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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam India rocked by strike over fuel prices AFP - Tuesday, July 6 Send IM Story Print NEW DELHI (AFP) - – An opposition-led strike over fuel price rises disrupted life across India on Monday, triggering transport mayhem and sporadic violence in major cities where schools and businesses closed down. Flights were grounded in commercial airline hubs such as Mumbai and Kolkata, while protesters attacked buses, blocked roads with burning tyres and organised sit-down protests on inter-city railway links. Police were out in force to prevent any large-scale unrest during the day-long strike called by the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and leftist parties in a show of strength against the Congress-led government's reform programme. The response was mixed, with the greatest impact felt in states with non-Congress administrations, like West Bengal, Karnataka and Bihar. The day of action virtually shut down the software sector in India's IT showcase city Bangalore -- the capital of BJP-ruled Karnataka -- where hundreds of software firms, including giants like Infosys and Wipro, told employees to stay at home. In New Delhi, the government said it would not be bullied into reneging on reform promises, and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee insisted there was "no question" of rolling back on the fuel price hikes. The government scrapped petrol subsidies last month and announced an across-the-board rise in the price of other fuels as a key part of its strategy to rein in a yawning fiscal deficit. The inflationary knock-on effect of the increases is an issue that can unite India's fractured opposition, given the popular anger over steep rises in the cost of living. The strike was widely observed in India's financial capital, Mumbai, where the right-wing Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party holds sway. Police had rounded up 1,000 "trouble-makers" on Sunday in a pre-emptive move to prevent unrest. Flights to and from Mumbai airport were severely disrupted, with domestic airlines cancelling 45 departures and 39 arrivals. The city's taxis were mostly off the streets, and schools, colleges and businesses closed down, while 50 Communist Party activists were arrested as they tried to storm the platforms of a suburban train station. There were clashes in several other cities, with police charging with batons and using water cannon to disperse crowds. The Confederation of Indian Industry said the strike had a "significant impact" on business and trade in some parts of the country, with an estimated economic loss of more than 30 billion rupees (640 million dollars). In Kolkata, the capital of the Marxist-controlled West Bengal, public transport was at a standstill and many flights were cancelled. Demonstrators took to the streets and held sit-down protests to block key intersections, but there were no reports of major violence. "Normally, I'm against strike action, but this is different," said Sriparan Bose, a geography teacher in Kolkata. "Inflation is already hurting a lot of people, and the fuel rises are only going to make things worse. The government needs to rethink this," said Bose. Mahesh Rangarajan, a political analyst at Delhi University, said the strike was a significant test of the commitment of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's year-old government to push through tough reforms. Any rollback now "would be an erosion of their authority," Rangarajan said. In the northern city of Lucknow, police reported incidents of protesters stoning buses to keep them off the streets and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley was arrested for illegal assembly. Prior to being detained, Jaitley told reporters the strike was an "unprecedented success." "This protest has been widely supported by the average common man because he is really the target of the government's policies," he said. In the Bihar state capital Patna, protesters disrupted train services and used burning tyres to block traffic. 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