The all-India shutdown call by trade unions and other organisations on Wednesday showed little impact in this tech city as it turned out to be a normal working day, an official said.

"No effect of shutdown in the city though banking operations are affected as bank staff is supporting the trade unions," a state official t

Normal life has been affected across Odisha as 10 central trade unions supported by different political parties observed nationwide strike on Wednesday.

The trade unions resorted to shutdown on 14-point charter of demands including social security, minimum wages, and employment among others.

Educational institutions

 Police in Andhra Pradesh arrested leaders of the Left parties and trade unions as they tried to stop state-owned buses and staged road blockade on Wednesday as part of the nation-wide shutdown.

Protesters were arrested in Vijayawada, Guntur, Ongole, Visakhapatnam, Kadapa and other towns when they tried to stop buses ofRoad T

The nationwide shutdown call of the central trade unions against the Centre's policies evoked a mixed response in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Wednesday amidst rains.

There was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere in the states.

The activists of several farmer associations were seen asking trade

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is setting up two makeshift schools at the Magh Mela campus here for children of daily wage labourers who work at the fair.

The state education department will be setting up schools at Kali Marg in Sector 2 and Gangoli Shivala in Sector 4 where scores of children coming from economic

 In a dramatic turn during the court proceedings in the Nirbhaya case, two mothers battled for their children, while one demanded life imprisonment, the other wanted the death sentence.

When the proceedings were halted briefly as the judge seeking a clarification, Convict Mukesh Singh's mother walked up to Nirbhaya's