Cuttack streets have hardly been this strung up. The residents are confined to a 36-hour curfew and internet ban since Sunday, after bloody confrontations at a motorcycle rally supporting the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) demand to close the bandh in 12 hours.
Fresh protests have been announced by the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj in Purulia district, West Bengal, fWor September 25, following violent clashes with police at Kotshila railway station. The Kurmi community has renewed its long-standing demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. This has led to significant disruptions with railway and road blockades across the state.
