After protests, Chennai corporation goes slow on waste-to-energy project

After protests, Chennai corporation goes slow on waste-to-energy project

Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Amid growing opposition from residents, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has clarified that the proposed Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project at Kodungaiyur will be implemented only after obtaining public consent and securing mandatory environmental clearances. The assurance follows stiff resistance from the Federation of North Chennai Welfare Residents … Read more

Class 10 student electrocuted by illegal fence in Kerala’s Nilambur, protests erupt

Class 10 student electrocuted by illegal fence in Kerala's Nilambur, protests erupt

Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) Tension flared in Nilambur in Kerala’s Malappuram district after a Class 10 student was electrocuted by a live wire from an illegal electric fence set up to trap wild boars The incident happened on Saturday night. It is to be noted that Nilambur is going for … Read more

Bhiar: Love affair turns violent in Siwan, 19-year-old youth killed; protests erupt

Bhiar: Love affair turns violent in Siwan, 19-year-old youth killed; protests erupt

Follow Us on Google News Patna, June 4 (IANS) A case of violent assault due to a love affair has come to light in the Hussainganj police station area of Siwan district, Bihar, where 19-year-old Sanjay Kumar Mahato was allegedly beaten by the family members of his girlfriend in Rafipur village. The victim eventually succumbed … Read more

Tripura: TMP holds protests seeking action against the official for not meeting the party chief

Tripura: TMP holds protests seeking action against the official for not meeting the party chief

Follow Us on Google News Agartala, June 2 (IANS) Around two thousand activists of the youth wing of ruling BJP’s ally Tipra Motha Party (TMP) on Monday organised a massive demonstrations in front of the office of the District Magistrate (DM) of Tripura’s Gomati district and locked the main gate of the office for around … Read more

Express link canal project row: Karnataka Home Minister to review situation after protests erupt

Express link canal project row: Karnataka Home Minister to review situation after protests erupt

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, June 2 (IANS) After massive protests by farmers and the BJP opposing the Hemavathi Express Link Canal Project, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara will be visiting Tumakuru on Monday to meet the project officials and police officers to review the situation. The work of the project has been temporarily … Read more

AIMPLB to continue protests against Waqf Amendment Act

AIMPLB to continue protests against Waqf Amendment Act

Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, June 1 (IANS) All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) President Moulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani on Sunday declared that their protest will continue till the Central government withdraws the Waqf Amendment Act. He was speaking at a massive dharna organised by the AIMPLB at Dharna Chowk, Indira Park here. … Read more

Cong stages protests in Bihar over minor rape victim’s death due to medical negligence

Cong stages protests in Bihar over minor rape victim's death due to medical negligence

Follow Us on Google News Patna, June 1 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday staged protests here and in Muzaffarpur, targeting the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government over the tragic death of a Dalit minor girl, who allegedly succumbed due to “gross medical negligence” after sexual assault. Demonstrations erupted in both Patna and Muzaffarpur, with Congress leaders … Read more

WBSSC job case: ‘Untainted’ teachers to continue protests despite fresh recruitment notification

WBSSC job case: ‘Untainted’ teachers to continue protests despite fresh recruitment notification

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Despite the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) issuing notifications on Friday morning for fresh recruitment of teachers for secondary and higher secondary schools, hundreds of “untainted” or “genuine” teachers — whose appointments were cancelled by the Supreme Court last month — have vowed to continue … Read more

Coastal Karnataka on edge after youth’s murder; 15 booked, protests erupt

Coastal Karnataka on edge after youth’s murder; 15 booked, protests erupt

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 28 (IANS) The communally-sensitive Mangaluru district and coastal Karnataka remain tense following the murder of a 34-year-old man in the jurisdiction of the Bantwal Rural Police Station on Wednesday. Additional police forces have been deployed to monitor the situation, and authorities have imposed prohibitory orders in the … Read more