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The all-India strike called by the joint council of various central trade unions has affected the normal life in Kerala as vehicles largely kept off the roads while shops remained closed.
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According to the MTC, only 318 out of the 3,175 MTC buses were on the road in the city while just 5,023 buses out of 15,335 bus services plied across Tamil Nadu, which is only one-third of MTC's normal service.
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The first day of #BharatBandh, announced by the opposition parties in the country, affected the MTC commuters in Chennai as 90% of the bus operators participated in the strike. Even Chennai Central Railway Station looked deserted.
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As part of the first day of the #BharatBandh, members from various trade union staged road block in Trichy.
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@ashokkumar_TNIE #BharatBandh strike has entered its second day. Public transport and banking services remain partly disrupted in some states.
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@ashokkumar_TNIE A mother holds her child in one hand and a bottle of petrol in another to fill her scooter as the IOC-owned petrol pump at Paravur Kavala in Ernakulam.
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@ashokkumar_TNIE @sanesh_TNIE As many as 176 out of 4828 employees turned up for work at the government secretariat on Tuesday. On the first day of the strike, the number of attendees was just 32.
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@ashokkumar_TNIE @sanesh_TNIE There was anger and annoyance as the first day of #BharatBandh brought Kerala to a stop. From a housekeeper who had to walk 7 km to work to a foreigner's first day in Kerala, here's how the strike affected the people. newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/…

@ashokkumar_TNIE @sanesh_TNIE Terming the strike by trade unions as “state-sponsored violence on the common man,” Kerala BJP president K Surendran demanded that the government apologise to people and put an end to the stir.
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@ashokkumar_TNIE @sanesh_TNIE The two-day nationwide strike called by the joint forum of trade unions evoked a near-total response in Puducherry.
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#TNIEeditorial | Some opposition parties in power have adopted an opportunistic attitude to the ‘bandh’ call. Protests are okay when the target is the Centre, but not okay if it affects the state.
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@gsvasu_TNIE Opposition leader V D Satheesan has come out against INTUC, stating that it is not a feeder organisation of the Congress.
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