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
Srinagar: The waterfront near Srinagar has begun to look like Venice thanks to the newly-launched water taxis. They are expected to hit two birds with one stone, easing road traffic on the one hand and luring in more tourists on the other. The taxis have been launched on the Jhelum to ferry office goers who want to avoid traffic snarls. The eight-seaters will run from Lal Chowk zero bridge to...
08:01 AM, May 06, 2012
Mexico City: Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkswagen 'Bug' taxis. Officials said on Friday that the last of the old-style VW Beetles will have their cab licenses expire by the end of the year, marking the end of an adventurous if uncomfortable part of Mexico City life. The rounded, two-door sedan nicknamed the Bug - in Mexico, it's a 'Vocho' - has long been an informal...
08:03 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Taxis and autorickshaws would keep off the roads in Kerala from Wednesday demanding an upward revision of fares in view of the hike in the price of petrol and diesel. The indefinite strike was called by Auto Transport Workers' Federation comprising unions of all political parties, after the talks they had with Transport Minister Jose Thettayil failed to reach an agreement. The Federation had given notice for the strike...
08:18 AM, Dec 29, 2010
Public transport was crippled on Wednesday as autos and taxis went on a flash strike in the city. ...
11:13 PM, Jun 22, 2010
Politicians in Bihar flay Maharashtra govt for decision on taxi permits. ...
02:26 PM, Jan 21, 2010
Pink Taxis are the latest novelty in Pubela city. ...
03:29 PM, Oct 27, 2009
Johannesburg: Cricket South Africa has declined an invitation to play limited-overs and Twenty20 internationals in Bangladesh next month. Unfortunately there are too many practical obstacles that prevent us from accepting this commitment, CSA chief executive Jacques Faul said. At the moment most of our senior Proteas are spread around the world ... and those who are at home are undergoing rehabilitation from injuries picked up during the past season. We...
12:50 AM, May 16, 2008
New Delhi: Yuvraj Singh has arrived home in India after cancer treatment in United States and doctors are confident the player will not suffer a relapse, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. The 30-year-old was told last year that he had a golf ball-sized non-malignant tumour, but that diagnosis was changed in February to a cancerous condition called mediastinal seminoma. After finishing his treatment...
05:45 PM, May 10, 2008
London: The tour of England might have been an on-field nightmare for him so far but off it, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has reason to smile as a University here has decided to confer an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on the World Cup winning player. De Montfort University in Leicester will confer the degree on Dhoni on August 29, after the Leicestershire's practice one-day match against...
10:44 AM, Feb 25, 2008
The taxi is one of the few nostalgic icons that represent Kolkata. ...
09:55 PM, Sep 05, 2007
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