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ONGC Lost Rs 9 cr 400 Tonne Of Crude Oil During Strike

ONGC Lost Rs 9 cr 400 Tonne Of Crude Oil During Strike
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has lost Rs 9 crore and 400 tonne of crude oil production in the last three days due to the 96-hour ONGC bandh called by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) from Monday in upper Assam.
According to an [...]

Maoists’ frequent Bandh calls badly disrupt life in Bastar

Bastar (Chhattisgarh), Sep.1 (ANI): In Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, which is one the most Maoist infested districts of the State, the frequent shutdown calls by Maoists have badly affected people’s daily lives.

One of the worst affected are local train services which make it difficult for people to [...]

Maoists’ frequent Bandh calls badly disrupt life in Bastar

Bastar (Chhattisgarh), Sep.1 (ANI): In Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, which is one the most Maoist infested districts of the State, the frequent shutdown calls by Maoists have badly affected people’s daily lives.

One of the worst affected are local train services which make it difficult for people to [...]

Thiruvalluvar statue unveiled in Bangalore amidst tight security

Bangalore, Aug 9 (ANI): The statue of Tamil saint- poet Thiruvalluvar was unveiled on Sunday in Bangalore amidst tight security, bringing to an end of 18-year-old dispute.

Both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Governments expect the installation of the statue to normalize relations [...]

Educational institutions remain shut in Gujarat to condemn hooch tragedy

Ahmedabad, July 10 (ANI): Schools and colleges remained closed in Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Friday as a mark of protest over the death of around 105 people due to consumption of spurious liquor.

Cases of people dying after consuming spurious liquor were reported on [...]

Assam put on high alert in wake of ULFA’s 12hr bandh call

Guwahati June 25 (ANI): Security has been beefed up in Assam, in wake of the 12 hour “Asom bandh” called by the United liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) today.

The banned ULFA has called for dawn-to-dusk bandh to protest against the alleged “fake encounter” by the security forces in which two of its cadres were killed [...]

Tight security for ULFA’s 12-hr bandh on Thursday in Assam

Guwahati, June 24 (ANI): Security has been tightened in Assam following the 12-hour ‘Asom Bandh’ called by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Thursday.

Guwahati has been put on high alert, while security has been [...]

Maoists ready for talks and cease-fire

New Delhi June 23 (ANI): Putting a moderate step a day after the imposition of ban by the central government, the CPI (Maoist) said it is ready for talks and demanded to pull back the forces from Lalgarh.

Speaking to media Gaud Chakraborthy, a spokesperson of the Maoist organisation, [...]

Maoist shutdown disrupts normal life in Medinipur

Medinipur (West Bengal), June 22 (ANI): Normal life was affected in Medinipur region of West Bengal, as vehicular traffic, shops, schools and colleges were all affected due to the 48-hour Bandh call given by the Maoists, as a mark of protest against the security forces’s action [...]

Residents ignore militants’ threat against polls in Assam and Manipur

Guwahati/ Imphal, May 2 (ANI): Defying militants’ threat against participation in the ongoing parliamentary elections, residents in Assam and Manipur demonstrated their faith in the democratic set-up of governance.

In Assam, the voter turnout was 62 %. This was a considerable increase of 16.2 per [...]

Lalu, Sushil Modi in war of words over Naxal attacks in Bihar, Jharkhand

Patna (Bihar), Apr.22 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Yadav and NDA leader and Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi were engaged in a war of words on Wednesday, hours after Naxals struck in four places in Bihar and Jharkhand a day before the second phase of general elections.

“These attacks show that there is anarchy [...]

200 km may prove too far a distance

By booking him under the National Security Act (NSA), the Uttar Pradesh Government took Varun Gandhi out of public sight, but not really out of public mind. In shifting him from the Pilibhit district jail last night, it seems to be hoping to achieve that.
Since his surrender on Saturday in the case of making inflammatory [...]

Abduction and killing of SDO in Manipur agitate residents

Imphal, Feb.25 (ANI): Indefinite curfew was clamped recently in Imphal following protests over the abduction and killing of Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of Kasom Khullen, a sub-division of Ukhrul district.

Six people were kidnapped, including Thingnam Kishan, the SDO, his driver A, Rajen, and one other person of his staff. Their bodies were located after [...]