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87705
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 23:35
Auther :

BANDH TWO LST

The affected trains include New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi
Express, Amritsar-New Delhi Inter City Express,
Amritsar-Hardwar Jan Shatabdi Express, Dadar-Amritsar Express,
Howrah-Amritsar Express besides a number of passenger trains.
Road traffic was also disrupted at many places in the
state, including on the Chandigarh-Ropar National Highway.
Initial reports said markets were closed at some places.
On October 23, Dal Khalsa supported by the Khalsa Action
Committee, had given a shutdown call for on Tuesday to
register its protest against the killings of thousands of
Sikhs in 1984.
Chairman of Shiromani Panthic Council Manjit Singh
Calcutta said, "25 years have passed but the country's justice
system has failed to bring the perpetrators to book".
Head of another hardline outfit, Gaini Baldev Singh asked
the people of the state to close down their business
establishments, shops, banks, industry and transportation in
memory of all those who were killed during the carnage. PTI

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