Patidars Call Statewide Bandh In Gujarat & More

Watch top 100 news headlines of the day on the go. The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) has called a statewide bandh today in Gujarat in protests against the police lathicharge on its supporters yesterday. Curfew was imposed on Mehsana and Surat towns of Gujarat after a 'Jail Bharo' andolan by Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) turned violent on Sunday. Mobile internet services too have been curtailed in the towns for 24 hours. AAJ TAK was launched in December 2000 as a 24-hour Hindi news channel, which covers India with insight, courage and plenty of local flavour. Within six months of its launch, AAJ TAK emerged as India’s number one news channel. And within eleven months, it was awarded the best news channel by the India Television Academy. Two years on, it bagged the Indian Television academy’s award for being “The Best News Channel” again, and added the RAPA award for “Best Advertising Campaign”. Beginning with an impressive connectivity of 5.2 million homes at the time of launch, AAJ TAK today boasts of a reach of over 30 million homes and a channel share of more than 55% among the news channels. Its unique style of passionate story telling and live coverage has become its hallmark. Follow us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aajtaktv... Twitter:   / aajtak   Facebook:   / aajtak