Indian and foreign technology companies including global outsourcing firm Accenture closed offices and told staff to stay at home in the technology hub of Bengaluru on Tuesday after riots over the diversion of water from a river.
Offices, stores and educational establishments were closed in India's southern state of Karnataka and its capital Bengaluru during a day-long strike on Friday.
Uber and its Indian rival Ola have suspended their motorbike taxi services in India less than two weeks after launching the pilot projects.
A male leopard which injured five people in Bengaluru earlier this month has escaped from a zoo, sparking a frantic search for the big cat, wildlife officials said yesterday.
A reported leopard sighting close to where a big cat injured five people at the weekend forced the closure of 130 schools in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru on Thursday, the education authority said.
