A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporter tried to immolate himself at Dambarchowk in the heart of Kalimpong town demanding a separate Gorkhaland Tuesday on the second day of the 72-hour bandh in the Darjeeling hills by the party.

Normal life was disrupted for the second day Tuesday due to the 72-hour bandh called in the Darjeeling hills by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to demand Gorkhaland.

Chennai: Several hundreds of BJP members including senior leaders like L. Ganesan, Dr Tamilisaisoundarar­aj­an and Vanathi Srini­vasan courted arrest during the statewide bandh called by the saffron

BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit general secretary V. Ramesh has been hacked to death by unidentified assailants near his house in Salem that sparked an outrage in the party that gave a call for a state-wide bandh on July 22.

Patna: Clashes took place between activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal(United) here on Tuesday, even as BJP-sponsored daylong Bihar shutdown call began.
The BJP has called

Hyderabad: The Telangana bandh spearheaded by Telangana Rashtra Samiti against the "repressive" action of Congress government to put down the march-to-assembly rally evoked a lukewarm response in the

Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has called for a shut down in Telangana region on Saturday in protest against the alleged repressive measures adopted by the Andhra

The bandh called by Thevar outfits and supported by All India Forward Bloc hit normal life in southern districts on Wednesday.

Almost all commercial establishments remai­­n­ed closed and buses es­p­e

While reiterating his party will support the UPA to keep 'communal' forces at bay, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, courting arrest here during Thursday’s Bharat bandh, warned the government

Thursday's Bharat Bandh called by the Opposition parties cost the country Rs10,000-12,500 crores by disrupting trade and production, according to estimates by chambers of commerce and industry.

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