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- noun Plural form of
hartal .
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Examples
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In a statement, the spokesperson criticised the anti-people stand taken by the sponsors of hartals and said that they were leading them on the road to self destruction.
NC denounced politics of strikes in Kashmir, PDP adding to victim family���s woes 2009
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Ms. Sakina said that people must understand the nefarious designs behind the frequent hartals in the Valley which are responsible for bringing miseries to the common man.
Govt committed for responsive governance, better civic facilities: Sakina 2009
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“Thousands of lives were lost, lakhs of artisans, laborers, educated youth, small business holders, shopkeepers lost their bread and the continuous and unabated hartals shattered the economy and put the tourism and handicrafts sector in bad shape”, he added
JK CM favours consistent dialogue between Centre and separatists 2009
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Meanwhile National Conference spokesperson has denounced the politics of hartals, saying frequent and prolonged strikes have dealt a severe blow to the economy of the valley as well as to the livelihood of the poor people.
NC denounced politics of strikes in Kashmir, PDP adding to victim family���s woes 2009
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She described those asking for frequent bands and hartals as enemies of people and said that development process gets detracted and economy is adversely affected by these hartals.
Govt committed for responsive governance, better civic facilities: Sakina 2009
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The spokesperson said if the politics of hartals was not stopped it would result in economic disaster for the state.
NC denounced politics of strikes in Kashmir, PDP adding to victim family���s woes 2009
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And hartals are welcomed by school students because they get a holiday.
A Frisson of Freedom 2007
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It was by means of hartals that the latest autocrat was deposed.
A Frisson of Freedom 2007
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But for hartals, the pollution would have been intolerable.
A Frisson of Freedom 2007
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We have just endured several weeks of hartals and blockades, which have led donors to urge the military to suspend democracy, to nation-wide acclaim.
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