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As BJP, Shiv Sena flip-flop over future of alliance, Congress and NCP sneak ahead with pre-poll agreement

While the BJP and Shiv Sena remain uncertain of the eventual fate of their alliance, Congress has reportedly ironed out all its differences with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for a foreseeable alliance in Maharashtra

Mumbai BEST strike: Opposition slams BJP-Shiv Sena as protest enters 7th day; NCP, AAP question Fadnavis govt's motives

Opposition parties on Monday hit out at the BJP and Shiv Sena for the BEST bus strike which entered its seventh day in Mumbai even as an official of the civic-run transport undertaking expressed hope that a High Court hearing later in the day will throw up a solution.

BEST bus strike enters Day 7: Maharashtra govt panel expected to submit report today; MNS threatens to hit the streets

Over 32,000 employees of the BEST are on strike since last Tuesday and 3200-odd buses in its fleet are off the roads. They have been demanding the merger of the BMC and BEST budgets as well as higher salaries among other issues.

BEST strike: Uddhav Thackeray says Shiv Sena ‘will fulfil’ 2017 poll promise to merge budgets of transport undertaking, BMC

As the strike of the city bus service BEST entered its sixth day on Sunday, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said his party will fulfil its promise to merge the budget of the transport undertaking with that of the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

BEST strike in Mumbai Day 6: Meeting between unions, management ends in impasse; govt to submit status report in HC

Over 32,000 BEST employees have been on strike since Tuesday, 15 January, and its fleet of 3,200-odd buses have been off the roads of the metropolis, causing severe inconvenience to several lakh commuters. The union has yet to receive any written proposal from the BEST management to address the concerns of the workers on strike.

2,000 private buses deployed as BEST strike enters fifth day; senior citizens can travel free of cost, says School Bus Owners' Association

The School Bus Owners' Association in Mumbai deployed 1000 school buses and 1000 private buses in the light of the strike by BEST bus employees.

Bharat Bandh Day 2 updates: Traffic disrupted in Bengaluru as hundreds gather outside Town Hall; massive rally held in Madikeri

Bharat Bandh day 2 LIVE updates: The workers participating in the strike will go on a protest march from Mandi House to Parliament Wednesday at noon, and similarly protests would be seen in other parts of the country as well.

North East observes total bandh against citizenship Bill; trade unionists' strike evokes mixed response, Kerala worst hit

The call for a 48-hours-long nation-wide shutdown evoked mixed response from most parts of India, with protests marred by violence in parts of West Bengal and North East India.

Bharat Bandh 2019 Updates: French tourists stranded in Kerala's Alappuzha amid protests; shikaras, hotels bear deserted look in tourist town

Bharat Bandh LIVE Updates: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Right has sent a show cause notice CPM leader Sujan Chakraborty and other party office bearers. The commission is aggrieved over the attack on school bus in Barasat. The commission said that "such dangerous and unconstitutional move by a political party is a violation of child rights under the juvenile justice Act.