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Special train to take relatives to Doon tragedy site
Kolkata, May 31 (IBNS) The Railway authorities said additional coaches will be added to Doon Express leaving Howrah station Thursday night to take relatives of the passengers of the derailed Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express to the accident site."The Railway authorities decided that three additional coaches would be attached to 13009 Up Doon Express leaving Howrah at 8.35 pm today," said an official statement.

Buses damaged, trains movement disrupted in Bengal
Protestors damaged and set afire buses, put up road blockades and disrupted train movement as the 12-hour shutdown called against the rise in petrol prices evoked mixed response in West Bengal Thursday.

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Sharad Yadav detained in Bihar
Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] president Sharad Yadav was detained in Bihar's Saharsa town on Thursday when he tried to enforce the Bharat Band called by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to protest the hike in petrol price.

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Mixed response to bandh against petrol price hike

New Delhi: The all-India bandh called by the NDA and Left parties today in protest against the petrol price hike evoked a mixed response amid stray incidents of violence in Maharashtra, Karnataka and

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Left leaders arrested for petrol protests
Several top Left leaders were arrested on Thursday when they were protesting against the recent hike in petrol price in central Delhi.

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BJP leader Naqvi arrested in Delhi
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was arrested in Delhi's Akshardham area on Thursday while he was protesting against the recent hike in petrol prices as a part of the Bharat Band called by National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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