A general strike against spiraling food prices paralyzed the eastern Indian city of Kolkata yesterday as thousands of police were deployed across West Bengal state to stop protests turning violent. Demonstrators paraded through the streets of the capital of Marxist-ruled West Bengal shouting, “Stop the food price rises!” and calling for the resignation of the Congress-led federal government. Buses were off the roads, a number of train services were halted and shops closed as the protesters took to the streets, witnesses said. The demonstration came as data late last week showed...
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
