As workers are gathering in the streets across India, we look at why trade unions are protesting. The four labour codes, minimum wage, social security, privatisation, and more.

Bharat bandh today: Privatisation, labour code, why trade unions are protesting?

Workers from 10 central trade unions called for a Bharat Bandh on July 9, affecting potential services like banking, insurance, public transport, schools and public sector units. The strike aims to oppose the labour codes and economic policies of the government.

Bharat Bandh today: banks, schools, hospitals, what's open and what's closed?

Mazdoor Sabha member Harbhajan Singh Sidhu told news agency PTI that state transport services are likely to be affected due to the strike. The protest is likely to cause delays or cancellations in local transport services and logistics operations.

Are cabs, autos and other public transport working on Bharat Bandh? Here's what you should know before stepping out today

 As per reports, organisers of the protest expect around 25 crores, or 250 million, workers from the formal and informal sectors nationwide to participate in the upcoming Bharat Bandh. These are the unions/parties behind the July 9 Bharat Bandh.

Bharat Bandh: Which parties and trade unions are protesting against the Modi government?

Bharat Bandh 2025 Live Updates, 9 July: Over 25 crore workers from different sectors will join the Bharat Bandh on July 9, 2025, protesting the government's anti-worker and pro-corporate policies. 


Bharat Bandh Live: CPIM supporter arrested in Haldia, West Bengal

Bharat Bandh Live: Former CM of Puducherry V Narayanasamy detained

Bharat Bandh Live: Workers in Assam stage demonstrations in support of nationwide strike

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Uddhav Thackeray addresses protestors at Azad Maidan, Mumbai

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Ara Railway Station in Bihar Blocked

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Delhi-Kolkata Highway Blocked 

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Rahul Gandhi says similar to Maharashtra attempt of vote theft will happen in Bihar

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Kolkata Police evacuates protesting workers from roads in West Bengal

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Left parties stage protest against Central government in Tamil Nadu

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Police resort to lathicharge on workers in West Bengal's Howrah

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Verbal spat erupts between Kolkata Police and workers of left parties' 

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav join 'Bihar Bandh' protests rally 

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Modi govt supports only Adani and Ambani, trade union alleged

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Public transports, shops and shopping malls remain closed in Kozhikode, Kerala

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Kochi roads go empty as city observes strike

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Congress worker blocks road, slams Election Commission over ‘Rigging’ 

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Congress workers protest against Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Shops and shopping malls remain closed in Kottayam, Kerala

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Left parties' union enter Jadavpur railway station to block the railway tracks

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Members of Khordha District unit of CITU block the national highway at Bhubaneswar

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Why was the Bharat Bandh called?

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Normalcy in Chennai

Kolkata: Bus drivers wear helmet and service continue depite Bharat Bandh

Visuals from Tamil Nadu santiation workers protest

Tamil Nadu: Sanitation workers hold protest

Protestors stop Namo Bharat train

'Bihar Bandh': Mahagathbandhan leaders protest Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter list in Bihar

Protestors block Patna's NH30

Watch | Supporters of Independent MP Pappu Yadav stop an express train in Narpatganj, Araria

Watch | Members of RJD's students' wing block the train tracks at Jehanabad railway station

Is India shut today? All about the July 9 Bharat Bandh — banks, schools, offices full details on what's open or closed

No official holiday declared on Bharat Bandh

Bharat Bandh: Are schools, colleges and offices open or not?

Bharat Bandh: Are banks open or not?

Bharat Bandh: Parties/Unions involved in strike

Bharat Bandh on July 9

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Public transports, shops and shopping malls remain closed across the country