
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Flight passengers wait for transport vehicles outside the NSCBI Airport as taxies were off the roads due to the nationwide strike called by trade unions, in Kolkata.
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Police detain protesting students of various organisation during a nationwide strike called by trade unions, in Patna.
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With no signs of an end to the stalemate and they yet to get salaries for September, the "sacked" employees and their families spent the festival of lights in protests in front of the TSRTC depots across the state.
The Khammam bandh call was given by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of TSRTC and various political parties following the death of bus driver, Srinivas Reddy
Resident doctors continued their strike on Friday and withdrew all services, including that at the emergency departments of hospitals, in protest against the bill, which seeks to replace the graft-tainted Medical Council of India.
Several reports confirmed the meeting, which was earlier scheduled for Tuesday, will take place at 3 PM today after the doctors demanded an immediate interaction with the CM.
Members of the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association (RDA), who resumed work on Saturday, said that if the demands of the West Bengal doctors are not met within 48 hours, they would be forced to resort to an indefinite strike.
Maratha organisations repeatedly stressing they called for a “peaceful protest” amidst all the reports of violence is an astute line to take; it paints the morcha leadership in a ‘civic’ colour, while the tide of the mass of Marathas protesting can be left to take its own course—of exhibiting to the administration its nuisance value.
"Nurses’ strike in Kerala points to grievances in the sector, but Rs 20,000 minimum wages is irrational, says Dr Harish Pillai, Kerala president of Association of Health Care Providers India.