Chikkamagaluru: View of an area with shops closed during statewide �bandh�, in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, Saturday, March 22, 2025. A 12-hour statewide bandh called by the pro-Kannada groups to protest the alleged assault on a state-run bus conductor in Belagavi last month for not knowing Marathi began in Karnataka on Saturday morning amid tight security. (PTI Photo) (PTI03_22_2025_000019B)