Holding up India

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BJP MP and veteran crickter Navjot Singh along with his supporters raising anti UPA goverment slogans during Bharat Bhand in Amritsar. HT/Munish Byala

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BJP activist beat drums and shout slogans during the opposition-sponsored 'Bharat bandh' to protest over FDI in multi-brand retail and increase in diesel prices, in Jammu. The bandh has been called by the NDA, Left parties and UPA supporters SP and JD(S). PTI

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Demonstrators from the Samajwadi Party shout slogans after they stopped a passenger train during a protest against price hikes in fuel and foreign direct investment in retail, near Allahabad railway station. Reuters/Jitendra Prakash

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Indian police officers detain activists of Telugu Desam Party during a protest at a bus station in Hyderabad. AP/Mahesh Kumar A

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Indian activists from the opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party shout-slogans against Congress-led UPA government during a demonstration in Amritsar. AFP/Narinder Nanu

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Bandh: Policemen remove a burning effigy representing the government during a protest in Allahabad. AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh

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Bandh: A Samajwadi Party activist shouts slogans during a protest in Allahabad. AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh

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Samajwadi Party activists shout slogans during a protest along railway tracks in Allahabad. Angry opposition workers have disrupted train services as part of a daylong strike in India to protest rising diesel prices and the government's decision to open the country's huge retail market to foreign companies. AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh

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Samajwadi Party activists hold an effigy representing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his cabinet colleagues before burning it during a protest along railway tracks in Allahabad. AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh

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A resident walks past a closed shop at Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi. Opposition parties and trade unions called for shopkeepers, traders and labourers in India to block railway lines and close markets to protest against reforms, designed by Prime MinisterBharat Bandh, hindustan times, news, Samajwadi PartyBharat Bandh, hindustan times, news, Samajwadi Party Manmohan Singh. AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

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Bandh: A rickshaw driver pedals past closed shops as he looks for passengers at Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi. AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

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A resident sleeps in front of closed shops at Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi. Opposition parties and trade unions called for shopkeepers, traders and labourers in India to block railway lines and close markets to protest against reforms, designed by Manmohan Singh. AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Holding up India

BJP MP and veteran crickter Navjot Singh along with his supporters raising anti UPA goverment slogans during Bharat Bhand in Amritsar. HT/Munish Byala

BJP activist beat drums and shout slogans during the opposition-sponsored 'Bharat bandh' to protest over FDI in multi-brand retail and increase in diesel prices, in Jammu. The bandh has been called by the NDA, Left parties and UPA supporters SP and JD(S). PTI

Demonstrators from the Samajwadi Party shout slogans after they stopped a passenger train during a protest against price hikes in fuel and foreign direct investment in retail, near Allahabad railway station. Reuters/Jitendra Prakash

Indian police officers detain activists of Telugu Desam Party during a protest at a bus station in Hyderabad. AP/Mahesh Kumar A

Indian activists from the opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party shout-slogans against Congress-led UPA government during a demonstration in Amritsar. AFP/Narinder Nanu

Bandh: Policemen remove a burning effigy representing the government during a protest in Allahabad. AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh

Bandh: A Samajwadi Party activist shouts slogans during a protest in Allahabad. AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh

Samajwadi Party activists hold an effigy representing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his cabinet colleagues before burning it during a protest along railway tracks in Allahabad. AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh

Bandh: A rickshaw driver pedals past closed shops as he looks for passengers at Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi. AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

A resident sleeps in front of closed shops at Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi. Opposition parties and trade unions called for shopkeepers, traders and labourers in India to block railway lines and close markets to protest against reforms, designed by Manmohan Singh. AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

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