BJP calls for Bengal Bandh on Wednesday to protest against atrocities by police on studentsBJP Bangla Bandh Tomorrow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on Wednesday, from 6:00 ...
27 Aug, 2024, 05.13 PM IST
State-wide protests erupt in West Bengal over RG Kar hospital vandalism; clashes, Bandh call & political tensions intensifyOn Friday, state-wide protests by SUCI party workers continued across West Bengal, with clashes and scuffles with police in areas including...
16 Aug, 2024, 01.05 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee opposes September 2 general strikeOn Friday, Mamata made it clear officially her Trinamool Congress government would work hard to keep shops and business establishments open.
26 Aug, 2016, 04.47 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee defies Congress' West Bengal Bandh, holds 2 meetingsChief minister Mamata Banerjee held two important meetings during the 12-hour Congress sponsored Bangla Bandh on Tuesday.
19 Aug, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
Congress, CPM mount pressure on Mamata BanerjeeThe Congress has called a 12 hour Bangla bandh on August 18 in protest against killing of a student inside a college campus at Sabong.
15 Aug, 2015, 07.43 AM IST
Congress gives state-wide bandh call in West Bengal on August 20Congress in West Bengal today gave a call for a state-wide bandh on August 20 to protest against "ongoing terror and violence".
09 Aug, 2015, 03.14 PM IST
BJP Joins Left Chorus for Bandh on April 30The BJP's decision came a day after Left trade unions called a 24-hour general strike in the state on the same day.
28 Apr, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
WB govt to take steps in case of violence in DarjeelingA West Bengal minister said that steps would be taken to deal with violence, while stating that the Centre would be equally accountable.
01 Aug, 2013, 08.26 PM IST
Gorkhaland demand: GJM calls 96-hour bandh in DarjeelingThe Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today announced a four-day bandh from Saturday to demand a separate Gorkhaland.
01 Aug, 2013, 04.12 PM IST
- Bandh in Siliguri as tripartite talks with GJM over Gorkhaland begin
Anti-Gorkha Jan Mukti outfits called a shutdown an in Siliguri on Monday .
21 Dec, 2009, 01.51 PM IST
- West Bengal: BJP making efforts to make Nov 30 bandh successful
After the SUCI-sponsored Bangla Bandh flopped on November 24, the BJP, which has also called a bandh on November 30, is taking precautionar...
25 Nov, 2009, 09.38 PM IST
- Mamata criticises Congress for Bangla bandh
Railway minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised her election partner Congress without naming it for hold...
20 Jul, 2009, 11.42 PM IST
- Cong bandh in Bengal on Friday
Congress has called a 12-hour Bangla bandh on Friday in protest against the attack on its MLAs by CPM supporters at Mangalkot in Burdwan di...
17 Jul, 2009, 02.07 AM IST
- Left finds bandh boot is on other foot
West Bengal’s unalloyed passion for bandhs seems to be getting stronger by the day. As if the four-odd in calendar 2006 wasn’t enough, the ...
08 Jan, 2007, 03.17 AM IST
- Trinamool bandh cripples life in Kolkata
The 12-hour Bangla Bandh called by Trinamool Congress on Monday crippled normal life in Kolkata and elsewhere in the state. Shops and busin...
10 Oct, 2006, 12.32 AM IST
- Cong to back Trinamool’s bandh
The congress on Friday decided to support the Trinamool Congress-sponsored 12-hour Bangla Bandh on Monday even though a number of senior CP...
07 Oct, 2006, 02.57 AM IST
- 12-hr Bangla bandh on Oct 9
Party leader Ajit Panja told newspersons on Wednesday the bandh would be observed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m on October 9 .
04 Oct, 2006, 09.20 PM IST