Bandhs paralyse cities for second consecutive day

Bombay News.Net Friday 6th June, 2008 (IANS) For the second consecutive day, bandhs and agitations protesting against the central government's fuel price hike paralysed life in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Tripura. A day after the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) organised a bandh in West Bengal against the fuel price hike, the Left's main opposition Trinamool Congress Friday forced a shut down, bringing life to a standstill for the second consecutive day in the state. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner Telugu Desam Party (TDP) joined the Communists in Andhra Pradesh to protest the hike. In Orissa, Communist Party of India-Marxist and Communist Party of India cadres squatted on railway tracks and took out demonstrations. The United Progressive... [read full story]