In Himachal Pradesh more than ten Congress activists were injured and 40 detained in Shimla after police resorted to baton charge to disperse them while they were blockading the Shimla-Chandigarh highway to protest hike in bus fares and corruption. <br/><br/>AIR Shimla correspondent reports that one congress activist is reported to be serious due to head injury. <br/><br/>Earlier, in the afternoon hundreds of Congress activists gathered near the state assembly to participate in a state-level protest rally against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on the issue of hike in bus fair , price rise and various other issues.