Bharat Bandh: Trade union strike throws life out of gear in Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, West Bengal

The two-day nationwide strike called by trade unions against the alleged repressive labour policies by the Narendra Modi government evoked mixed response across the nation on Tuesday. Bharat Bandh: Highlights 04:20 pm: West Bengal: Members of the Indian National Trade Union Congress protest inside Maidan metro station in Kolkata in support of the two-day nationwide strike called by Central Trade Unions demanding minimum wages and social security schemes among others. 09:54 am: West Bengal: Clash between TMC and CPM workers erupt in Asansol during 48-hour nationwide strike called by Central Trade Unions demanding minimum wages, social security schemes and against privatisation of public and government sector 09:51 am: Kerala: 48-hour nationwide strike called by Central Trade Unions demanding minimum wages, social security schemes and against privatisation of public and government sector 09:50 am: Odisha: Traffic movement affected on National Highway 16 due to protest by Central Trade Unions in Bhubaneswar. Their demands include minimum wages and social security among others 09:41 am: Delhi: All India Central Council of Trade Unions members hold protest in Patparganj industrial area against privatisation of public and government sector and demanding minimum wages, social security among others 09:19 am: West Bengal: Central Trade Union protests underway at Rupsa, Jaleswar and Datan in Bhadrak- Kharagpur railway section and Raghunathbari in Haldia railway section 08:55 am: 48-hour nationwide strike called by Central Trade Unions demanding minimum wages, social security schemes & against privatisation of public and government sector; visuals from Hubli, Karnataka 08:46 am: West Bengal: Police in Kolkata detain CPM workers protesting in support of 48-hour nationwide strike called by Central Trade Unions. Their demands include minimum wages and social security schemes among others 08:43 am: Members of Central Trade Unions hold protests, obstruct commuters in Odisha's Bhubaneswar in demand for minimum wages and social security schemes among others 08:38 am: Eight bus drivers, one conductor reported for duties early on Tuesday at few depots in Mumbai amid BEST strike; no bus however, has left from the 27 depots 08:24 am: Members of Central Trade Unions block railway line in West Bengal's Howrah, demand minimum wages and social security schemes among others 08:13 am: BEST on an indefinite strike in Mumbai from Monday midnight, over demands of implementation of the merger of the BEST budget with principal budget of the BMC, employee service residences and recruitment among others 07:59 am: Central Trade Unions on a two-day nationwide strike, demanding minimum wages and social security schemes among others 07:27 am: Extra police personnel would be deployed in and around Howrah city 07:06 am: Private bus owners, taxi associations and app-based cabs will take out vehicles on the roads like normal days 07:02 am: Taking all measures to foil any untoward incident during the strike, 500 additional buses would ply on city roads 06:27 am: West Bengal government announces that its employees would be barred from availing casual leave or any half-day leave on Tuesday and Wednesday