Bharat bandh

Updated On May 31, 2012 08:43 pm IST
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Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena

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Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 31, 2012 08:43 pm IST

Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena

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Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 31, 2012 08:43 pm IST

Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena

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Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 31, 2012 08:43 pm IST

Traffic congestion near Akshardham following nationwide shutdown against the fuel price hike. Fewer autos and packed metro trains added to the woes of commuters in New Delhi. HT/Sunil Saxena

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Samajwadi Party activists burn an effigy representing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after stopping a train during a strike against a petrol price hike in Allahabad. AFP/STR expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Samajwadi Party activists burn an effigy representing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after stopping a train during a strike against a petrol price hike in Allahabad. AFP/STR

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Shiv Sena activists burn a scooter during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Jammu. AP/Channi Anand expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Shiv Sena activists burn a scooter during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Jammu. AP/Channi Anand

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BJP workers stop a train in Malda district during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP workers stop a train in Malda district during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices. PTI

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A family rides a motorcycle as CPI-ML activists block the National Highway -5 during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices, in Bhubaneswar. PTI Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A family rides a motorcycle as CPI-ML activists block the National Highway -5 during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices, in Bhubaneswar. PTI Photo

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BJP activists arrange their bikes that reads 'BANDH' during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices in Chikmagalur in Karnataka. PTI Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP activists arrange their bikes that reads 'BANDH' during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices in Chikmagalur in Karnataka. PTI Photo

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BJP workers damage a vehicle during Bharat Bandh called to protest against hike in petrol prices in Jamshedpur. PTI photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP workers damage a vehicle during Bharat Bandh called to protest against hike in petrol prices in Jamshedpur. PTI photo

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Passengers walk with their luggage as vehicles were off the roads during Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices in Kolkata. PTI Photo by Swapan Mahapatra expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Passengers walk with their luggage as vehicles were off the roads during Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices in Kolkata. PTI Photo by Swapan Mahapatra

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Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) activists shout anti-UPA government slogans as they block a road during a protest against a petrol price hike in New Delhi. AFP/Prakash Singh expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) activists shout anti-UPA government slogans as they block a road during a protest against a petrol price hike in New Delhi. AFP/Prakash Singh

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Trucks and other stranded vehicles on the National Highway-5 during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices, in Bhubaneswar. PTI Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Trucks and other stranded vehicles on the National Highway-5 during the Bharat bandh called to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices, in Bhubaneswar. PTI Photo

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Police detain an activist, who tried to prevent buses from operating during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Hyderabad. AP/Mahesh Kumar A expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Police detain an activist, who tried to prevent buses from operating during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Hyderabad. AP/Mahesh Kumar A

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Senior BJP leader rides in a cycle rickshaw during Bharat bandh to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices in Varanasi. (PTI Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Senior BJP leader rides in a cycle rickshaw during Bharat bandh to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices in Varanasi. (PTI Photo)

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Supporters of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) shout slogans as they beat their chest during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Amritsar. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Supporters of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) shout slogans as they beat their chest during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Amritsar. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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BJP protesters poured petrol on a scooter that they intended to burn, but the police impounded the scooter before it could be set on fire at Aroma traffic lights, Chandigarh. (HT Photo/Gurpreet Singh) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP protesters poured petrol on a scooter that they intended to burn, but the police impounded the scooter before it could be set on fire at Aroma traffic lights, Chandigarh. (HT Photo/Gurpreet Singh)

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A view of a sparsely occupied Chandni Chowk area due to the nation bandh in New Delhi. (HT Photo/Sunil Saxena) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A view of a sparsely occupied Chandni Chowk area due to the nation bandh in New Delhi. (HT Photo/Sunil Saxena)

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BJP party workers protest against steep hike in petrol prices in Lucknow. (HT Photo/Ashok Dutta) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP party workers protest against steep hike in petrol prices in Lucknow. (HT Photo/Ashok Dutta)

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BJP party workers protest against steep hike in petrol prices in Lucknow. (HT Photo/Ashok Dutta) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP party workers protest against steep hike in petrol prices in Lucknow. (HT Photo/Ashok Dutta)

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BJP activists protest at Borivali during Bharat bandh called against the steep hike in petrol prices in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP activists protest at Borivali during Bharat bandh called against the steep hike in petrol prices in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar)

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Guards sitting idle as shops are closed due to Delhi bandh at Janpath in New Delhi. (HT Photo/Nipun Prabhakar) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Guards sitting idle as shops are closed due to Delhi bandh at Janpath in New Delhi. (HT Photo/Nipun Prabhakar)

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Shiv Sena workers stop a train during Bharat Bandh called to protest against hike in petrol prices in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Mitesh Bhuvad) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Shiv Sena workers stop a train during Bharat Bandh called to protest against hike in petrol prices in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Mitesh Bhuvad)

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A man walks past a transport bus whose tire was deflated by protestors during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A man walks past a transport bus whose tire was deflated by protestors during a nationwide strike to protest a steep hike in gas prices in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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Left party leaders Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat lead a protest rally against steep hike in petrol prices in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Left party leaders Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat lead a protest rally against steep hike in petrol prices in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

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BJP leaders during the Bharat Bandh against steep hike in petrol prices at Chandni Chowk in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP leaders during the Bharat Bandh against steep hike in petrol prices at Chandni Chowk in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

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An Indian employee sleeps at a closed fuel station during a nationwide strike in Siliguri. (AFP Photo/Diptendu Dutta) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An Indian employee sleeps at a closed fuel station during a nationwide strike in Siliguri. (AFP Photo/Diptendu Dutta)

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BJP workers travel in a cart during a protest against petrol price hike in Dimapur, Nagaland. (PTI Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP workers travel in a cart during a protest against petrol price hike in Dimapur, Nagaland. (PTI Photo)

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BJP activists force passengers to get down from an auto-rickshaw at Borivali during Bharat bandh called against the steep hike in petrol prices in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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BJP activists force passengers to get down from an auto-rickshaw at Borivali during Bharat bandh called against the steep hike in petrol prices in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar)

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