REJECTING REFORMS: Angry demonstrators disrupted trains and forced some shops and schools to close in a national strike protesting the government’s decision to cut fuel subsidies and open India’s huge retail market to foreign companies.
GOVERNMENT GAMBIT: backlash against the economic reform package presented by the Cabinet last week has left Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s coalition scrambling to shore up its support and prevent early elections.
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MAKING A SCENE: In a bit of street theater common to Indian demonstrations, about 2,000 people in Delhi marched to a police station and demanded to be arrested. The police obliged.
