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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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