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Bharat bandh enters second day; 71 arrested for violence in Noida

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February 21, 2013

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New Delhi, Feb 21: The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions is into its second day today. Banks are shut like yesterday and public transport in many cities remains affected.

Noida adjoining Delhi, where factories and vehicles came under mob attacks yesterday, is under heavy police watch. At least 71 people have been arrested for vandalising factories at a hosiery complex and setting 25 vehicles, including a fire engine, on fire.

Sixty four cases have been registered against the protesters, but it's not clear if they were trade union workers or people leveraging the bandh to loot offices. The factory-owners say they suffered a loss of Rs. 600 crore and allege that the police reached the sites of violence late.

The response to the bandh today appears to be mixed. In Delhi, there are fewer autorickshaws on the roads although government buses are running.

In Bangalore, schools and colleges are closed. A few autorickshaws and buses are running. Shops are open and information technology companies are working.

But public transport in Thiruvananthapuram remains crippled like yesterday. The government's threat to cut pay has not deterred employees from joining the strike.

The situation is better in Kolkata, where taxis are plying and government offices, factories and most shops are open. The Mamata Banerjee government is determined to defeat the strike and has warned government employees that they will lose pay if they miss work.

Government buses are not running in Lucknow and public sector banks are closed. Yesterday, some 50,000 state road transport employees were on strike across Uttar Pradesh and around 9,000 buses were off the roads.

The Bharat bandh has been called to protest against rising prices and disinvestment in public sector enterprises and to demand more jobs. Industry body Assocham estimates the loss from the two-day strike to be Rs. 26,000 crore.

The major unions participating in the strike are Bhartiya Mazdoor Sabha, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC).

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May 2,2020

New Delhi, May 2: With 2,293 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest number of cases in a single day, India's COVID-19 tally reached 37,336 on Saturday, including 1,218 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
As many as 71 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Out of the total number, 9,951 people have been cured/discharged/migrated.

In the state of Maharashtra, the number of coronavirus positive cases has crossed the 10,000-mark with at least 485 deaths.

The positive cases in Maharashtra has reached 11,506, including 1,879 discharged cases.

After Maharashtra, Gujarat has the most number of COVID-19 cases (4,721). The state has reported 236 deaths, while 735 people have been discharged.

The Centre on Friday extended the ongoing nationwide lockdown for two more weeks with effect from May 4 till May 17 while allowing different sets of relaxations in red, orange and green zones.

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January 25,2020

Jammu, Jan 25: People in Jammu and Kashmir expressed happiness over the restoration of mobile data services and internet access through fixed-line across the Union Territory on Saturday.

Speaking to ANI Jitendra Sharma, a resident of Jammu said, "The government has taken a good decision. People had been facing hardship for a long period and I think it will improve further."

"It is a big relief to people. People can finish their pending work. I hope that 4G services will also be resumed soon," said a resident of Kashmir.

The internet speed is restricted to 2G only.

"Access shall be limited only to whitelisted sites and not to any social media applications allowing peer to peer communication and virtual private network applications. Directions shall be effective from January 25 and will remain in force till January 31," the statement by the government read.

Earlier on January 15, 2G services were reinstated in Jammu, Samba, Kathua, and Udhampur for white-listed sites.

The Central government had suspended the internet in the region following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution on August 5 last year, which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and its bifurcation into two Union Territories -- Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir.

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May 5,2020

Kochi, May 5: India has sent three naval ships to evacuate its citizens stranded in the Maldives and UAE due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a defence spokesperson said in the early hours on Tuesday.

INS Jalashwa deployed off Mumbai coast, along with INS Magar, diverted for Maldives on Monday night, he said.

While INS Shardul diverted to Dubai to evacuate the expatriates, the spokesperson added.

The three ships will return to Kochi, he said.

INS Magar and INS Shardul are Southern Naval Command ships, while INS Jalashwa is from Eastern Naval Command.

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