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Reports of auto rickshaw drivers and cab drivers charging double the usual fare were on the rise in Bengaluru as other transport means took a hit. Speaking to media, the authorities stated that strict action will be taken against the opportunists.
 

Normal life is affected in several cities through the country after the central trade unions called a two-day nation-wide general strike demanding for minimum wages and social security schemes among others

Members of Central Trade Unions have called a 2-day nation-wide strike demanding minimum wages and social security schemes among other things. In some places, protesters burnt tyres and vandalised buses. 

Many devotees have said that the CPI(M), under the leadership of Pinarayi Vijayan, has been bulldozing its way into the Lord’s abode. Some have even demanded the resignation of the Kerala chief minister following the Sabarimala fiasco.

Hosadurga MLA Goolihatti Shekhar doused himself with petrol and tried to set himself ablaze, protesting the alleged misdeeds of the police who, he claims, were filing cases even though they had the necessary permit for sand trade.
 

On Tuesday, the YSRCP protested in the Parliament demanding a Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu law minister CV Shanmugam demanded a separate probe by a special police team into alleged lies of two bureaucrats. This is in addition to the ongoing investigation led by retired judge Justice A Arumughaswamy 
 

Members of Parliament from Karnataka staged a protest in front of the Mahatma Gandi statue in the Parliament complex on Thursday morning demanding the implementation of Mekadatu Dam project.
 

On December 3, Sobha Surendran took over from the BJP leader CK Padmanabhan and went on a hunger strike following the directive of the BJP core committee. The Kerala BJP leaders began a sit-in hunger strike from December 3 in front of the secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram with several demands.