21st October, 2008 - Bandh for bench

A dawn-to-dusk district hartal called by the action council campaigning for a state capital bench of the Kerala High Court hit normal life in the city and suburbs of Trivandrum. Shops and hotels remained closed and taxis, autorickshaws and city buses were off the road. The state-run KSRTC, however, plied most of its city services. Needless to say educational institutions went without classes and the examinations scheduled for the day postponed.