Bandh Call On Retail

• Wholesalers to continue strike against local body tax

  Wholesalers in the city would continue to observe bandh against the local body tax (LBT) even as associations representing retailers called off their strike on Saturday.

• FDI in multi-brand retail comes into effect

  Showing resolve for reforms, the government on Thursday notified its decision to allow global retail giants like Walmart to open stores in India, on a day several political parties called Bharat Bandh to protest against the policy.

• Widespread response to bandh in Chhattisgarh

  The bandh called by NDA, Left parties and SP to protest the UPA's diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG on Thursday received a good response in the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh state.

• Mamata Banerjee slams Bharat bandh: Highlights

  Even as Mamata Banerjee's ministers are ready to meet the Prime Minister tomorrow to submit their resignations over FDI in retail and cap on LPG, she says the bandh called by opposition for the same reasons has not been successful.

• Bharat bandh: Near-total effect in Uttarakhand

  A near-complete bandh was observed on Thursday in Uttarakhand following a call from the BJP and other parties to oppose diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG.

• Little response to NDA's Bharat Bandh in Mumbai

  The nation-wide bandh called by the BJP-led NDA and other Opposition parties to protest fuel hike and FDI in retail evoked little response in Mumbai on Thursday owing to Ganesh festivities across Maharashtra.

• Bharat bandh affects normal life in West Bengal

  Life in Kolkata and elsewhere in West Bengal was disrupted by a 12-hour bandh called by Left parties to protest diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG.

• Bharat bandh: Normal life affected in Manipur

  Normal life was affected in Manipur due to the 12-hour general strike called by BJP and Left parties against the diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and ceiling on subsidised LPG.

• Bharat bandh: Trains stopped, highway blocked in Uttar Pradesh

  Samajwadi Party and BJP workers on Thursday staged demonstrations and stopped trains at a number of places in Uttar Pradesh in support of the bandh called by them against FDI in multi-brand retail and hike in diesel prices.

• Shutdown hits normal life in Andhra Pradesh

  The nation-wide shutdown called by the Opposition to protest hike in diesel price, cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and FDI in retail, evoked near total response in Andhra Pradesh.

• Ally DMK to join nation-wide bandh against Centre on Thursday

  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a key ally of the ruling UPA, on Tuesday announced its participation in the September 20 nation-wide bandh called by several non-UPA parties to protest against Centre's decision on diesel price hike, allow FDI in multi-brand retail and to limit subsidised cooking gas.

• Ally DMK to join nation-wide bandh against Centre on Thursday

  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a key ally of the ruling UPA, on Tuesday announced its participation in the September 20 nation-wide bandh called by several non-UPA parties to protest against Centre's decision on diesel price hike, allow FDI in multi-brand retail and to limit subsidised cooking gas.

• FDI in retail: Left calls 12-hour bandh in West Bengal on September 20

  A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's protest rally in Kolkata, the Left Front today called for a 12-hour strike in West Bengal on September 20 to oppose the Centre's decisions to introduce Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail and hike the prices of diesel.

• Bandh call evokes mixed response in districts

  The bandh call against FDI in multi-brand retail by 18 traders' associations evoked mixed response in the state on Thursday with traders in some cities observing a near-total bandh, while other cities had most number of commercial establishments open.

• FDI battle: Traders across country on strike today, BJP backs their bandh call

  For the past eight days, both Houses of Parliament have been in a state of paralysis with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Opposition fighting the government's decision to allow 51% Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in the retail sector.