Though the markets falling under the posh A and B categories, which face a sure axe, remained closed, some of the major markets of the city like Sarojini Nagar, Cannaught Place and Janpath reopened, bringing back normalcy.
CAIT had last month also filed a petition in National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against the Competition Commission of India's decision to approve the deal.
Turning out in huge numbers, traders and Bharatiya Janata Party activists staged a huge demonstration at Noida Mode intersection in East Delhi, creating a massive traffic jam.
A two-day strike by wholesalers and retailers across Maharastra to protest against the imposition of Local Body Tax (LBT) began on Monday, bringing trading activity to a grinding halt.
The nation-wide two-day bandh by traders against introduction of the much-touted value added tax evoked a mixed response on its opening day on Monday affecting commercial activities to a great extent.
Thursday's Opposition-sponsored bandh did not bring Tamil Nadu to a standstill.
Contrary to usual practice, the new Samvat year, the most auspicious day for Indian business, will start from home this year, as traders have downed their shutters across the country to protest against value added tax system
Left parties on Monday decided to extend support to the 'Bharat Bandh' called by Confederation of All India Traders on December 1 to protest the Centre's decision to allow FDI in retail.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC have been clamped in 10 police station areas, including Sukhdev Nagar, Lower Bazar, Daily Market and Hindpidi, to control any further flareups, they said.
The Shiv Sena has spurned Congress' request to participate in the bandh.
Intensifying their stir against the implementation of value added tax from April, traders on Wednesday threatened to down shutters for four days from March 29 and warned of "tough" days ahead for the government.
Leading trade associations on Wednesday threatened to go on a 48-hour nationwide strike from March 31 to protest the introduction of value-added tax from the next fiscal.
Rail and road blockade, demonstrations, and impromptu rallies by the Opposition marked the shutdown in the state affecting normal life to some extent.
'What has taken the government so long to understand what the people of this country are going through?'
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
Sena has not supported Gaikwad's act but senior party leaders have expressed reservations over the airlines' action against him
The houses of a sitting and a former MLA, both Dalits, were set afire by a violent mob.
A man demanding reservation for the community jumped to his death in a river in Aurangabad district.
The posters were put up on the shutters of the shops late on Sunday evening, Purola station house officer Khajan Singh Chauhan said.
Tailor Kanhaiya Lal was killed on Tuesday afternoon by two cleaver-wielding men, Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, who posted a grisly video of the crime online claiming responsibility for the 'beheading'.
The civic body resumed its controversial sealing drive on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee decided to go ahead with the operations, despite protests from traders.
Shouting slogans, BJP leaders and workers -- including Prem Kumar, who is the leader of opposition in Bihar assembly -- took to the streets, demanding arrest of Rocky.
Mother's market or 'Ima Kheitel' in Manipuri is not just a market but a sign of empowerment of women.
The six Muslim girl students of the Government Pre University Girls College in the coastal town of Udupi did not turn up for classes on Wednesday, a day after their petition seeking permission to wear hijab inside classrooms was dismissed by the Karnataka high court.
Banks witnessed thin business in the nation's financial capital on Thursday following the nationwide bandh called by NDA and Left parties against the steep hike in petrol prices last week.
Shops and markets in Delhi opened on Thursday after a three-day trade bandh against sealing of commercial establishments.
Jaitley on Monday rejected demands for rollback of the 1% excise duty.
Opposing a government-panel proposal to hike FDI limit in multi-brand retail, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Wednesday said such a move will hurt interest of small traders and mostly benefit large corporates.
Announcing a 96-hour country-wide strike against the value added tax system from March 29, traders' body Akhil Bharatiya Udyog Vyapar Mandal on Tuesday
Thousands of police personnel have been deployed across the state to maintain law and order.
Pipliyamandi becomes the epicentre of the current farmers' agitation across the country, demanding better price for their produce and loan waiver and a political hot-potato for all.
With Pawar backing farmers' protest against the contentious agri reforms, government sources on Sunday pointed out that as the agriculture minister in the UPA dispensation he had asked chief ministers to amend the APMC Act in their states to allow the private sector to play an important role in the field.
Tomar said the government is committed to "peaceful talks with farmers' leaders and does not intend to hurt farmers' sentiments".
The one national GST unifies the country's $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into a common market, an exercise that took 17 tumultuous years.
Director General of Police B S Sandhu said with the arrest of Manish and the army man, Pankaj, all the key accused allegedly involved in the incident, have now been arrested.
