Road transport services in Andhra Pradesh came to a halt as the opposition-sponsored daylong shutdown to protest the steep hike in petrol prices evoked wide response across the state.

The shutdown wa

Even as corruption and inflation have made life difficult for common man, the government's decision to hike petrol prices has only added fuel to fire, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare said.

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Maoists blew up a small portion of railway track in Jharkhand and set ablaze a mobile tower's rest room in Bihar, while life was peaceful in West Bengal and Odisha on the concluding day on Monday of t

Maoists on Tuesday gave a call for a 24-hour “Bharat bandh” on November 8 protesting against the proposed visit of US President Barack Obama to India.