Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the Communist Party of India (Marxists) CPI (M) has no ideology and it only engages in violence during the 'bandhs' (strikes).
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Politicians, trade union workers and common people took to streets here on Wednesday to observe the 'Bharat Bandh' call by trade unions and other organisations against the central government.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Protesters were seen raising slogans outside Jadavpur University in the city and Hooghly following the trade unions' call for Bharat Bandh against the 'anti-worker policies of central government'.
Burdwan (West Bengal) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): A clash broke out between the workers of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Students' Federation of India (SFI) workers here on Wednesday during the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by trade Unions against the policies of the central government.
New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Transportation including the bus and railway services were badly affected in various parts of West Bengal, Odisha and elsewhere on Wednesday following the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the trade unions against the central government.
New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that the traders who have called for a nationwide strike have done so because their businesses are suffering due to the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Niranjan Patnaik on Wednesday made a human chain to support a nationwide trade union strike against economic downturn.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra on Wednesday extended its support to the 'Bharat Bandh' call by trade unions against the policies of the Central government.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Employees of All India Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) here on Wednesday participated in the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by trade unions against the policies of the central government.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): In the backdrop of 'Bharat Bandh' call by the trade unions, a state transport bus driver took to wheels wearing a helmet for his protection here on Wednesday.