India hit by national strike over economic reforms
By Jatindra Dash in Bhubaneswar, India | China Daily | Updated: 2012-09-21 08:03
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Indian railway policemen try to remove a burning effigy representing the Indian government during a protest along railway tracks in Allahabad, India, on Thursday. Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press |
Schools, shops and government offices were shut in some Indian states on Thursday as protesters blocked road and rail traffic as part of a one-day nationwide strike against sweeping economic reforms announced by the government last week.
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