New Delhi: Left leaders Prakash Karat, AB Bardhan and Sitaram Yechury on Thursday courted arrest along with a number of their supporters in central Delhi as part of their protest against petrol price hike. The protest was organised at Delhi Gate on Thursday morning and a number of demonstrators blocked traffic. Holding placards and shouting slogans against the government, the Left activists marches towards the Daryaganj Police Station where they...
12:50 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The nationwide bandh called by the NDA and the Left Front evoked a mixed response from across the country on Thursday. While the NDA states were hit by the Bharat bandh, there was a lukewarm response in the Congress-ruled states as they remained partially affected. Most of the protests have been peaceful till now, but sporadic violence has been reported from Maharashtra and Karnataka. In the BJP-ruled Karnataka,...
11:44 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav was detained on Thursday in Bihar while he tried to enforce the Bharat bandh. JD(U)'s women's wing also stalled traffic on rail route in Patna. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also courted arrest in Delhi. He tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). In Allahabad, Samajwadi Party workers, too, jammed the Delhi-Howrah rail route...
10:30 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharat bandh against petrol price hike started affecting normal life across the country on Thursday. The protests even turned violent at some places with public transport being damaged. In Karnataka, three state-run buses were burnt and 11 others were damaged early on Thursday morning. Following this, the BMTC has suspended operations for now and will review the situation after a meeting. There were similar scenes in Pune...
09:30 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharat bandh call by the NDA and the Left parties started affecting normal life on Thursday with the other parties joining the the protests. Rail traffic was hit as Samajwadi Party and JD(U) workers blocked rail routes in Allahabad and Patna. The Saket Express and Ganga Gomti Express were stopped in Allahabad. The bandh turned violent in Karnataka as protestors burnt three state-run buses and damaged 11...
07:40 AM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra auto unions will go on an indefinite strike from April 16. The strike is to put pressure on the state government to increase the minimum fare. The Maharashtra government had earlier also planned to crack the whip on errant auto-rickshaws by making it compulsory for them to provide service to commuters on phone call. Maharashtra has over 600,000 auto-rickshaws, including nearly 100,000 in Mumbai alone. In Mumbai they...
03:04 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Kolkata: Auto rickshaw drivers went on a rampage in different parts of Kolkata and held rush hour traffic to ransom on Tuesday while protesting hike in fuel prices. Auto rickshaw drivers pelted stones on buses and forced passengers to disembark. The highly unionised three-wheeler operators in the city blocked roads at Kankurgachi, Phulbagan and Hudco crossing in north Kolkata and at Rashbehari crossing in the southern part of the city,...
12:44 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Bajaj launched their first car, the RE60, at the 2012 Auto Expo. There were expectations that this would be Bajaj's competitor to the Nano and adding fuel to the fire was the possible joint venture between Bajaj and the Renault Nissan partnership for a small car. Contrary to speculation they are not billing this four wheeler 'car', instead Bajaj had clearly stated that it's a commercial vehicle and an upgrade...
01:02 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday said that electronic meters will be installed in auto rickshaws in Mumbai and the neighbouring Thane in a 'phased manner'. "The auto unions have also given nod for this," Chavan told reporters after meeting union leaders this morning. Auto-rickshaw drivers in the city had protested a recent drive to inspect metres, and gone on a strike, seeking fare hike. The issue acquired...
03:36 PM, Oct 09, 2011
Mumbai: A traffic police constable was on Thursday set on fire by an auto rickshaw driver after the policeman took action against him for traffic rule violation in Vasai in neighbouring Thane district. Anil Aitodekar, constable, had taken action against the auto rickshaw driver Mahendra Kevat this afternoon for not following traffic norms, police said. Enraged over this, Kevat went to the constable in the evening and poured kerosene and...
07:51 PM, Oct 28, 2010
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03:57 PM, Aug 07, 2009
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01:59 PM, Jul 18, 2008
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06:13 PM, Jun 15, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore Monday said that he favours having separate players for the three different formats of the sport. Whatmore also said in an interview given to Geo News channel that he was ready to face the challenges in the coming days. Personally I am in favor of having separate players for the different formats of the sport. Because the requirement of each format is different, he said...
04:31 PM, May 10, 2008
Harare: Zimbabwe has named Pakistan-born Sikander Raza Butt among eight newcomers in a 32-man squad to face Australia 'A' and South Africa 'A' in a limited-overs tri-series from the end of the month. The 24-year-old opener, who migrated to Zimbabwe with his family nine years ago, has been one of the best batsmen in the domestic league for three seasons. Also in line to debut are pace bowler Tendai Chatara...
01:45 AM, Feb 01, 2008
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