thiruvananthapuram incidents of stone pelting on ksrtc buses and forcible closure of shops were reported from various parts of kerala where the opposition congressled udf is observing a hartal todayprivate buses were off the roads while autorickshaws and ksrtc buses operated services in several places in the initial hours of the dawntodusk hartal called to protest the alleged antipeople policies of union and state governments and the rising petrol and diesel pricesvehicles were seen plying on roads of the state capitalhowever incidents of stone throwing on ksrtc buses were reported from aryanad and parasalain kochi a ksrtc bus on its way to guruvayur from alapuzha was stoned and its window panes damaged at palarivattomin thrissur police took into custody activists as they stoned vehiclesall universities have postponed examinations scheduled for today in view of the protest while public service commission examinations were being heldpolice had made elaborate arrangements to prevent untoward incidents and all district police chiefs had been instructed to take stringent steps against those attempting to instigate violence and destroy public propertypolice had also made it clear that action would be taken against forcible closure of shops and preventing people going for workin thiruvananthapuram udf workers took out a march to the secretariat from palayam martys column raising slogans against the union and state governments