Hartal peaceful in Idukki, Wayanad
11 years, 4 months ago

Hartal peaceful in Idukki, Wayanad

The Hindu  

A hartal called by the Opposition Left Democratic Front in the high ranges of Idukki and Wayanad districts on Saturday disrupted normal life but passed off peacefully. The LDF has called a State-wide hartal on Monday in protest against the “unilateral imposition” of the recommendations of the K. Kasturirangan-headed High-Level Working Group on Western Ghats. A group of miscreants set fire to a forest section office at Kattikulam under the North Wayanad forest division on Saturday evening. The protests had turned violent in Kozhikode and Kannur districts on Friday with irate mobs torching government vehicles and attacking Forest Department offices.

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UDF hartal disrupts life in Wayanad
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UDF hartal disrupts life in Wayanad

The Hindu  

A dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the United Democratic Front in Wayanad in protest against the alleged government failure in preventing wild animal attacks disrupted people’s lives on Thursday. The Farmers Relief Forum and the Kerala unit of the All-India Trinamool Congress had called for a hartal on Wednesday in protest against the death of Manu of Vellari Colony in Tamil …

UDF workers clash with police, block vehicles and close shops as dawn-to-dusk hartal begins in Wayanad
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UDF workers clash with police, block vehicles and close shops as dawn-to-dusk hartal begins in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Activists of the Congress, Indian Union Muslim League and their allies blocked vehicles and forcefully closed shops in many parts of Wayanad as the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the United Democratic Front in the district began on Thursday. The police took into custody some Congress workers who obstructed vehicle movement at Lakkidi near the Kozhikode-Wayanad border and Chungam Junction in …

Protests brewing in Wayanad as one more person falls victim to wild elephant attack
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Protests brewing in Wayanad as one more person falls victim to wild elephant attack

The Hindu  

Protests are brewing in Wayanad with one more person dying in wild elephant attack, the second such incident in the past two days, and the United Democratic Front calling for a hartal in the district on February 13. UDF activists staged another protest outside the Sulthan Bathery Taluk Hospital blocking the ambulance carrying the body and they later took out …

Hartal called in Wayanad over rising wild animal attacks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hartal called in Wayanad over rising wild animal attacks

India Today  

The Congress-led United Democratic Front called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Wayanad district in Kerala on Thursday in protest against the increasing number of wildlife attacks, which have resulted in multiple deaths. The UDF leadership accused the state government of failing to take concrete action despite the frequent loss of human lives due to attacks by wild animals. The hartal …

Congress Led Opposition UDF Hartal in Wayanad District
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Congress Led Opposition UDF Hartal in Wayanad District

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress led opposition United Democratic Front in Kerala is stating a hartal in Wayanad district on Thursday to protest the government's failure to protect residents from increasing elephant attacks. UDF Wayanad district chairman K K Ahmed Haji and convenor P T Gopalakurup stated that essential services and travel for examinations, weddings and the Palikunnu festival have been exempted …

Traders raise strong protest against Congress hartal in Kozhikode
4 months, 1 week ago

Traders raise strong protest against Congress hartal in Kozhikode

The Hindu  

Trying to keep their shops open, the traders owing allegiance to the Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti registered a strong protest against the hartal called by the Congress in Kozhikode district on Sunday, November 17, 2024. KVVES leaders, who condemned the Congress leaders’ unexpected decision in the name of a clash between voters during the Chevayur Service Co-operative Bank election …

Ruling LDF's hartal begins ahead of Governor's visit
1 year, 2 months ago

Ruling LDF's hartal begins ahead of Governor's visit

Hindustan Times  

Many shops remained closed and the number of vehicles on the roads was comparatively less in the high-range district in the initial hours of the hartal. HT Image The hartal called by the ruling front assumes significance in the wake of Governor Khan's arrival in the district to attend a function of the Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti at Thodupuzha …

How Halting Hartals Set Wheels in Motion for Change in Kashmir's Fortunes - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

How Halting Hartals Set Wheels in Motion for Change in Kashmir's Fortunes - News18

News 18  

The three decades of violence in Kashmir have affected all important sources of livelihood of the local populace such as agriculture, horticulture, tourism, and the handicraft industry, with many traders having to shift their trading centres from the Valley to other parts of the country and others forced to look for alternative sources of income to survive the economic crisis. …

Hartals bring Kerala to a standstill
2 years, 5 months ago

Hartals bring Kerala to a standstill

The Hindu  

Impromptu hartals have been Kerala’s bane over several decades. Stranded travellers, stone-throwing casualties, deserted streets, vandalised shops and private properties, damaged public transport buses, hospitals devoid of patients, empty public offices, shuttered schools and closed fuel depots are the classic vignettes of hartal life in Kerala. For the Kerala High Court, the most recent hartal called by the Popular Front …

CM says hartal violence preplanned as Oppn. slams govt. for police failure
2 years, 6 months ago

CM says hartal violence preplanned as Oppn. slams govt. for police failure

The Hindu  

Strident criticism of "police failure" to protect the public during the violent Popular Front of India hartal reverberated across the political spectrum for the second straight day on Friday. The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party termed the sweeping arrests that unfolded across the State in the aftermath of the extensive violence as a belated response impelled by mounting public …

Sporadic violence marks PFI dawn-to-dusk hartal in Kerala
2 years, 6 months ago

Sporadic violence marks PFI dawn-to-dusk hartal in Kerala

The Hindu  

Random incidents of violence and disarray marked the first few hours of the Popular Front of India Police officers attacked in Kollam. Read | 109 held in nationwide crackdown against PFI Bus driver injured A KSRTC bus driver, tentatively identified as Sasi, sustained an eye injury when hartal supporters smashed the vehicle's windscreen near Kozhikode civil station. KSRTC buses targetted …

Kochi: Hartal-mongers in despair
5 years, 8 months ago

Kochi: Hartal-mongers in despair

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Hartal-mongers are having a bad time these days in Kerala thanks to the growing public outrage over the menace and the intervention of the High Court that has warned of strict action against the hartal addicts. The latest hartal statistics may disappoint the strikers as the state has witnessed only five hartals since January, the least number in the …

Kochi: Contempt case against hartal callers
6 years, 1 month ago

Kochi: Contempt case against hartal callers

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday initiated suo motu contempt of court case against Youth Congress state president Dean Kuriakose, UDF Kasargod district chairman M.C. The High Court had ordered on January 7 that calling lightning hartals was illegal and that people calling hartals should give seven days’ prior notice. The court also asked the …

Hartal in Kerala after two Congress workers hacked to death
6 years, 1 month ago

Hartal in Kerala after two Congress workers hacked to death

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Congress youth outfit, Youth Congress, has called for a hartal in Kerala after two of its activists were hacked to death on Sunday night allegedly over political rivalry. Meanwhile, in a setback to Congress, Kerala High Court has taken a suo motto case of contempt of court against the organizers of the hartal. "We understand the sentiments against hartal …

A big NO to hartal
6 years, 2 months ago

A big NO to hartal

Deccan Chronicle  

Looks like Keralites, except a minority, are fed up with the concept of hartal. “What do we achieve from disturbing people’s lives and spreading violence in the name of hartal,” asks a woman irately. Hartals are meant just for a group of people to attack the rest of all,” he says and adds that there is no such thing called …

Sabarimala row: Hindu groups call for 12-hour hartal in Kerala today; top cop warns of strict action
6 years, 2 months ago

Sabarimala row: Hindu groups call for 12-hour hartal in Kerala today; top cop warns of strict action

Firstpost  

The hartal, which began at 6 am, has been called by Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of various pro-Hindutva groups, spearheading protests against the Supreme Court’s 28 September verdict, and Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad. Thiruvananthapuram: A dawn-to-dusk 12-hour hartal called by Hindu outfits began Thursday morning in protest against the entry of two women of menstruating age into the Sabarimala …

Frequent shutdowns over Sabarimala verdict despite judicial intervention fuel debate on hartal culture in Kerala
6 years, 3 months ago

Frequent shutdowns over Sabarimala verdict despite judicial intervention fuel debate on hartal culture in Kerala

Firstpost  

Protest against the strike that brings life to a standstill started brewing in Kerala after BJP called a flash statewide hartal on 17 November at 2 am to protest the arrest of K P Sasikala – leader of the Hindu Aikya Vedi, a constituent of Sangh Parivar – on her way to the hill shrine. The 28 September verdict of …

BJP hartal affects normal life in Kerala
6 years, 3 months ago

BJP hartal affects normal life in Kerala

India TV News  

BJP hartal affects normal life in Kerala The BJP had announced a state-wide hartal as a mark of respect to 55-year old Venugopalan Nair, who died after setting himself on fire near the venue of the party's protest here on Thursday. The day long hartal called by the Kerala unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party affected normal life in the …

Hartal in Kerala today: Police says man did not commit suicide because of Sabarimala issue, but due to depression
6 years, 3 months ago

Hartal in Kerala today: Police says man did not commit suicide because of Sabarimala issue, but due to depression

Firstpost  

Calling a statewide strike on Friday over the death, the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that the man immolated himself protesting the “adamant” stand of the state government, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, over the issue of continuing prohibitory orders and restrictions at the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Police said late Thursday night that a 55-year-old man, …

Sabarimala self-immolation: BJP calls statewide hartal after man kills self near party's protest venue in Kerala
6 years, 3 months ago

Sabarimala self-immolation: BJP calls statewide hartal after man kills self near party's protest venue in Kerala

Firstpost  

The BJP has called a statewide hartal on Friday, claiming an Ayyappa devotee immolated himself near a BJP protest site in Thiruvananthapuram protesting the “adamant” stand of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in Kerala over implementing an SC order on Sabarimala Thiruvananthapuram: A 55-year-old man, said to be an Ayyappa devotee, died after setting himself afire nearBJP’s protest venue over …

Hartal call for Kathua rape and murder has big impact in Malappuram
6 years, 11 months ago

Hartal call for Kathua rape and murder has big impact in Malappuram

The Hindu  

A hartal called by a social media collective of youngsters to protest against the brutal rape and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir has made an unexpected impact in the district on Monday. Police resorted to caning at several places, including Malappuram and Tirur, to disperse the gangs that tried to forcibly impose the hartal. Hartal supporters …

UDF calls for hartal in Kerala on October 16
7 years, 5 months ago

UDF calls for hartal in Kerala on October 16

Deccan Chronicle  

Malappuram: The UDF also likes football. Therefore, it has rescheduled its proposed hartal on October 13 to 16 in view of the FIFA Under -17 World Cup football matches in Kochi. Initially, opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala announced here that the UDF would observe a statewide hartal on October 13 against the anti-people policies of the state and central governments. The …

Say No to Hartal' to sue BJP leaders
8 years, 5 months ago

Say No to Hartal' to sue BJP leaders

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: Say No to Hartal, the group campaigning against hartals will approach the High Court seeking action against BJP leaders who called for a hartal on Thursday during which a series of violent incidents took place in several parts of the state. “Based on the Justice JB Koshy judgment in 2004 in the George Kurian VS State of Kerala case, …

Kerala: 12-hour strike called by BJP to protest killing of party activist begins
8 years, 5 months ago

Kerala: 12-hour strike called by BJP to protest killing of party activist begins

Firstpost  

Vehicles were off the roads as the hartal called by BJP in Kerala to protest against the killing of a party activist in Pinarayi in Kannur began. Thiruvananthapuram: Buses and autorickshaws were off the roads as the 12-hour state-wide hartal called by the BJP in Kerala to protest against the brutal killing of a 25-year-old party activist in Pinarayi in …

Murder of RSS activist: Hartal hits life in Kerala
10 years, 6 months ago

Murder of RSS activist: Hartal hits life in Kerala

India TV News  

Thiruvananthapuram: The day-long hartal called by RSS in Kerala Tuesday to protest murder of an activist in Kannur district disrupted normal life across the state. Initial reports said buses, taxis and autorickshaws kept off the roads and shops remained closed all over the state. Manoj, a district office-bearer of RSS was hacked to death by a gang that attacked him …

Hartal passes off peacefully in Ernakulam
10 years, 10 months ago

Hartal passes off peacefully in Ernakulam

The Hindu  

The 12-hour Ernakulam district hartal called by the Save FACT Action Committee on Monday passed off peacefully but hit normal life as public transport vehicles stayed off the road and banks and business establishments downed shutters for the day. 991-crore revival package for the public sector Fertilizers and Chemiclas Travancore, was described by its organisers as a “historic success.” The …

Hartal at many places in Kerala today
11 years, 1 month ago

Hartal at many places in Kerala today

The Hindu  

Even as the Centre appeared to be working on a decision on the demand for withdrawal of the November 13 order implementing the Kasturirangan commission recommendations, the Opposition Left Democratic Front has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Idukki and Wayanad districts and different parts of Kottayam, Malappuram, Kozhikode, and Kannur districts on Saturday. Krishnan Kutty told reporters at Kattappana on …

Hartal total, affects normal life
11 years, 4 months ago

Hartal total, affects normal life

The Hindu  

The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Left Democratic Front across the State on Monday was peaceful and total in Kozhikode with no incidents of violence being reported from any part of the district. The hartal was called in protest against the Union government’s decision to implement the K. Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats. Minor skirmishes followed by the blocking …

Hartal near-total, peaceful; 48-hour stir on in Idukki
11 years, 4 months ago

Hartal near-total, peaceful; 48-hour stir on in Idukki

The Hindu  

The dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the Opposition Left Democratic Front on Monday was almost total and by and large peaceful across the State. Barring an instance of minor skirmish between workers of the CPI and the Indian Union Muslim League at Koorachund in Kozhikode and isolated incidents of stone-throwing at vehicles, the hartal passed off without major incidents of violence. …

Hartal near-total, peaceful; 48-hour stir on in Idukki
11 years, 4 months ago

Hartal near-total, peaceful; 48-hour stir on in Idukki

The Hindu  

The dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the Opposition Left Democratic Front on Monday was almost total and by and large peaceful across the State. Barring an instance of minor skirmish between workers of the CPI and the Indian Union Muslim League at Koorachund in Kozhikode and isolated incidents of stone-throwing at vehicles, the hartal passed off without major incidents of violence. …

Hartal supporters go on the rampage in Kozhikode
11 years, 4 months ago

Hartal supporters go on the rampage in Kozhikode

The Hindu  

Rural areas of Kozhikode district witnessed tense scenes in the dawn-to-dusk hartal on Friday called by the LDF and the UDF against the implementation of the Kasturirangan panel report. Hartal supporters blocked all the village roads in six grama panchayats including Thiruvambadi, Koodaranhi, Kodencheri, Puthuppadi and Kavilumpara and attacked government offices, media and several public and private vehicles. Tension prevailed …

Hartal hits normal life in Kottayam
11 years, 4 months ago

Hartal hits normal life in Kottayam

The Hindu  

Normal life was affected by the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by pro-Left farmers’ organisations in the district in protest against the alleged apathy of the Central government in controlling the decreasing prices of natural rubber. While private service buses, taxis and autorickshaws kept off the roads, the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation conducted additional services to certain parts of the district. …

Petrol price hike: Hartal total in Kottayam
12 years, 10 months ago

Petrol price hike: Hartal total in Kottayam

The Hindu  

With shops remaining closed and public transport system staying off the road, the hartal called by the LDF and the BJP was total and barring stray incidents, peaceful in the district. According to police, the attempt of the hartal supporters to resist the buses operated by the Kerala State Transport Corporation resulted in a minor skirmish in Kanjirappally. In another …

Hartal total, peaceful in Palakkad
12 years, 10 months ago

Hartal total, peaceful in Palakkad

The Hindu  

The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the ruling United Democratic Front on Saturday in protest against the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T.P. Only a few private vehicles including four wheelers plied while the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation operated services as usual in both towns. Mixed response Staff Reporter writes from Kasaragod: The daylong hartal evoked mixed response in …

Anti-endosulfan hartal hits normal life in Kerala
13 years, 11 months ago

Anti-endosulfan hartal hits normal life in Kerala

The Hindu  

The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the CPI-led LDF in Kerala demanding countrywide ban on pesticide endosulfan disrupted normal life across the state on Friday. The hartal did not affect the train services but people who arrived at major stations by long-distance trains faced difficulty due to the absence of city buses, taxis and autos. For quite some time, Kerala has …

Opposition parties call for nation-wide hartal on July 5
14 years, 9 months ago

Opposition parties call for nation-wide hartal on July 5

The Hindu  

Left and non-BJP opposition parties on Tuesday gave a call for a 12-hour nation-wide strike on July 5 to protest against the government’s decision to increase the prices of petroleum products. Besides the four Left parties, the AIADMK, TDP, Samajwadi Party, BJD, JD and INLD “have decided to call for a country-wide hartal on July 5”, a joint statement by …

Kasaragod tense, hartal peaceful
15 years, 4 months ago

Kasaragod tense, hartal peaceful

The Hindu  

Tension prevails at Kasaragod and nearby areas even as the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the United Democratic Front in the district on Monday to protest against the incidents on Sunday in which two youths were killed including the one in police firing has remained largely peaceful. A large posse of police personnel were deployed in the Kasaragod town and nearby …

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