Thane Bandh

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  Maharashtra Government Calls All-Party Meet Amid Bandh Over Quota Row

  Maratha outfits observed a bandh today in protest against the recent lathi charge by the police in Jalna district against protesters demanding reservation in Maharashtra.

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  Maratha Outfit's Calls For Strike In Thane Over Police Action On Quota Protesters

  A 'bandh' has been called by a Maratha outfit in Maharashtra's Thane city on September 11 to condemn the recent police lathi-charge against agitators in Jalna.

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  Raj Thackeray To Appear Before Probe Agency; Party Withdraws Thane Bandh

  MNS chief Raj Thackeray will appear before the Enforcement Directorate or ED in connection with a money laundering probe and has appealed to the party workers not to protest over the issue, a party spokesperson said on Tuesday.

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  Mumbai Strike Over, Maratha Protesters Clash With Cops In Thane: 10 Facts

  Clash between the police and Maratha protesters continued late into the evening in pockets of Maharashtra, even though the bandh in Mumbai was called off early in the afternoon. While the blockade of the Mumbai-Pune highway was cleared, protesters threw stones at the police in Thane. The Marathas are demanding reservation in jobs and education. Chi...

• Thane bandh begins; buses damaged

  A bandh called by major political parties in Thane against on-going demolition of illegal structures without providing alternate accommodation to the occupants began with some persons damaging at least 12 buses in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, police said.

• 'Family suggests I avoid Facebook for some time'

  Young women in Mumbai debate today's bandh in the town where two girls were arrested for Facebook posts.

• Shiv Sena bandh in Palghar against suspension of cops for Facebook arrests: Top 10 developments

  The Shiv Sena is enforcing a complete bandh or shutdown of Palghar today - this part of Thane in Maharashtra is where two young girls were arrested recently for their Facebook posts on Bal Thackeray's death. Mr Thackeray, who was 80, was the Shiv Sena president; he died earlier this month.

• Bharat Bandh: Buses pelted with stones in Mumbai

  Bharat Bandh supporters pelted stones at buses in two suburban areas of the city, Pune, Nagpur and Thane district and stopped some buses by blocking roads in Satara district of Western Maharashtra as the Bharat Bandh called by NDA to protest the petrol price hike began today.

• Bharat bandh: Shutdown begins peacefully in Maharashtra

  The Opposition-sponsored shutdown started in Mumbai and the state peacefully on Thursday, barring sporadic incidents of violence in Thane and Pune, officials said.

• 'Missing' corporator, who provoked Mumbai bandh, returns

  Suhasini Lokhande, BJP corporator, Missing Thane corporator, Jitendra Avhad

• Mumbai bandh has voters asking 'Is this why we elected you?'

  It has been barely a fortnight since Thane elected its corporators to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), and the pre-election promises echoed by candidates are still ringing in the ears of the electorate. The ruling alliance -- fresh from its victory -- brought the city of Thane to a standstill yesterday, by unleashing an aggressive and sporadi...