-The Times of India While Nirbhaya's brutal gang-rape horrified the nation, the events that followed the crime revealed shocking callousness on the part of both citizens and the police. In his first public statement, Nirbhaya's friend said on Friday that the two of them lay naked on the road for more than two hours with people stopping to look at them and then moving on. "My friend was grievously injured and bleeding...

-The Telegraph Calcutta: Demand for commercial gas has risen sharply in Bengal, prompting suggestions that the subsidy cap on domestic cylinders has unmasked one of the worst-kept secrets in the country. The sudden spurt is being attributed to demand from commercial establishments and auto-rickshaws that were so far depending heavily on the subsidised cooking gas rampantly pilfered from the domestic segment. “We have been selling 6,000 (commercial) cylinders a day (to establishments) after...

-The Economic Times The Left and the Right came together on Thursday to protest against the steepest petrol price hike, even as the government accused the opposition of unnecessarily politicising the issue. The nation-wide bandh evoked a mixed response, with incidents of violence being reported from Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal. BJP and Left leaders courted arrest in several states. Activists targeted commercial establishments that refused to down shutters. In Delhi, the bandh...

-PTI No impact in Kerala, lukewarm response to the stir in Tamil Nadu The nationwide bandh called by the NDA and Left parties to protest the petrol price hike today evoked a mixed response amid incidents of stone pelting, arson and road blockades in Karnataka, Maharashtra and West Bengal. In the national capital, the bandh did not evoke much response though party supporters blocked traffic in some places. Small shops were seen open...

Traffic in Kolkata was a mess on Tuesday after auto owners and drivers put blockades at different important intersections of the city and its fringes. The updated police report says that at least eight important roads are blocked since morning due to the agitation. Since Monday, hundreds of auto divers and owners descended on the roads in protest of the excessive hike in LPG price. "In the past one year LPG is...