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TopicBharat Bandh

Topic: Bharat Bandh

Mumbai, Kolkata among worst hit by trade unions’ Bharat Bandh. What are their demands

New Delhi: At least 10 Central Trade Unions across India organised a 24-hour nationwide general strike on July 9, in protest against the central...

‘My city is fully open’ say users in Patna and Surat on Bharat Bandh, but post image from 2016

New Delhi: National highways, link roads and railway tracks were blocked by protesting farmers during the nationwide Bharat Bandh Monday, resulting in highway blockages...

Bharat Bandh brings regions to standstill as Bengal, Maharashtra & Telangana support farmers

Punjab & Haryana shutdown, while in states such as Assam and J&K UT, students, farmer & trader unions as well as political parties observe some form of protest.

Farmers’ Bharat Bandh vs govt lockdown, & Rahul Gandhi only ‘speaks’ on Twitter

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s reaction to Bharat Bandh & Modi govt’s ‘social distancing’ of farmers

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP is denying ticket to vocal Dalit MPs like Udit Raj because they just won’t fall in line

Most sitting MPs whom BJP denied ticket to contest the 2019 elections were vocal about issues of caste and social justice in India.

The latest to call for a Bharat bandh are BJP supporters & RSS affiliates

Traders, worried Walmart-Flipkart deal will kill business of small retailers, say they are not just donors but also voters, and it's time to remind Modi govt of that.

To counter fuel price rise backlash, BJP has a strategy — Distraction

BJP plans relentless counter-attack by raking up emotive issues around national security and setting discourse around its catchy welfare measures. 

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.