GUWAHATI, Jan 10: The Kokrajhar District unit of the Ex-Servicemen Association has given a call for a 12-hour Kokrajhar District bandh from 6 am of January 12 in protest against the killing of an ex-serviceman Capt Bishnu Prasad Roy in Diajijari village by unidentified miscreants. The association, in a release, said that the incident took place at 7.15 pm on January 7 when Capt Roy was in a meeting with villagers. The miscreants called him out of the meeting and shot him dead from a short range. Capt Roy joined the Indian Army in 1963 and retired in '91. [AT]

Barak bandh on January 22

SILCHAR, Jan 12: Barak Upatyaka Sangrami Aikya Mancha, a common platform of various organisations, had called a down-to-dusk Barak bandh on January 22 in protest against the administrative failure in checking the deteriorating law-and-order situation in the valley. [AT]

Barak valley bandh

BADARPUR, Jan 22: A 12-hour bandh was observed all over the Barak Valley since 5 am today in response to a call given by the Barak Upatyaka Sangrami Aikya Mancha to press for the demand for carving out an autonomous State comprising the three districts of Barak valley. The bandh was total and peaceful. [AT]

Nagaon bandh peaceful

NAGAON, Feb 11: The 12-hour Nagaon bandh called by the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) today affected normal life in the township. Shops and business establishments remained closed and vehicular traffic was thin. The bandh, which was peaceful, was called by the AJYCP to protest against the killing of four youths by the ULFA. Nagaon Superintendent of Police SN Singh had confirmed that the ULFA was behind the killing of four youths, including a businessman who was a former militant. -- PTI [AT]

UPDS calls bandh in Karbi Anglong

DIPHU, Feb 12: A 61-hour 'Karbi Anglong district bandh' has been called by United People's Democratic Solidarity from February 19 demanding commissioning of a judicial inquiry to probe an incident of rape. [AT]

Bandh hits Karbi Anglong district

GUWAHATI, Feb 14 (PTI): Normal life has been adversely hit in Karbi Anglong district of central Assam by the 24-hour bandh today jointly called by the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) and Karbi Students Association (KSA). [AT]

36-hour Manipur Bandh from today

IMPHAL, Feb 16 (PTI): A newly-formed students body has called a 36-hour Manipur bandh from tomorrow morning to press its demand for release of some arrested students and their supporters. [S]

Karbi bandh today

GUWAHATI, Feb 18: Security measures have been stepped up in Karbi Anglong district in view of the 61-hour district bandh tomorrow called by the militant organisation United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS). [AT]

N Tripura bandh peaceful; 5 held for murder

AGARTALA, Feb 20: The dawn-to-dusk bandh in Dharmanagar subdivision of North Tripura district, called by major political parties to protest the killing of a tea estate manager, ended peacefully at 6 p.m. on Saturday while the police arrested five persons in connection with the murder, police said. [AT]

Trade bandh

AGARTALA, Feb 23: Bengali businessmen in the Natun Bazar area of Amarpur sub-division in south Tripura launched a "business bandh" today in protest against continuing militant depredations and the government's failure to provide security to the people. [TT]

Call for Assam bandh tomorrow

GUWAHATI Feb 27: The ruling Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today called for a 12-hour Assam bandh on Tuesday next to protest against the killing of State Forest and PWD Minister Nagen Sarmah and four others today. -- PTI [AT]

Nalbari bandh

NALBARI, Feb 27: Nalbari District Committee of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) also called for a 24-hour district bandh from 5 am tomorrow in protest against the killing, our Nalbari Correspondent report. The district unit of All Assam Students' Union has extended morale support to the bandh call. [AT]

Panic grips Nalbari

NALBARI, Feb 28: A tense situation still prevails in Nalbari district following yesterday's brutal killing of State's Forest and PWD Minister Nagen Sarma and four other by the ULFA in Bahjani area. On the other hand, the 24-hour-long Nalbari district bandh called by the Nalbari district unit of the AGP from 5 am today paralysed normal life in the district. [AT]

12-hr Assam bandh today

GUWAHATI Feb 28: The 12-hour Assam bandh called by the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to protest against brutal killings of the State PWD and Forest Minister, Sri Nagen Sarma and four others by ULFA yesterday will begin from 5 am tomorrow. [AT]

Govt failure to repair bridge leads to agitation

GORESWAR, March 10: The public of Goreswar and adjoining areas are facing tremendous hardship as a result of the indefinite public bus bandh called by the Goreswar Public Bus Association (GPBA) since March 5 last. [AT]

Barpeta bandh today

BARPETA ROAD, April 5: The Barpeta district All Koch-Rajbongshi Students' Union has called for a 12-hour Barpeta bandh from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow in protest against the killing of two persons at Kalpanigaon, about 20 km from here on April 3. [S]

Tripura bandh today

AGARTALA, April 16: All the major ruling and Opposition parties in Tripura have called a dawn-to-dusk State-wide bandh tomorrow in protest against yesterday's killing by NLFT militants at Khas Kalyanpur in West Tripura district and recent escalation in insurgency. Twelve persons were killed, seven others injured and 17 huts gutted when heavily armed NLFT militants raided Khas Kalyanpur Bazar area and showered bullets on villagers. [AT]

Tripura bandh total, peaceful

AGARTALA, April 17: Tripura witnessed total bandh today in protest against the massacre of 12 non-tribal villagers at Khas Kalyanpur on Saturday night by NLFT militants. [AT]

Diphu bandh

GUWAHATI April 18: A 10-hour bandh, called jointly by the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) and Karbi Students Union (KSU), today crippled life in Diphu district headquarters of Karbi Anglong, official sources here said. [AT]

Manipur bandh affetcs normal life

IMPHAL, April 18: The 18-hour Manipur bandh called by the newly formed Committee for Democratic Rights (CFDR) from midnight last night in protest against the arrest of a local newspaper editor today crippled normal life across the State, reports PTI. [AT]

24-hr protest bandh in Hill tomorrow
Cong patronising violence : ASDC

GUWAHATI April 24: The Congress(I) is overtly patronising extremist violence in both Karbi Anglong and North Cachar (NC) Hills districts of the State, while the other two ruling parties, -- Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are tacitly approving extremist activities in these two districts, only with the sole object of derailing the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC)-led popular democratic movement on the demand for Autonomous State, reiterated ASDC general secretary and MLA Holiram Terang. [AT]

ATTSA calls for 12-hr Assam bandh on May 8

GUWAHATI April 26: Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) has called for a 12-hour Assam bandh on May 8 next in protest against the killing of tea garden labourers in Darrang district and the State government's alleged failure in increasing daily-wage. [AT]

AASAA calls Assam bandh on May 1

GOSSAIGAON, April 28: The All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (AASAA) has called a 12-hour Assam bandh on May 1 from 5 a.m. in protest against the killing of four labourers at Borghora Tea Estate in Darrang district. [S]

Chakka bandh on May 1, 2

GUWAHATI April 28: The Guwahati Mini City Bus Workers' Union has called for a 48-hour chakka bandh of the mini and deluxe city buses in the city on May 1 and 2 next in protest against the prohibitory order of the Kamrup district administration on the use of the Kachari bus terminus and the 'illegal' collection of entry toll from the mini city buses at the Adabari bus terminus. [AT]

12-hr NC Hills bandh today

GUWAHATI May 1: The Hills Democratic Party (HDP) has called for a 12 hour NC Hills bandh on May 2, from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the various demands and protests, stated a press release. [S]

Nalbari bandh ends peacefully

NALBARI, May 2: The 12-hour Nalbari district bandh called by the district committee of the Hindu Yuba Chatra Parishad, passed off peacefully this evening. The call was given in protest against the arrest of the parishad state unit president Siba Nath Sarma by Nalbari police on April 29. [AT]

Darrang bandh today

NAGAON, May 3: In protest against the killing of six labourers at Borgora Tea Estate by the Manager and his security personnel on April 22, the Labour Party of Assam has called a 24-hour Darrang bandh on May 4, and also demanded compensations of Rs 5 lakh each to the family members of the labourers killed. [S]

AATTSA calls Assam bandh

KAMPUR, May 6: The All Assam Tea Tribes Students Association (AATTSA) has called a 24-hour Assam bandh from 8 a.m. on May 8 in protest against exploitation, atrocities and killings of tea labourers in the State. [S]

Total bandh at Dibrugarh

DIBRUGARH, May 9: The spontaneous bandh of all shops, business establishments including banks, schools, post offices etc., paralysed the normal life in the town today. Despite the withdrawal of night curfew this morning, the business community of the town observed a bandh for the eternal peace of those killed in yesterday's police firing and in protest against the police high-handedness. [S]

Assam bandh total

KAMPUR, May 9: The Assam bandh call given by the All Assam Tea Tribes Students Association (AATTSA) on May 8, evoked total response in the tea garden areas in Nagaon and Morigaon. Total bandh was witnessed in all the 42 tea garden in the two districts. Nearly 90 AATTSA activists were arrested in Hojai alone. [S]

Assam bandh partial

GUWAHATI May 18: Barring three districts,the statewide bandh called separately by the ABSU and the ASDC today failed to evoke response in other parts of the State. However, normal life was totally disrupted in ABSU strongehold Kokrajhar district and ASDC bastion Karbi Anglong and NorthCachar Hills Districts. [AT]

Tripura ethnic riot toll 43, bandh today

AGARTALA, May 22: The death toll in the past three days of ethnic violence in the Kalyanpur police station area in Khowai sub-division has risen to 43 with the recovery of two more bodies from the worst-affected Bagber village. They are yet to be identified.
Another person, identified as Rabi Roy, died of his injuries in Teliamura hospital after being shot during a rebel attack on Chakmaghat market under Teliamura police station last evening.
Sources from Amarpur subdivision said the body of Tripura State Rifles jawan Rabilal Das, who had been kidnapped from his residence in the Malbasa area of Amarpur on Friday, was recovered from a jungle near Malbasa.
The Congress, Trinamul and the ruling Left Front have called 12-hour state bandh tomorrow to protest the ethnic violence in Khowai over the past three days. The Congress has extended its bandh call by another 12 hours. [TT]

State-wide Tripura bandh cripples life

AGARTALA, May 23: Life was thrown out of gear in violence-hit Tripura today following the State-wide bandh called separately by the ruling and Opposition parties in support of their demands and to protest against the ethnic violence in West Tripura's Khowai sub-division, where at least 45 people were killed since last Friday, reports UNI. [AT]

AANSU calls for Assam bandh on June 9

GUWAHATI May 31: All Assam Nepali Students' Union (AANSU) has called for a 12-hour Assam bandh beginning from 5 am of June 9 in protest against brutal killings of 23 Nepalese in various parts of the State. [AT]

Bandh hits Jorhat, Golaghat

JORHAT, June 1: Normal life was today affected in Jorhat and Golaghat districts following a 12-hour bandh called by the banned ULFA in protest against the killing of its leader Swadhinata Phukan. Educational institutions, government offices and business establishments remained closed in the area. [AT]

Tribals call Assam bandh on July 4

GUWAHATI June 6: A convention of various tribal organisations yesterday resolved to call a 24-hour Assam bandh on July 4 demanding solution to their various grievances. [AT]

Chakka bandh by Mariani truckers continues

JORHAT, June 10: With the Mariani Truck Drivers' Union refusing to attend a conciliatory meeting convened by the Mokokchung district administration today, there seems to be no respite in sight for the 13-day-long economic blockade against the three Nagaland districts, namely Mokokchung, Tuensang and Zunheboto. [AT]

Karimganj bandh to protest killing

SILCHAR, June 10: A 12-hour bandh called by three non-political organisations in protest against the murder of a local journalist's wife disrupted normal life in Karimganj today. [TT]

Bandh hits life in Khowai subdivision

AGARTALA, June 20: Life was paralysed in West Tripura's Khowai subdivision on Tuesday following a 12-hour bandh called by the ruling CPI (M) to protest the killing of a senior officer by militants on Monday. [AT]

12-hr central Assam bandh on June 23

MORIGAON, June 21: The United People's Front (UPF) has called a 12-hour central Assam bandh from 5 a.m. on June 23 demanding the creation of two separate autonomous councils for Tiwas and Karbis, living in the plains, under the provision of the 6th Schedule of the Indian Constitution. [S]

Bandh disrupts normal life

MORIGAON, June 23: Normal life came to a standstill here following the 12-hour central Assam bandh called by the United People's Front (UPF) demanding creation of two separate autonomous councils for the Tiwas and Karbis living in the plains under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. [S]

Karimganj bandh

BADARPUR, June 24 : The 12-hour Karimganj bandh, called jointly by CPI, CPM, UPPA and SUCI passed off peacefully today with no reports of any untoward incident. All educational institutions, business establishments, banks financial institutions remained closed during the bandh period. The bandh call was given in protest against the police atrocities in Karimganj district. [AT]

Students, transport operators call Manipur bandh today

IMPHAL, June 28: An 18-hour 'Manipur bandh' tomorrow has been called by various groups including Manipur Students' Federation in protest against the killing of ten civilians by unknown gunmen on Sunday last, reports PTI. [AT]

ULFA calls Nagaon bandh today

NAGAON, June 28: The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has called a 12-hour Nagaon bandh tomorrow in protest against the killing of Prasanta Bora, 'assistant foreign secretary' and three others by the Army on June 24, at Rangjuli village under Kachua police station. [S]

Manipur bandh hits normal life

IMPHAL, June 30: Normal life was on Thursday affected in Manipur during an 18-hour statewide bandh called by various groups in protest against the killing of civilians on Sunday last, reports PTI. [AT]

Karbi Anglong bandh today

LANKA, July 6: The coordination committee of the Hindi-speaking people of Karbi Anglong district, a combine of six organizations, has called a 24-hour Karbi Anglong bandh from 5 a.m. of July 7 to 5 a.m. of July 8 in protest against the reign of violence let loose by the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) militants on the Hindi-speaking people living in the district. [S]

UPDS calls bandh, DHD warns ASDC

GUWAHATI July 22: The United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has called for a 48-hour Karbi Anglong bandh from August 14 and 'black day' on August 15 against, what it termed, "Indian expansionism," even as the Dima Halam Daugah (DHD) has issued a strong warning to the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) against indulging in corrupt practices. [NED]

Bodoland bandh partial

GUWAHATI July 26 (PTI): The 12-hour bandh by All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and Bodo People's Action Committee (BPAC) has evoked partial response in the Bodo-dominated areas of lower Assam districts today, official reports said. [S]

Chakka bandh partial in Nagaon

NAGAON, July 26: The 12-hour chakka bandh called by the Youth Congress today demanding the imposition of the President's rule in the State, paralysed the normal life in Nagaon district. During the bandh period private buses and trucks were off the roads. [S]

61-hour Karbi Anglong bandh from July 31

BOKAKHAT, July 28: The United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has called a 61-hour Karbi Anglong bandh from 5 a.m. of July 31 in protest against killing of 14 Karbi people at Cherapathar under Kheroni police station recently. [S]

ABSU bandh disrupts rail links
Trains cancelled, rescheduled

GUWAHATI Aug 2: After the two consecutive bomb explosions on railway tracks, it was the 24-hour bandh called by the All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) which disrupted railway communications between the State and the rest of the country. [AT]

10-hour NC Hills bandh today

HAFLONG, Aug 3: The Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC), Dimasa Students' Union (DSU), North Cachar Hills Students' Federation (NCHSF) and Dimasa Woman Society (DWS) called a 10-hour North Cachar Hills bandh on August 4 from 5 a.m. in protest against the indiscriminate firing at Harangajao Bazar on July 26 by unidentified gunmen that had killed two innocent people, and the gangrape of two women by the Army on July 13 at Dimasa village. [S}

12-hr bandh in Karbi Anglong, NC Hills today

GUWAHATI Aug 4: The Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC), the Karbi Students Association (KSA) and the Dimasa Students Union (DSU) have jointly called a 12-hour Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills bandh from 5 a.m. tomorrow in protest against "Central Government's discriminatory policy of not granting autonomous statehood to Karbi Anglong and NC Hills under the provision of Article 244(A) of the Constitution, says a release. August 15 will also be observed as the Demand Day for autonomous statehood in the two hills districts, the release adds. [S]

Bandh hits life in Karbi Anglong, North Cachar

GUWAHATI Aug 5 (PTI): Normal life was affected in Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts in the wake of a 12-hour bandh call given in the two districts by the Autonomous State Demand Committee, Dimasa Students' Union and Karbi Students Association. [S]

Bandh affects normal life in Khowai

AGARTALA, Aug 5: Normal life in Khowai subdivision in West Tripura district was disrupted today following a 24-hour bandh given by 'Amara Bangali.�f The party called for Khowai bandh in protest against killing of one person in CRPF firing on Thursday evening at Moharcherra under Teliamura police station. [AT]

TPC calls Assam bandh on Aug 16

GUWAHATI Aug 6: The Tribal Protection Council (TPC), Assam has decided to observe August 15 as Ganatantra Hatya Divas and called a 24-hour Assam bandh from 5 a.m. on August 16 in protest against Government's failure to enlist the Koch-Rajbongshis, Tai Ahoms, Morans, Muttocks, Tea Tribes etc., in the ST(P) list, says a release. [S]

24-hour Jagiroad Paper Mill bandh

JAGIROAD, Aug 10: As many as nine organizations including the Tiwa Students' Union, the Jagiroad Anchalik Chatra Santha, the Jagiroad Regional Unemployed Association etc., called a 24-hour Nagaon Paper Mill bandh from 5 a.m. tomorrow in protest against the HPC's move to appoint 88 new engineers (instructors). [S]

Mixed response to TGP- sponsored bandh

GUWAHATI Aug 14: Normal life in the State was partially crippled today due to the 12-hour Assam bandh call given by the Trinamool Gana Parishad (TGP) demanding immediate dismissal of the AGP-led Government. However, rail and air services were maintained, and no untoward incident occurred during the bandh. [S] Shoot-outs in Shillong, CRPF jawan killed, curfew clamped

SHILLONG, Aug 16: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed and another sustained serious injuries last night during a heavy exchange of fire between a joint CRPF-police team and the suspected HNLC militants, who had called a bandh yesterday boycotting the Independence Day celebration. Meanwhile, major breakthrough was achieved when the police personnel, who have been launching a manhunt since last night, arrested a hard-core HNLC militant tonight. To bring the situation under control the State Government imposed a 24-hour curfew in the capital starting from 5 a.m. this morning. [S]

Assam bandh cripples normal life

GUWAHATI Aug 16: The 24-hour Assam bandh called by 15 organizations belonging to Koch-Rajbongshi, Tai-Ahom, Tea and other tribes demanding the Scheduled Tribe status for them, evoked mixed response and partially crippled the normal life in the State. Rumours like a stabbing incident at Fancy Bazar area, lathicharge, bomb hoax at the Anuradha Cinema, the killing of two persons at Dhirenpara had the police, security forces and the press on their toes. The attendance in all the educational institutions, government and semi-government offices in the city was thin. Even many financial institutions including the banks were closed. [S]

Rumours about bandh

GUWAHATI Aug 17: The newspapers offices today had a harrowing time in clarifying that there would not be no bandh tomorrow when hundreds of city denizens made calls and inquired whether there would be any bandh tomorrow or not. The people had been virtually carried away by the rumour mongers about bandh tomorrow. Meanwhile, no organization has called for a bandh tomorrow. [S]

24-hr Tinsukia district bandh on Aug 21

TINSUKIA, Aug 18: The All Assam Moran Students' Union, (AAMSU), calls for a 24-hour Tinsukia district bandh on August 21, in protest against the lackadaisical attitude of the Government to its 21 point demands. [S]

Nalbari traders call 72-hr trade bandh

NALBARI, Aug 22: Traders in Nalbari town have called a 72-hour trade bandh in the town from this morning in protest against the police brutality on a jeweller, Mr Dipak Jain, proprietor of Madhushree Jewellers, for having refused to hand over gold ornaments worth Rs 13,570 to the wife of the Nalbari Additional SP (Sador), for just Rs 6,000. [S]

Bodo leaders' killing
Bandh disrupts normal life

GUWAHATI, Aug 22: The 12-hour Assam bandh called by Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS) to protest the killing of its president Bineswar Brahma on Saturday night by suspected NDFB ultras at his Bhetapara residence here disrupted normal life in the State, especially in the Bodo-dominated areas. [AT]

Of Five-day Weekends This time the organizers of bandhs in Assam excelled even themselves. Not content with providing the people a three-day weekend by prefixing a bandh to a second or fourth Saturday, they managed a neat exercise of prefixing and suffixing the bandhs to Independence Day which luckily happened to fall on a Tuesday following a longer weekend. They did not have to rely on the well-worn Friday before a second Saturday. All that was needed was for different organizers of bandhs to come to an arrangement whereby the days of worklessness had to be neatly placed to fill the required slots to achieve a five-day weekend. [S]

PDF-sponsored bandh peaceful

KOKRAJHAR, Aug 24: The 11-hour Assam bandh called by the Ramchiary faction of the PDF from 5 a.m. today in protest against the killing of PDF MLA Mohini Basumatary passed of peacefully. The PDF-called bandh was supported by the ABSU and the BPAC.
Meanwhile, the Adivasi Students Association of Assam-called 36-hour Assam bandh, which began from 5 a.m. today, was also peaceful during the first 12 hours.

Bandh called off

KOKRAJHAR, Aug 27: The 36-hour Assam bandh, called by All Adivasi Students Association of Assam (AASAA), has been withdrawn in view of the adyashraddha of Bodo Sahitya Sabha president Bineswar Brahma on August 29. [AT]

Karbi Anglong bandh on Sept 4

DIPHU, Sept 1 (PTI): A 24-hour Karbi Anglong bandh has been called on September 4 by six organizations in the central Assam district demanding a CBI inquiry into alleged "organized killings and to expose the secret killers." [S]

AASKSU sit-in-strike

DIBRUGARH, Sept 2: The All Assam Sonowal - Kachari Students Union (AASKSU), in support of their 23 points charter of demands has started a series of agitational programme from today. As a part of their agitational programme, the AASKSU, Dibrugarh district today observed 'sit-in-strike stir in front of Deputy Commissioner's office. The AASKSU has called for 24 hours upper Assam bandh on September 6 from 5 a.m. in protest against State Government's apathy towards their demands including granting of autonomy to Sonowal - Kachari community under 6th Schedule of Indian Constitution. [S]

Bandh hits normal life in Khowai

AGARTALA, Sept 2: Normal life was today affected in Khowai subdivision of West Tripura district during a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the ruling CPI (M) to protest the killing of a party leader, official sources said, reports PTI. [AT]

Upper Assam bandh peaceful

DIBRUGARH, Sept 6: The first 12 hours of the 24-hour upper Assam bandh called by the All Assam Sonowal Kachari Students' Union passed off peacefully today. [S]

24-hour chakka bandh from Sept 12

GUWAHATI Sept 8: The Assam Motor Transport Workers' Union, Karbi Anglong district committee has called an 24-hour all Assam chakka bandh from 5 a.m. of September 12 to 5 a.m. of September 13, in protest against police atrocities on two truck drivers in the district recently, a press release said. [S]

Peace procession at Runikhata

KOKRAJHAR, Sept 12: Over 3,000 people of Runikhata area along the Indo-Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district took out a peace procession demanding people and miscreants to shun violence today. Kokrajhar DC JI Kathar, former MP Charan Narzary, former Principal of Kokrajhar College Phanindra Brahma and others participated in the rally. [S]

People defy ULFA-called bandh

MANGALDAI, Sept 12: The people of Kalaigaon in Darrang district defied the ULFA-sponsored 12-hour bandh today. The banned outfit had called the bandh in protest against the alleged Army atrocities at Kalaigaon. [S]

Itanagar bandh hits normal life

ITANAGAR, Sept 12: Normal life was hit in the State capital and adjacent areas during the 12-hour "Itanagar bandh" on Tuesday. The bandh called by the All Nyishi Students Union (ANSU) from 6.00 am was against the State government's failure to publish the enquiry report on the Rs 1.24 crore Sports scam early this year and for not suspending the officials involved. [AT]

Bandh peaceful in Cachar

SILCHAR, Sept 15: Normal life was disrupted today due to a 12-hour bandh in south Assam's Cachar district. The bandh passed off peacefully, with no untoward incident reported from anywhere. The bandh was called in protest against Tuesday's firing by Central Reserve Police Force jawans on a mob of students at Saidpur, 6 km south of here. [TT]

Goalpara bandh observed

DUDHNOI, Sept 19: The 36-hour Goalpara district bandh called by All Assam Rava Students' Union and Rava Hasong Coordination Committee from 5 am of Sep 18 to 5 pm today severely affected normal life in Dudhnoi, Amjonga, Darrangiri, Rongjuli and Dhupdhara areas. [AT]

UPDS calls Karbi Anglong bandh on Sept 29

GUWAHATI Sept 24: The United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has called a 24-hour Karbi Anglong bandh from 5 a.m. on September 29 in protest against the alleged illegal detention and torture of innocent villagers of Borlangphar, Iangaohit, Deither, Dolamora etc., areas by the Government forces and the CPI (ML) activists, and demanding immediate release of the detained villagers, a UPDS release received here said. [S]

Golaghat bandh following DC's transfer order

GOLAGHAT, Sept. 29: A meeting of the citizens of Golaghat today protested the transfer order of Golaghat Deputy Commissioner Dr Ravi Kota to Sivasagar and called a 12-hour Golaghat bandh tomorrow. It may be mentioned that Dr Kota became very popular in the district following various developmental works he undertook there. [S]

Outfit calls strike

IMPHAL, Oct 10: The Manipur People's Liberation Front (MPLF) has called a 17-hour "general strike" on Sunday to protest against the merger of Manipur with the Indian Union. The organisation observes October 15 every year as "National Black Day". The MPLF, an umbrella body of three major militant outfits, has called the bandh from Saturday midnight till 5 pm on Sunday. The Revolutionary People's Front, the United National Liberation Front and the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak are the members of the MPLF. [TT]

Bilasipara bandh today

BILASIPARA, Oct 15: Demanding action against the West Bilasipara MLA Ali Akbar Mianh for 'assaulting' a scribe on September 23 last, a 12-hour Bilasipara town area bandh has been called by the local anchalik committee of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva-Chatra Parishad on October 16. [AT]

MPLF-sponsored bandh affects life in Manipur

IMPHAL, Oct 15: Normal life was paralysed in the State today in view of the 17-hour general strike called by the Manipur People's Liberation Front (MPLF), an umbrella organisation of the banned RPF, UNLF and PREPAK. The general strike was called in protest against the "forcible annexation" of Manipur to the Indian Union on October 15, 1949. The strike was also supported by KYKL and KCP. [AT]

Bandh cripples life in Kailashahar

AGARTALA, Oct 15: A dawn-to-dusk bandh today crippled life in North Tripura's Kalashahar subdivision, reports UNI. The 12-hour bandh was sponsored by the Opposition Congress party to protest yesterday's gunning down of a police official by the underground National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants at Golakpur tea estate. State police officer Tapan Das died in an encounter with the NLFT. Security forces also gunned down a self-syled commander of the outlawed outfit in retaliation of firing. [AT]

4-day trade bandh at Imphal begins

IMPHAL, Oct 15: The Chamber of Commerce called a four-day trade bandh in Imphal town from today in protest against the killing of two traders, one on October 2 and the other on October 13. The Chamber of Commerce also alleged that the police failed utterly to check the collection of road tax by as many as 15 underground organizations in the State. [S]

Bilasipara bandh total

BILASIPARA, Oct 16: The 12-hour Bilasipara municipal area bandh here today was spontaneous and total with no report of any untoward incident received. The bandh call was given by the local unit of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad protesting against assault on a local scribe by the West Bilasipara MLA Ali Akbar Mianh. [AT]

12-hour NH 31 bandh on Oct 20

GOSSAIGAON, Oct 18: The Western Sankosh Educated Unemployed Association (WSEUA) called a 12-hour NH 31 bandh on October 20 in protest against the killing of its general secretary Daniel Islary (30) by some miscreants at Joynagar in Bongaigaon on October 16. [S]

Sonitpur bandh total

TEZPUR, Oct 20: The 12-hour Sonitpur district bandh call given by Tezpur unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and supported by Sonitpur BJP unit and Hindu Yuba Chatra Parishad in protest against the killing of threeinnocent persons in police firing at Rangapara, totally paralysed the normal life on the entire north bank today. [AT]

Successive Manipur bandhs from today

IMPHAL, Oct 20: Over and above the deteriorating law-and-order situation prevailing in Manipur, the people of this tiny State are going to be burdened with two separately called statewide bandhs in the next three days. The first 13-hour statewide bandh beginning tomorrow morning, has been called by the Joint Action Committee on Laishram Gunindro abduction issue in protest against the gruesome murder of driver Gunindro. The bandh will be in effect from 5 am to 6 pm tomorrow. It may noted here that Van driver Laishram Gunindro of Keishampat in Imphal was abducted by some unidentified persons on September 2 last and his dead body was recovered only on October 18 evening after digging out from Langol hill which is about 4 km north-west of Imphal town.

Meghalaya bandh

SHILLONG, Oct 22: A dawn-to-dusk Meghalaya bandh has been called by the Meghalaya Students' Federation (MSF) comprising Khasi Students' Union (KSU), Jaintia Students' Union (JSU) and Garo Students' Union (GSU) on October 25 and not on October 24, KSU sources here have clarified. The bandh has been called demanding introduction of Innerline permit (ILP) and solution to the problem of influx of foreigners. [AT]

Chakka bandh in Arunachal today

ITANAGAR, Oct 22: The All Arunachal Pradesh Transport Federation (AAPTF) has decided to launch a 24-hour chakka bandh throughout the State tomorrow in support of its two-point demands, reports UNI. [AT]

Rallyists defy bandh in Haflong

GUWAHATI Oct 23: Defying the 48-hour North Cachar Hills district bandh called by the Dimaraji Revivab Demand Committee (DRDC) about 10,000 people belonging to Dimasa, Hmar, Kuki, Zeme Naga, Hrangkhob, Jaintia, Karbi, Nepali and Bengali etc., communities today participated in a rally held at Lal field, Haflong and pledged to strengthen and carry forward the autonomous state movement. [S]

Bandh paralyzes life in Tripura

AGARTALA, Oct 23 (UNI): Life was crippled in parts of South Tripura district today following a 12-hour bandh called by the ruling CPI(M) to protest the killing of a party leader and his family members by the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) ultras on Saturday at Dewanbari in the Baikhora Police Station areas. [S]

Bandh evokes partial response in Manipur

IMPHAL, Oct 23: Normal life was partially disrupted in the State today due to the bandh called by the Joint Action Committee on the murder of Alauddin, a police constable. The 18-hour bandh started from midnight of October 22. The Joint Action Committee called the bandh in protest against the killing of police constable, Md Alauddin by police personnel while he was in their custody. [AT]

Tinsukia bandh today, ULFA denies hand in killing

TINSUKIA, Oct 24: The Tinsukia District Committee of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) called a ten-hour Tinsukia bandh from 5 a.m. tomorrow in protest against the killing four people at Naoholia in Dibrugarh district and 11 people at No. 4 Kakajan village under Doomdooma police station on October 22.
A Correspondent from Duliajan adds: An uneasy calm prevails at Naoholia here where as many as four persons had been shot dead by armed miscreants on October 22. The bodies of the four victims were consigned to flame after a largely-attended funeral procession by the people of the area yesterday. Though the police sources said that the killing was the handiwork of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) the banned outfit denied that they had any hand in the Naoholia killing. [S]

Tinsukia bandh

GUWAHATI Oct 25: In an unprecedented show cutting across party lines the BJP and the AGP has called for a 10-hour Tinsukia district bandh today protesting against the massacre of 16 lives by the ULFA. The bandh had crippled life in the district. [AT]

Nalbari bandh total
Dastardly killings evoke outrage

NALBARI, Oct 28: Contrary to the expectations of the militants, who gunned down ten innocent persons and injured several others in a shooting spree at Nalbari last evening, entire Nalbari today burst in vehement condemnation and anger against that heinous act of the militants and responded spontaneously to a call for a dawn to dusk Nalbari bandh. [AT]

Debendra Sardarpara killing
Bandh hits life in W Tripura

AGARTALA, Oct 28: Life was paralysed in certain parts of West Tripura district today following a 12-hour bandh called by the ruling CPI(M) and other parties to protest yesterday's militant attack in which six people were killed, report agencies. [AT]

Killing by ultras
Nalbari district bandh today

NALBARI, Oct 29: A meeting of all the political parties and most non-political organisations working in Nalbari district has given a call for a 10-hour Nalbari district bandh from 6 am to 4 pm tomorrow in protest against the dastardly killing of ten persons in Nalbari on Friday evening. [AT]

Bandh hits normal life in State

GUWAHATI Nov 1: The 12-hour Statewide bandh called by Asom Yuba Parishad, youth wing of the ruling Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), disrupted normal life throughout the State today. [AT]

Chakka bandh in Barak valley today

SILCHAR, Nov 2: The Coordination Committee of Commercial Motor Vehicle Owners of Barak Valley called a 12-hour chakka bandh in the valley tomorrow in protest against the hike in the prices of petrol and petro products, and demanding hike in passengers' fare. [S]

17-hour Manipur bandh called

IMPHAL, Nov 5 (PTI): A 17-hour Manipur bandh has been called from midnight tomorrow by six organizations, including All Manipur Students Union (AMSU) to protest against the killing of ten civilians and alleged security excesses. [S]

APYC calls Assam bandh on Nov 10

GUWAHATI Nov 5: The Assam Pradesh Youth Congress (I) (APYC-I) has called for a 12-hour Assam bandh on November 10 in protest against growing incidents of violence in the State. [AT]

Manipur Bandh

IMPHAL, Nov 7: The 17-hour Manipur bandh in protest against the November 2 killing of 10 persons, paralysed life in the State today amidst sporadic reports of arson. Official sources said the bandh was total with various communities extending support to it. [AT]

Bandh evokes poor response

GUWAHATI Nov 10: The Assam Pradesh Youth Congress (APYC) sponsored 12-hour Assam bandh evoked poor response throughout the State. Barring some stray incidents the bandh was by and large peaceful. [AT]

12-hour Bilasipara bandh on Nov 14

GOLOKGANJ, Nov 12: Sapatgram Anchalik Unnayan Parishad called a 12-hour Bilasipara subdivision bandh from 5 a.m. on November 14 in protest against the failure on the part of the State Government to repair the only linking road to Bilasipara which had been badly damaged by the floods this year. [S]

Bilasipara bandh

BILASIPARA, Nov 16: Normal life was paralysed due to the 12-hour Bilasipara Sub-division area bandh yesterday. The bandh was called by the Sapatgram Regional Development Committee demanding restoration of the road link between Sapatgram and Bilasipara which remained snapped for about last four months. [AT]

Bandh cripples life in North Tripura

AGARTALA, Nov 16: Life was paralysed in parts of North Tripura on Thursday following a 12-hour bandh called by the ruling CPI(M) in protest against Wednesday ethnic violence, which claimed six lives, report agencies. [AT]

Dimasas renew statehood stir

SILCHAR, Nov 18: The North Cachar Hills district in south Assam is on the verge of fresh trouble with the All-Dimasa Students' Union (ADSU) and the Dimasa Revival Demand Committee (DRDC) -- the two frontline organisations in the district -- planning largescale stir for a separate "Dimasaraji state". The proposed state is to be carved out of the 4888-sq-km district and its adjoining tribal areas. To kick-start an agitation, the two cadre-based organisations yesterday announced a 72-hour district bandh beginning from 5 am on November 20. [TT]

Tripura bandh paralyses life

AGARTALA, Nov 21: Normal life was totally paralysed in Tripura today following a Statewide bandh called by both ruling Left front and Opposition Congress and BJP to protest against the Kanchanpur killings on Sunday last. While the Opposition Congress called a 24-hour bandh demanding immediate resignation of Left Front government for its failure to protect the life and property of innocent people, the ruling CPI (M) called a dawn-to-dusk bandh criticising the Centre's apathy in sending additional security forces to Tripura. [AT]

Tripura bandh passes off peacefully

AGARTALA, Nov 23: Life came into stand still as three bandhs called separately by divergent political parties rolled into one in Tripura on Tuesday. Though the demands were totally different all the callers, the Left Front, the Congress and the BJP, claimed that the response was total to their call. [S]

48-hr chakka bandh from tomorrow

GUWAHATI Nov 25: The All Assam Motor Transport Association (AAMTA) has given a call for a 48-hour chakka bandh from 5 am of November 27 in protest against the failure of the government to increase the fares of the commercial vehicles despite the hike in the prices of petroleum products. [AT]

Bandh affects life in Manipur

IMPHAL, Nov 25: Normal life was affected in the State today in view of the 12-hour bandh called by the joint action committee on killing incident of L Rajen by police commandos. The State-wide bandh, which started from 5 this morning, passed off peacefully without any major untoward incident. The bandh concluded at 5 this afternoon. [AT]

Chakka bandh hits commuters

GUWAHATI Nov 27: The commuters of Assam today suffered immense hardship as the commercial vehicles stayed off the roads in response to a 48-hour chakka bandh call given by the All Assam Motor Transport Association (AAMTA) demanding hike in the fares of commercial vehicles. [AT]

Karbi Anglong bandh

GUWAHATI Dec 2: Life was paralysed in Karbi Anglong hill district following a 12-hour districtwide bandh called by Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) from 5 am today. The BLT called the bandh in protest against the killing of Autonomous District Council Executive Member JM Basumatary yesterday. [AT]

Killing of tribal headmaster
Bandh affects life in North Tripura areas

AGARTALA, Dec 2: Normal life was affected in Panisagar police station areas of North Tripura district in response to a 12-hour bandh called by the ruling CPI(M) in protest against Friday's killing of a tribal headmaster by the United Bengali Liberation Front (UBLF) militants. [AT]

Kamatapur bandh

BILASIPARA, Dec 5: The Koch-Rajbanshi Liberation Tiger Force has called for a 24-hour Kamatapur bandh (comprising the lower Assam and North Bengal areas) from 6 a.m. of December 8. The bandh has been called in protest against encroachment of the homeland of the Koch-Rajbanshis, the Kamatapur Rajya. It demanded the government to vacate the areas under its possession. [AT]

Bandh hits life in Dhekiajuli

ORANG, Dec 7: The normal life in three constituencies -- Majbat, Borsola and Dhekiajuli -- came to a grinding halt today following the 12-hour bandh called by the Assam Labour Party in protest against the killing of a student, Sunil Bek by the police at Kankota near Orang under Dhekiajuli police station on December 2. [S]

Peace march; bandh in Tinsukia Kukurmara toll may go up

DIBRUGARH, Dec 8: The death toll of the Kukurmara forest massacre is likely to go up, with at least three injured struggling for life at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh. Four other injured of the last evening's tragedy have been released from the Chapakhowa Civil Hospital at Sadiya this morning. Till now, 28 persons have been confirmed dead in the incident. [AT]

Toll of Kukurmara incident rises to 29, bandh total

DIBRUGARH, Dec 10: The death toll of Kukurmara incident rose to 29 following the death of another injured person, Mr Ramesh Shah (28), at the Assam Medical College this afternoon. Mr Shah had been admitted to the Assam Medical College in the evening of December 8 with multiple injuries in the abdomen and lower abdominal region. The other injured persons, who are undergoing treatment at the AMC, are stated to be out of danger.
Meanwhile, the first 12 hours of the 36-hour upper Assam bandh called today by the Sachetan Nagarik Manch, which claimed to have the support of 21 other organizations, passed off peacefully. The bandh affected normal life in the district. [S]

115 holidays in 2001

GUWAHATI Dec 11: In spite of the State Government's assurances about encouraging work-culture among its employees, all the government offices will remain closed for 115 days in 2001. In other words, the employees will have to attend their offices for 250 days excluding the Assam bandh calls of different organizations and other kinds of agitational programmes which will affect the normal functionings of the State Government offices, in the next year. [S]

AASU calls Assam bandh on Dec 18

GUWAHATI Dec 12: All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today called for 11-hour Assam bandh on December 18 to register strong protest against all sorts of killings in the State and demanded immediate removal of the Governor Lt Gen (retd) SK Sinha. [AT]

Rumours perplex Tinsukia people

TINSUKIA, Dec 12: The Tinsukia district observed a bandh on December 10 on the basis of some rumours in the district. Again, a bandh called by the CPI(ML) for ten hours the next day, which paralysed normal life in the district. The bandh was called to protest against the latest massacre at Sadia. The people of the district have been perplexed by some frequent rumours in the area, spread by some miscreants to create trouble. [S]

A Change in Bandh Styles
[Editorial, The Sentinel, December 18, 2000]

There is no doubt whatsoever that today's 11-hour Assam bandh called by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) will turn out to be a great success for the simple reason that the organizer's credentials are right with the people. It is, after all, the AASU giving a bandh call, and people know that the administration and the police will just look the other way whenever there is any conflict between the organizers and sections of the public that do not want a bandh to rob them of their livelihood. [S]

Hooliganism marks AASU bandh

GUWAHATI Dec 18: Activists and supporters of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today resorted to hooliganism to enforce their 11-hour Assam bandh in protest against all forms of violence in the State. The unruly AASU activists, besides breaking the glass panes of several Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) buses, injured an ASTC driver, Deben Chandra Das by pelting stones at him when he was about to drive his bus with full passengers from the Judges' Field here. They did not even spare Don Bosco School and St. Mary's School premises, where admissions were being taken today. [S]

Saraighat Bridge wearing a deserted look during the 11-hour bandh called by the AASU on December 18. The Assam Tribune photo.	A bus damaged by AASU activists in Guwahati during Assam Bandh on December 18. Asomiya Pratidin photo.

No response to bandh call

GUWAHATI Dec 19: A 10-hour Assam bandh called by four students organisations, including three of minority community, ended without evoking any response today, official reports said. [AT]

Majuli bandh hits normal life

KAMALABARI, Dec 23: Normal life was paralysed in Majuli Subdivision on Thursday by the 12th hour Majuli Bandh called by the Majuli District Youth Congress (I) in protest against initiation of the construction work of the boulder-spar to protect the Hatishal Neamati area from the erosion of the Brahmaputra without taking adequate steps simultaneously to protect Majuli from erosion by means of a parallel boulder spar on the north bank. [AT]

Mixed response to bandh in Changlang, Tirap

ITANAGAR, Dec 24: Fed up with decades of kidnappings, killings and extortions by the two factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, residents of Changlang district and Deomali in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday observed a dawn-to-dusk bandh to send a clear message to the insurgents that people in general do not approve of any form of violence and want peace, official sources said. Posters with slogans like 'We are against kidnapping of our innocent people', 'Do not make our peaceful districts a battleground for insurgents', 'We do not approve any form of violence', etc, were pasted around the whole Changlang district, the sources said, adding, the bandh was called by the Tirap and Changlang People's Forum. [AT]

Special exemptions in ADSU bandh

DIBRUGARH, Dec 27: The All Dibrugarh Students' Union (ADSU) exempted the movement of people for attending the adyashraddha of Syed Abdul Malik, all examinations, the survey work for the gas cracker project at Tengakhat and all essential services from the purview of the December 29 Dibrugarh district bandh it had called in protest against the killings in the district and attack on AASU activists. [S]

2-day Manipur bandh from Dec 31

IMPHAL, Dec 29: As a part of its statewide agitation demanding the removal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 from Manipur, a two-day bandh has been called on December 31 and January1 next in the State. The bandh was called by the Amuba Aain Louthoknaba Taksinbada Tengbang Ba Imasingi Nupisingi Apunba Lup, a congregation of Meira Paibi organisations expressing support to the hunger strikers Irom Sharmila, Pakpi and Memcha, who are demanding immediate removal of black laws from Manipur. [AT]

New year's day bandh called in Manipur

IMPHAL, Dec 30: A two-day Manipur bandh has been called by various women organisations in protest against the infamous Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in the state. The recently-formed "Women's Front against Black Laws" has called the 48-hour bandh on December 31, 2000 and January 1, 2001. The women organisations (Meira Peibi) were agitated over the state and Union government's apathy towards the fast-unto-death by three Manipuri women. The three -- Irom Sharmila, Hidangmayum Pakpi and Yumnam Memcha -- had launched the strike demanding the withdrawal of Act following the killing of 10 innocent civilians by the Assam Rifles on November 2. [TT]

Bandh hits normal life in Manipur

IMPHAL, Dec 31: The 48-hour bandh, which started from the midnight of Saturday, disturbed normal life in the State today. The bandh will continue till midnight of January 1. The Amuba Aian Louthoknaba Hotnanabada Tengbangba Imashingi/Nupishingi Apunba Lup, a joint organisation of the Meira Paibis called the 48-hour bandh in protest against the government's failure to look into the fast-unto-death agitation by three hunger strikers -- Irom Sharmila, Pakpi and Memcha. The three hunger strikers are demanding immediate withdrawal of black laws from the State. [AT]