A day ahead of its two-hour bandh, the Karnataka unit of the Congress party on Wednesday decided to postpone it on account of the second year pre-university exams.
Cops, Congress workers tussle with each others in Bhubaneswar
BHUBANESWAR: The state wing of Congress on Monday resorted to a six-hour ‘Odisha bandh’ to press the Centre and the state government to bring down fuel prices. Stray incidents of violence were reported in some places but the bandh was, by and large, peaceful.
Observed from 7 am to 1 pm, the bandh saw complete closure of educational institutes and partial disruption of public transport and commercial activities across the state. Incidentally, the protest coincided with another rise in fuel prices on Monday.
The price of petrol in Bhubaneswar was hiked to Rs 89.68/litre from Rs 89.42/litre on Sunday. The price of diesel went up to Rs 86.45/litre in the capital on Monday from Rs 86.13 the previous day.
Normal life affected in Odisha due to 6-hour Congress bandh against fuel price rise
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Last Updated: Feb 15, 2021, 12:11 PM IST
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Educational institutions remained closed, train services were affected and vehicles remained off the roads in the bandh that began at 7 am.
Normal life was completely affected across Odisha on Monday
BHUBANESWAR: Normal life was completely affected across Odisha on Monday due to a six-hour bandh called by the Congress in protest against fuel price rise.
Educational institutions remained closed, train services were affected and vehicles remained off the roads in the bandh that began at 7 am.
No untoward incident, however, was reported from any district, a Home Department official said.
The attack on Pijush Biswas took place outside the Congress field office in Bishalgarh.
Agartala:
The Congress in Tripura has called a 12-hour shutdown in the state to protest the attack on top opposition leaders allegedly by BJP supporters in the state. The protest call comes just hours after state Congress chief Pijush Biswas suffered minor injuries after his vehicle was attacked while he was on his way to attend a party meeting.
The attack on Mr Biswas took place outside the Congress field office in Bishalgarh, which is around 20 km from state capital Agartala, on Sunday morning. A group of armed goons of the BJP attacked me and my party colleagues with the intention to kill me. Police was present at the spot but remained mute spectators. The BJP workers vandalised my car and seriously injured me, my driver and five other Congress activists, Mr Biswas told reporters at the Congress Bhavan.