Jharkhand Shutdown

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  Jharkhand Tribal Outfits' Shutdown Call After Hemant Soren's Arrest

  Protesting against the arrest of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, several tribal outfits gave a call for Jharkhand bandh on Thursday.

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  Tribal Bodies Protest Over Religious Flag Burning In Jharkhand, 150 Arrested

  Around 150 people were detained for blocking roads during a day-long shutdown called by tribal bodies in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Saturday to protest against the alleged burning of the Sarna flag (tribal religious flag) by unidentified men on March 25.

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  Jharkhand Warns Against Violence During Tomorrow's Shutdown

  The Jharkhand government today warned of strict action against anyone found indulging in violence during a united opposition shutdown called tomorrow to protest an amendment in the Land Acquisition Act 2013.

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  Protest By Jharkhand Disom Party Disrupts Train Services In East India

  Train services in various parts of West Bengal and Jharkhand were disrupted today as a result of a bandh or shutdown called by the Jharkhand Disom Party, demanding recognition of tribals' 'Sarna Dharma' as a religion, a South Eastern Railway official said.

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  Bharat Bandh Protest By Dalit Groups: What You Need To Know

  Bharat Bandh on SC/ST Act: Amid angry protests, violence erupted in parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Several cities including Chandigarh, Ranchi, Barmer, Alwar and Meerut saw clashes.

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  PM Modi To Address Panchayat Representatives In Jamshedpur Amid Shutdown Call

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a conference of panchayat representatives at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand on Sunday amid a shutdown called by the opposition JMM to protest the domicile policy and also against PM Modi using a corporate house stadium to address rural bodies representatives.

• Jharkhand witnesses shutdown, 500 arrested

  Jharkhand witnessed a shutdown on Saturday as more than 20 organisations called for policy-making that was both by and for the local people, who are predominantly tribal.

• Shutdown called by Maoists in Bihar gets mixed response

  A strike call by Maoists evoked mixed response in Bihar today as normal life was hit in some rural areas but urban areas were largely unaffected, police said.

• Bharat Bandh: Jharkhand hit by shutdown

  Bharat Bandh: Normal life in Jharkhand came to a grinding halt today during the 12-hour bandh called by the NDA in protest against last week's petrol price hike.

• Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand during shutdown

  Maoists today blew up railway tracks at two different places in Jharkhand as they began aday-long strike in three states to protest price rise and corruption.A group of armed Maoists packed explosives to blast a stretch of railway track, four km from Mile station in Ramgarh district, at 1.15 AM, police sources said here.The guerrillas blasted anoth...

• Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand during shutdown

  Maoists today blew up railway tracks at two different places in Jharkhand as they began a day-long strike in three states to protest price rise and corruption.A group of armed Maoists packed explosives to blast a stretch of railway track, four km from Mile station in Ramgarh district, at 1.15 AM, said police sources in Ranchi.The guerrillas blasted...

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  Naxals call for two-day bandh across three states

  In the wake of the two-day bandh call by Naxals in Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar, Indian Railways has cancelled and diverted some other trains passing through or originating out of these states.