Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (IANS) The Bhubaneswar Police on Friday arrested eight Congress workers including the president of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) of Odisha unit on the charges of attacking and issuing threats to police officials while holding a protest against Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat here on January 30. The accused … Read more
Jaipur, Jan 30 (IANS) Massive protest erupted in Rajasthan’s Neem Ka Thana on Thursday, over reinstatement of its district status. Demonstrators blocked the Kuchaman Didwana-Kotputli highway, forcing the closure of schools and markets across the city. Protesters burnt tyres and raised slogans against the state government. In response to the escalating situation, over 300 reserve … Read more
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) Even as pro-Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil is on an indefinite hunger strike since last Saturday to press for the inclusion of the Maratha community under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, the BJP-led MahaYuti government has so far adopted a wait and watch approach. Jarange-Patil’s health has reportedly started deteriorating, … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed hospitals and medical colleges across the country to not penalise doctors and medical professionals, who participated in protests against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, but had returned to their duty … Read more
Chennai, Jan 29 (IANS) The Puducherry unit of the AIADMK staged a protest on Wednesday demanding an immediate release of 13 Tamil fishermen, including six from the Union Territory’s Karaikal region, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on January 27. The fishermen were apprehended on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line … Read more
Chennai, Jan 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu fishermen associations have announced a large-scale protest in Rameswaram on Friday, January 31, in response to the continued arrests of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. Fishermen and their families will participate in the demonstration, demanding immediate action from the Centre on the issue. The protest comes after … Read more
Jabalpur, Jan 28 (IANS) A day after four people were killed in a violent clash in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, family members and villagers staged a massive protest on the Jabalpur-Damoh Highway on Tuesday. The protest began when police arrived in Timri village to hand over the bodies for last rites. Family members, supported by villagers, … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Eleven Opposition MPs in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 on Monday hit out at the ‘autocratic’ behaviour of Chairman Jagdambika Pal and his haste in accepting the 14 amendments proposed by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members. The MPs, anguished by the alleged … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) Following spontaneous and large-scale protests against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata by representatives from the medical fraternity, the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has now decided to float its own association with representations from the different … Read more