Madhya Pradesh Bandh

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

Former Madhya Pradesh minister PC Sharma said he and several other Congress leaders and workers were detained in Bhopal by the police on Saturday during the state-wide half-day ''bandh'' called by his party to protest against the rising fuel prices.

The Madhya Pradesh Congress on Friday gave a call for a half-day ''bandh'' in the state on February 20 against the rising fuel prices.

Bharat Bandh January 2020: Banking and transport services were hit in some parts of the country on Wednesday as workers affiliated to trade unions protested against privatisation and the impact of economic slowdown on jobs.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati - who bailed out the Congress after it fell a whisker short of majority in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - on Monday set a condition to keep the party in line. Mayawati said she would "reconsider" her support if the cases filed in the two states against the "innocent" during April's all-India strike by Scheduled Ca...

Three Congress workers were today arrested for allegedly blackening the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mhow town in Madhya Pradesh,during the 'Bharat bandh' called by the party on Monday, police said.

Normal life was partially affected in several parts of Madhya Pradesh today as scheduled caste outfits staged protests and strike as part of a countrywide agitation against the SC/ST Act.

Bharat Bandh impact was seen in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

The Madhya Pradesh police have stepped up security across the state in view of the ongoing protests against the amendments in the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Today is the sixth day of the ongoing farmers' protest across several states. Farmers in various parts of India launched a 10-day Gaon Bandh (rural shutdown) on June 1 to press their demands.Their demands include a loan waiver, higher prices for their produce and immediate implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report. As part of the protest,...

Police have arrested two more persons for their alleged involvement in the violence in Morena during the April 2 Bharat Bandh, an officer said.

Over a dozen people were injured in clashes in Bihar as some groups tried to enforce a Bharat Bandh to protest reservation in jobs and education. Supporters of the strike, mostly from upper castes, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced markets to shut down in nearly half-a-dozen districts. In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh...

On April 2, millions of Dalits took to the streets to protest what they believed was a dilution of laws meant to protect them from atrocities by upper castes.

The police are looking for a man caught on camera firing at a crowd in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior during clashes between Dalit protesters and groups of upper caste men on Monday. The man, say the police, is Raja Chauhan.

A critically ill newborn died in Bihar's Vaishali district after his ambulance got caught in a traffic jam during Monday's Bharat Bandh called by Dalit groups. Five states of north India had witnessed violence after protesters tried to enforce the strike. Nine people had died -- six of them in Madhya Pradesh, which saw the most violence, two in Ut...

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

Former Madhya Pradesh minister PC Sharma said he and several other Congress leaders and workers were detained in Bhopal by the police on Saturday during the state-wide half-day ''bandh'' called by his party to protest against the rising fuel prices.

The Madhya Pradesh Congress on Friday gave a call for a half-day ''bandh'' in the state on February 20 against the rising fuel prices.

Bharat Bandh January 2020: Banking and transport services were hit in some parts of the country on Wednesday as workers affiliated to trade unions protested against privatisation and the impact of economic slowdown on jobs.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati - who bailed out the Congress after it fell a whisker short of majority in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - on Monday set a condition to keep the party in line. Mayawati said she would "reconsider" her support if the cases filed in the two states against the "innocent" during April's all-India strike by Scheduled Ca...

Three Congress workers were today arrested for allegedly blackening the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mhow town in Madhya Pradesh,during the 'Bharat bandh' called by the party on Monday, police said.

Normal life was partially affected in several parts of Madhya Pradesh today as scheduled caste outfits staged protests and strike as part of a countrywide agitation against the SC/ST Act.

Bharat Bandh impact was seen in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

The Madhya Pradesh police have stepped up security across the state in view of the ongoing protests against the amendments in the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Today is the sixth day of the ongoing farmers' protest across several states. Farmers in various parts of India launched a 10-day Gaon Bandh (rural shutdown) on June 1 to press their demands.Their demands include a loan waiver, higher prices for their produce and immediate implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report. As part of the protest,...

Police have arrested two more persons for their alleged involvement in the violence in Morena during the April 2 Bharat Bandh, an officer said.

Over a dozen people were injured in clashes in Bihar as some groups tried to enforce a Bharat Bandh to protest reservation in jobs and education. Supporters of the strike, mostly from upper castes, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced markets to shut down in nearly half-a-dozen districts. In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh...

On April 2, millions of Dalits took to the streets to protest what they believed was a dilution of laws meant to protect them from atrocities by upper castes.

The police are looking for a man caught on camera firing at a crowd in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior during clashes between Dalit protesters and groups of upper caste men on Monday. The man, say the police, is Raja Chauhan.

A critically ill newborn died in Bihar's Vaishali district after his ambulance got caught in a traffic jam during Monday's Bharat Bandh called by Dalit groups. Five states of north India had witnessed violence after protesters tried to enforce the strike. Nine people had died -- six of them in Madhya Pradesh, which saw the most violence, two in Ut...