Portal:Current events/India/2008 June 3
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- India's corporate sector has lost some $1.25 billion since May 23 due to the ongoing Gujjar stir, apart from cancellations of at least 75 trains by the railways, as per estimates by official agencies and industry chambers. (Economic Times)
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated of an imminent fuel price hike saying consumers cannot be fully insulated from the impact of rising global prices. (Hindustan Times)
- Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will seek the trust vote on June 6 as Governor Rameshwar Thakur, who had earlier refused to address the joint sitting of both of the houses, has agreed to preside over the session. (Press Trust of India)
- Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a top Kashmiri separatist leader, said he had been put under house arrest to stop him from attending a function to commemorate the Indian army's storming of Sikhism's holiest shrine. (Reuters India)