Ethnic violence continues in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Lead)
February 25th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Curfew was reimposed as ethnic violence in Khagrachhari resumed late Wednesday night after a day long calm. It's now been six days since the clashes began between ... Read more...
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Wedding bells make Nepal Maoists call off strike (Lead)
December 8th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 8 (IANS) Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas have withdrawn their trade and transport strike scheduled Wednesday -- traditionally an auspicious day for marriages -- after party leaders were flooded with ... Read more...
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Strike at Indian border town hits trade with Bangladesh
December 3rd, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 3 (IANS) Trade between Bangladesh and India was hit Thursday at Benapole, a border town and the principal land port in India's West Bengal state, due to a transport strike ... Read more...
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Transport strike stalls life in West Bengal, indefinite strike call lifted (Lead)
July 24th, 2009 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) A transport strike called by commercial vehicle operators disrupted normal life in West Bengal Friday as the Calcutta High Court rejected a plea to extend the deadline for ... Read more...
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Transport strike cripples life in West Bengal
July 24th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Normal life came to a standstill in West Bengal Friday as commercial vehicle operators went on strike to protest the state government's decision to implement a high court ... Read more...
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Indefinite transport strike in Kolkata begins
July 24th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, July 24 (ANI): Private transport operators went on an indefinite strike here from today in protest against a High Court order asking to phase out all vehicles which are more than ... Read more...
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Indefinite transport strike in Kolkata from Friday (Lead)
July 24th, 2009 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Commercial vehicle operators will go on an indefinite strike in the city from Friday, after a meeting between the strikers and the West Bengal government failed to break ... Read more...
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Indefinite transport strike in West Bengal from Friday
July 23rd, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) At least 17 associations of commercial vehicle operators in West Bengal will go on indefinite strike from Friday, to protest the state government's decision to ban all commercial ... Read more...
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West Bengal commercial vehicle operators plan indefinite strike
July 19th, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) At least 17 associations of commercial vehicle operators Sunday called for an indefinite strike from July 24 to protest the state government's decision to ban all commercial ... Read more...
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Action demanded against Assam cop who shot truckers dead
July 11th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) The Tripura and Meghalaya governments have asked the Assam government to take action against the policemen who gunned down a truck driver and his assistant in Guwahati Thursday ... Read more...
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Five Indians narrowly escape lynching in Nepal
June 28th, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 28 (IANS) Five Indian men narrowly escaped being lynched in Nepal Sunday on suspicion of being child lifters after growing public fears over an increase in the number of kidnappings. ... Read more...
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Goods worth nearly Rs.1 bn stranded in Tamil Nadu
January 10th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 10 (IANS) Tea, vegetables and perishables worth nearly Rs.100 crore (Rs.1 billion) are stranded in various districts in Tamil Nadu on account of the truckers' strike, which continued Saturday for ... Read more...
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Transport strike hits normal life in Kolkata
December 10th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Dec 10 (ANI): Commuters today faced immense problems in West Bengal after transporters called for a day long strike to protest against Section 304 of Indian Penal Code, under which ... Read more...
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Government, striking transporters hold talk again (Roundup)
July 3rd, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Transport of goods across the country remained affected for the second day Thursday even as the striking truck owners protesting rising taxes and the fuel price hike ... Read more...
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‘Trucker’s strike only to wriggle out of tax evasion cases’
July 3rd, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) As the truckers' nationwide strike entered the second day Thursday, a transport monitoring agency said the protest was unwarranted and only a pressure tactic of many truck ... Read more...
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Kathmandu valley paralysed by indefinite transport strike
June 21st, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 21 (IANS) Hit by the Maoists pulling out of the government, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's minority government in Nepal received a second blow Saturday with transporters calling ... Read more...
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Kathmandu valley paralysed as transporters go on warpath
June 15th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's tottering government faced a new crisis Sunday as transporters called an indefinite strike to protest the state's refusal to let ... Read more...
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Second day of transport strike in J-K
June 10th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, June 10 (ANI): The indefinite strike by transporters in Jammu and Kashmir entered the second day today affecting private vehicles and thousands of pilgrims going to Vaishnodevi.All Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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Farmers flay UPA government for dragging its feet on farm loan waiver issue
May 10th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Farmers took out a rally in New Delhi on Saturday and threaten to court arrest. They also voiced their anguish over the government's inability to adhere ... Read more...
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Blasts shake Nepal ahead of crucial polls
April 7th, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 7 (IANS) At least 10 people were injured in bomb blasts that occurred at election rallies in three major districts of Nepal Monday, three days ahead of crucial ... Read more...
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Protests erupt as two die in Nepal mosque blast
March 30th, 2008 - 10:46 am ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 30 (IANS) Nepal's minority Muslim community called a shutdown and began street protests Sunday as two devotees died in a bomb attack on mosque in eastern Nepal, raising ... Read more...
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Nepal calls terror groups to talks for safe polls
March 22nd, 2008 - 11:02 am ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 22 (IANS) With less than three weeks left for a historic election in Nepal, its coalition government is trying to patch up with armed groups still on rampage, ... Read more...
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At least seven protesters killed in Cameroon
February 29th, 2008 - 12:43 am ICT by admin
DPA
Nairobi, Feb 28 (DPA) At least seven people were killed in Cameroon during violent protests against rising fuel prices this week, reports said Thursday, as the government blamed the opposition for stoking ... Read more...
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Hundreds of trucks stranded at Nepal-India border
February 5th, 2008 - 1:34 pm ICT by admin
Panitanki (West Bengal), Feb 5 (ANI): Hundreds of trucks have been stranded at Panitanki checkpost in West Bengal after Nepal border was closed following a transport strike called by an ethnic group.
The ... Read more...
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