Strike passes off peacefully.

(From The Statesman (India))

Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 29. Functioning of banks and insurance offices was totally paralysed across the state due to the strike call given by the Central trade unions and Left parties in protest against the anti-labour policies of the UPA government. The strike passed off peacefully across the state barring two incidents of violence in the Capital, home secretary, Mr Santosh Kumar said. He said that the vehicle of BJP MP Mr Dharmendra Pradhan was damaged in an attack near the state headquarter of CPI, while another private vehicle was ransacked by the supporters of strike, who were staging a road blockade near Rajmahal …