A policeman was killed and six people were injured Wednesday after fidayeen guerrillas lobbed grenades and fired at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers at Lal Chowk in the heart of the city here, authorities said.
Among those injured were civilians and a camera-person of a news channel.
Militant outfit Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen (JuM) claimed responsibility for the attack. [...]
Vijayawada, Jan 4 (ANI): Normal life was disrupted in the non-Telangana regions of Andhra Pradesh on Monday following a shut down called by the All Party Joint Action Committee (JAC) in support of a United Andhra Pradesh.
Schools, colleges, shops and [...]
Hyderabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Life in Andhra Pradesh’s Rayalaseema and Andhra regions ground to a halt Monday as the shutdown called by various groups opposing statehood to Telangana evoked total response.
State-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) buses went off the roads in all 13 districts of the two regions while shops, business establishments, banks, petrol pumps, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The central government has called a meeting Jan 5 of leaders of eight recognised political parties of Andhra Pradesh to discuss the Telangana issue and look at ways to break the logjam. Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday sent out the letters to the political parties.
Chidambaram’s invitation comes after a day-long [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Normal life came to a grinding halt in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana Wednesday as the day-long shutdown called by all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC), demanding statehood to the region, evoked total response.
Transport services were paralysed while shops, business establishments, petrol bunks, cinema theatres, banks, offices and educational institutions [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 25 (IANS) The Telangana region remained relatively peaceful Friday though protests continued for the second consecutive day against the central government’s move to put on hold the process of forming a separate state.
The all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) withdrew its shutdown call in view of Christmas and most parts of Hyderabad and the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Bowing to the request of a Christian organisation, the all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) pushing for creation of a Telangana state Thursday decided not to enforce its shutdown on Friday in view of Christmas.
At a meeting of JAC leaders, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao appealed to his party [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Normal life Thursday came to a grinding halt in parts of Hyderabad and nine other districts of the Telangana region as a 48-hour shutdown was called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and other groups.
State-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) suspended all bus services while private vehicles also went off the roads [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 19 (IANS) Congress MP L. Rajagopal was Saturday arrested in Vijayawada and shifted to a hospital as his condition started deteriorating on the fifth day of his indefinite hunger strike to oppose the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Tension prevailed in Vijayawada city of coastal Krishna district as Rajagopal continued his fast in the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (IANS) Normal life came to a standstill for the second consecutive day Saturday in several parts of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh as protests continued against the government’s decision to grant separate statehood to Telangana.
State-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) buses remained off the roads in most of the 13 [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Life in parts of Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were affected Friday in response to a daylong shutdown to protest the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh.
Buses of the Andhra Pradesh Transport Corporation (APSRTC) went off the roads as political activists, students and other groups opposed to the division of the state took [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 7 (IANS) Normal life remained paralysed in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Monday for the second successive day as the 48-hour shutdown called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) demanding a separate state of Telangana evoked total response.
Hyderabad and nine other districts of the region continued to be tense as TRS chief K. [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 6 (IANS) The anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition passed off peacefully here amid tight security, police said Sunday.
Police had sounded an alert here in view of the shutdown call given by some Muslim groups and the intelligence reports that three terror suspects on the run could launch attacks.
Police foiled an attempt by [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 6 (IANS) The 48-hour shutdown called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) demanding a separate state of Telangana in Andhra Pradesh crippled normal life in Hyderabad and nine other districts of the region Sunday as party chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao’s fast-unto-death entered the eighth day.
Tension prevailed in the region as policemen were deployed [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 5 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) activists and students went on a rampage here Saturday, damaging shops and buses following rumours that party chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, who is on a fast-unto-death demanding a separate Telangana state, had gone into a coma.
Hundreds of TRS workers and students from Osmania University rushed to the [...]
Hyderabad, Nov.30 (ANI): The activists of ‘Telangana Rashtra Samiti’ (TRS) resorted to violence during their shutdown in Hyderabad on Monday in protest of the arrest of their leader K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
On Sunday (Nov. 29), the police had [...]
Agartala, Nov 26 (ANI): A 12-hour general strike in Agartala, called by the Tripura Youth Congress Committee (TYCC), began this morning to protest against the murder of former youth congress leader Mantu Das (43) who was shot dead on November 24 night in his house by some [...]
Nalbari (Assam), Nov 23 (ANI): Normal life has been paralysed in the Nalbari district of Lower Assam due to a dawn to dusk shutdown call given by the All Assam Students Union.
The shutdown call has been given in protest against Sunday’s twin blasts, killing seven people [...]
Jaipur, Oct. 31 (ANI): The continuing blaze at the Indian Oil Corporation fuel depot near Jaipur has not only destroyed property worth crores of rupees, but also rendered many daily wage earners jobless.
Since the fire erupted on Thursday, [...]
Jhargram (West Bengal), Oct 27 (ANI): An indefinite shutdown called by a pro-Maoist organisation disturbed normal life in Jhargram region of Midnapore district in West Bengal on Tuesday.
The shutdown is observed on the call of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), a pro-Maoist organisation that represents local tribesmen, against the anti-Maoist operations by para-military [...]
Srinagar, Oct 27 (ANI): The Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday called for a complete shutdown in Srinagar on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of arrival of Indian troops in the state.
The troops were airlifted to combat Pakistan raiders.
All the shops and other business establishments were forced to remain closed. Even banks, educational institutions and government [...]
Imphal, Oct 15 (ANI): Normal life in Manipur came to a standstill on Thursday following a general strike called by the Manipur People’s Liberation Front (MPLF).
The MPLF is an umbrella forum formed by major insurgent groups operating in the state.
The MPLF has called for a 24-hour strike in protest against the merger of Manipur with [...]
Kolkata, Sep. 30 (ANI): A Maoist sponsored 48-hour shutdown disrupted normal life in West Bengal on Wednesday.
Shops, educational institutions and business establishments remained closed in Jangalmahal area of West Midnapore district.
Similar shutdowns were also witnessed in the Bankura and Purulia districts of the [...]
Srinagar, Sep 24(ANI): Unemployed youth of Jammu Kashmir assembled outside the employment exchanges on Thursday to register their names following reports that the State Government is likely to announce an employment policy on December 5.
According to [...]
Imphal, Sept 19 (ANI): A civil organisation called for a 60-hour shutdown in Manipur starting from today against human rights violations committed allegedly by security forces.
The call was given by the Apunba Lup, an umbrella organization of local groups, spearheading the ongoing agitation against [...]
Ghaziabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Normal life was affected in 16 districts of western Uttar Pradesh as a lawyers’ strike, demanding a high court bench for the region, entered its third day.
The lawyers had declared a three-day strike from Sep 15 to press their demand.
‘The agitation passed off peacefully and we got a lot of public [...]
Imphal, Sep 12 (ANI): Normal life has been curbed in Manipur on Saturday due to a 24 hours general strike called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) to protest against the alleged fake encounters.
The JAC is a group of NGOs, protesting the recent killing of a driver in an encounter.
The markets, shops, and business [...]
Imphal (Manipur), Sep 7(ANI): People in Manipur are getting tired of protests against an alleged fake encounter in which a former militant and a pregnant woman were killed by police commandos on July 23.
The strike, called by civil [...]
Srinagar, Aug 11 (ANI): The Kashmir Valley observed a shutdown on Tuesday to commemorate the first death anniversary of separatist leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz and other persons, who were killed during a land row agitation last year.
The shutdown call was given by the moderate fraction of the Hurriyat Conference and received support from other [...]
Jammu, Aug 10 (ANI): A complete shutdown is being observed here following the call given by the Central University Andolan Samiti (CUAS) on Monday over the issue of the site for the central university.
Reportedly, the CUAS, a student group supported by traders and other groups, call comes after they failed to procure a written [...]
