New Delhi: Over 200 students from National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand (NITUK) has reached Delhi on Tuesday to raise their demands for safer and well-equipped campus. The protesting students have approached Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) Secretary, but the deadlock continued as the strike entered the 57th day.[Read More…]
Tag: Jantar Mantar
#StopKillingUs: Shyamvati a manual scavenger demands new job oppurtunities at ‘Safai Karmachari Andolan’ protest
#StopKillingUs: Shyamvati, a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad is a female sweeper and a manual scavenger. She came to Jantar Mantar for participating in Safai Karmachari Andolan. She said that women manual scavengers need different jobs and their children also need a change of work. No more cleaning shit business. She also[Read More…]
Bihar is witnessing ‘Rakshas raj’, daily Sita is kidnapped and Duryodhan is doing chirharan: Tejashwi Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav held a candle march today on Saturday evening at Jantar-Mantar in Delhi to protest against Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. There he was accompanied by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI leader D Raja, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury,[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Who all are joining Tejashwi Yadav’s rally at Jantar-Mantar
Bihar leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav has taken the protest to the roads of Delhi. He has called everyone to join him and RJD at Jantar Mantar in the protest. He tweeted today morning, “Come Delhi, join us today at Jantar-Mantar in evening for dignity and safety of Bharat Mata’s[Read More…]
Will go and protest at Jantar Mantar: Sharad Yadav
Janata Dal United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said that he and other leaders would “go and break the anti-people law” by protesting at the Jantar Mantar here. “If not Jantar Mantar then the protest site should be shifted to Boat Club as before. Shifting it to Ramlila Ground[Read More…]
This Gurudwara is serving food to protesting Tamil Nadu farmers at Jantar Mantar
Even after months of protest when the farmers’ demands went unheard, the Sikh community in Delhi decided to benevolently open the doors of their Gurudwara to them. In an affectionate gesture, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has opened their kitchen to the farmers who have been in Delhi’s[Read More…]
StopOnlineMobs: College students organise movement against cyber bullying amid rising cases
Days after a student of LSR (Lady Shri Ram College), Simran Keshwani was bullied and threatened online for expressing her views in an article first published on Newsd, a national movement, StopOnlineMobs, aimed at emphasizing and condemning cyber bullying was organized at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Simran received death threats,[Read More…]
Tamil Naidu farmers restore unique way of protesting, beat themselves with slippers
Farmers from Tamil Naidu resumed the second phase of protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi demanding drought relief package and loan waiver are unhappy over the massive hike in salaries of their state legislators. The farmers, while expressing their anger on Thursday, beat themselves with chappals (slippers) and shouted slogans. Leading the protest[Read More…]
Protesting Tamil Nadu farmers detained outside PM Modi’s residence
Farmers from Tamil Nadu arrived Delhi on Sunday to resume their protest demanding for loan waiver and drought-relief package. Over 70 farmers tried to stage a protest near PM’s residence but were later taken to Parliament Street police station. “Our demands were not met as promised by Tamil Nadu chief[Read More…]
Why the #NotinMyName protest didn’t appeal to me
A 16-year-old Muslim is killed and people are out on the streets, a young girl is raped and we have a candle light protest. All I want to know is how much has it helped? After the Nirbhaya rape and murder case, we had people thronging the streets, but what[Read More…]
#NotInMyName, strangers coming together to uphold our Constitutional values
I made my way to Jantar Mantar on Wednesday evening filled with anger and frustration, equipped with two marker pens and a mobile phone. I reached the venue twenty minutes early and gravitated towards a familiar face, a friend in the crowd. In front of me was the stage with a big[Read More…]
Hindu Sena to celebrate Trump’s birthday in New Delhi
There may be huge celebrations of President Donald Trump’s 71st birthday on June 14 in the USA. It is with equal enthusiasm that his birthday celebrations will take place in India as well. Hindu Sena is excited to celebrate Mr Trump’s birthday in the country. The celebrations are likely to[Read More…]
Dalit activists protest at Jantar Mantar
Hundreds of people gathered at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on Sunday, protesting against the ongoing caste disturbances in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.They were led by the Bhim Army, an organisation fighting for Dalit rights. Despite being denied permission by the Delhi Police, members of several Dalit groups gathered at the protest[Read More…]
No farmer committed suicide over drought: TN govt to SC
Tamil Nadu Government on Friday said to the Supreme Court that drought is not the reason for farmer suicides in the state. The government stated that no farmer had committed suicide in the state, and clarified that those who have, took the extreme step due to personal reasons, The Indian[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu strike: MK Stalin, DMK workers detained
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam working president MK Stalin and several other party workers were detained in Tiruvarur by Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday for holding protests demanding the immediate resolution of farmers’ issues. DMK and other opposition parties were holding protest demonstrations in various parts across the state as part of[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu farmers call off protest in Delhi
Farmer suicide a humanitarian crisis, SC slams TN govt
The Supreme Court on Thursday has slammed the Tamil Nadu government on the issue of farmer suicides. Calling the suicides a humanitarian crisis, the apex court said that the government cannot be silent on the issue. A Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra said it was the duty of the[Read More…]
Madras HC directs TN govt to waive all farm loans
Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to waive farm loans of all farmers in the state irrespective of their land holdings. The court also ordered the government to ensure that no penal action is taken against farmers by officials. Earlier, the Centre had sanctioned a drought-relief[Read More…]
‘Will slit our throats’ says protesting Tamil Nadu farmers at Jantar Mantar
The Tamil Nadu farmers who are protesting at Jantar Mantar continue to raise their voices against the Modi government even on the 23rd day of the protest. As days pass, a number of farmers from across the nation are flooding in solidarity. The Bharati Kisan Union collaborated with farmers of[Read More…]
Modi should promise loan waiver to TN farmers: MK Stalin
DMK working president M K Stalin on Saturday visited the protesting Tamil Nadu farmers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should waive off their loans like he promised in Uttar Pradesh during the recent Assembly election. “Just like how BJP promised farmer loan waiver to UP[Read More…]
Jat community to stage protest at Jantar Mantar demanding reservation
Jats in Haryana will be staging a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Thursday to voice their supports towards various demands, including reservations in government jobs and educational institutes for the Jat community. Notably, protesters have peacefully protested over the agenda for a month now, the paramilitary forces are[Read More…]
Tragic! Ex-serviceman commits suicide at Jantar Mantar over OROP
In an unfortunate incident, a 70-year-old ex-serviceman hailing from Haryana’s Bhiwani district allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Wednesday at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi over the delay in implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP), police said. The ex-serviceman, Ram Kishan Grewal left a suicide note in which[Read More…]