Janardhan Poojari condemns Bharath bundh, welcomes FDI

Friday, September 21st, 2012
Janardhan Poojari

Mangalore: Senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojari has totally backed the Union Government decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail sector. Speaking to reporters, he said the notion that the farmers would suffer due to it was wrong and added the FDI would in reality lead to development. He strongly condemned the opposition parties for […]

Bundh near total in Karnataka

Friday, September 21st, 2012
Bharath Bundh

Mangalore : The bundh call given by the BJP  and other opposition parties opposing FDI in retail sector and also  opposing diesel price hike  is near total in Karnataka. Schools, colleges as well as IT companies remained closed in various parts of the state including Bangalore. Attendance of staff in state government offices was lean […]

Bundh disrupts normal life in Mangalore, Udupi

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Mangalore Bundh

Mangalore:  The bandh call given by the NDA and other opposition parties has completely paralyzed normal life in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on September 20, Thursday. The bundh is in protest against the diesel price hike and the government decision to allow FDI in retail sector. Both government as well as private buses are […]

Miscreants set ablaze 4 BMTC buses in Bangalore

Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Bus Burnt File Pic

Bangalore:  The Bharath Bundh call given by NDA and its ally parties on May 31, Thursday condemning the petrol price hike has resulted in violence in Bangalore and other districts of the state. In Roopena Agrahara some miscreants set ablaze four BMTC buses on the night of May 30, Wednesday itself resulting in suspension of […]

City supports national wide bundh to be peaceful

Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Bharath Bundh

Mangalore : Normal life in several parts of the Mangalore and Udupi was disrupted during the ’’Bharat Bandh’’ called by a BJP party today in protest against fuel price hike. The commercial establishments, several parts of the in the city were closed down. Essential services such as milk and pharmacies were exempted from participating in […]

Udupi Mahila Morcha protests against petrol price hike

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
BJP-Mahila

Udupi:  BJP Mahila Morcha workers staged a protest near the Gandhi statue near the bus stand in the town on May 29, Tuesday opposing the recent hike in petrol prices  by the Union Government. Speakers on the occasion came down heavily on the Union Government for striking a severe blow on the common man by […]

Congress leader Janardhan Poojari deplores May 31 bundh call

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Janardhana Poojary

Mangalore:  Senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojari has come down heavily on the BJP, NDA and other Left parties for giving a Bharath bundh call on May 31 against petrol price hike. Speaking to reporters in Mangalore on May 29, Tuesday, he said the bundh call was illegal as even the Supreme Court has ruled […]

BJP backs May 31 bundh call ; M’lore varsity puts off exams

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Padmanabha Kottari

Mangalore: The District unit of the BJP has extended its full support to the Bharath Bundh call given on May 31 demanding the roll back on petrol price hike. The BJP at the same time has said that as many auspicious functions are scheduled for that day, the vehicles relating to such functions would be […]

A novel protest against petrol price hike by Yuva Morcha in Udupi

Friday, May 25th, 2012
petrol-price-hike

Udupi:  The BJP Yuva Morcha workers staged a novel protest near the bus stand in the town on May 24, Thursday.  The concept itself was very unique. A horse was seen pulling a Nano car as if to denote that there would come a time, when a car may be given as a free gift […]