Jharkhand shutdown evokes a mixed response

October 13th, 2009 PATNA/RANCHI - Maoists ransacked Banshipur Railway Station in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on the second day of their two-day shutdown. They torched communication system installed in the railway cabin of the station.

October 12th, 2009 RANCHI/PATNA - Maoists blew up a stretch of a railway track and set ablaze three trucks in Jharkhand as they began a two-day shutdown in Bihar and Jharkhand in protest against the Centre's alleged effort to put down the CPI (Maoists) movement by force. According to sources, the incident took place at around 2:30 a.m.

October 8th, 2009 RANCHI - The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called for a two-day shutdown from Oct 12 in Jharkhand and Bihar to protest "moves to suppress our movement", a release from the organisation said Thursday. "The centre (central government) is indirectly taking help of the army in its efforts to suppress our movement," Gopalji, the special area committee of the CPI-Maoists, said in the statement.

October 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels on Tuesday blew up a railway track between the Dania and the Jogeshwar railway stations under Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway in Jharkhand. The powerful explosion damaged about one-metre of the track, which led to disruption of rail traffic for over 11 hours.

August 27th, 2009 RANCHI - The economy and public life has taken a beating in Ranchi due to the Maoists shutdown. Industry experts believe that such shutdowns are financially crippling.

August 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels set two trucks ablaze and attacked a Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) mine, while enforcing a 48-hour strike in Jharkhand, police said Saturday. Maoist rebels attacked a CCL mine near Tori Railway station in the state's Latehar district.

July 12th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The recent shutdown called by the United Liberation Front of Assom (ULFA) evoked a mix response in Assam. t did not have much of an impact, as people were seen on the streets and private vehicles continued to ply on the roads.

July 4th, 2009 MYSORE J - A dawn to dusk shutdown call given by the Hindu Jagaran Vedike in protest against an attack on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth leader evoked a mixed response here today. Normal life was partially affected by the shutdown.

April 14th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoists in Ranchi in Jharkhand call for shutdown, forcing normal life to come to a standstill. The shutdown was called to disrupt the ongoing election process.

April 12th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoists in Ranchi called for a day-long shutdown on Sunday forcing normal life to come to a standstill. The shutdown was called to protest the killing of two rebel commanders of the group during an encounter recently.

March 25th, 2009 RANCHI - Movement came to a standstill in Jharkhand's Ranchi district due to the daylong shutdown called by the Maoists on Wednesday. The shutdown was called as mark of protest against alleged harsh police treatment meted out to Maoists in prisons.

March 23rd, 2009 RANCHI - People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) shutdown call given on Sunday to protest the killing of a rebel commander and some other members of a group during an encounter with the Police affected normal life in Jharkhand. This Maoist outfit has called for a daylong shutdown.

March 7th, 2009 JAMSHEDPUR - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani kicked off his election campaign in Jharkhand Friday.

February 12th, 2009 RANCHI - The statewide shutdown called by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) to protest police baton charge on party leaders, including former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha, badly affected normal life Jharkhand Friday. BJP workers took out protest rallies in many parts of the state.

February 8th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand police have launched a poster campaign to take on the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) that has called for a 24-hour shutdown in the state. CPI-Maoist called for the shutdown Monday in Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal.