The murder of 16-year-old Anjana Kumari in Gaya has taken an intense form as 45000 thousand weavers went on indefinite strike alleging false implication of family members of the deceased. Recently, elder sister of the murdered girl has alleged that she was forced by a lady constable and DSP to[Read More…]
Tag: Protest
Sabarimala entry row: Man self-immolate at BJP’s Protest venue
Thiruvananthapuram: Amidst the Sabarimala temple entry row, a man barged into the protest venue of BJP leader CK Padmanabhan and self-immolated in front of the state secretariat building in the wee hours on Thursday. The victim Venugopalan Nair, a resident of Muttada from a nearby locality, sustained severe burn injuries,[Read More…]
NIT Uttarakhand students continue their protest for the second day at Jantar Mantar
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…]
West Bengal: Students allege attack by TMCP members
Students of Jadavpur Presidency University and some other educational institutes on Monday alleged they were attacked by Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) supporters outside a city-based college when they were campaigning for an upcoming joint convention on the educational policies passed by the Centre and purported corruption in college admissions in West Bengal. A police[Read More…]
Mumbai: Thane citizens to boycott elections, demand potholes repaired ASAP
Thousands of Thane residents have vowed to boycott every election – from the municipal corporation to the Lok Sabha – until roads are repaired in their localities. The protest came in the wake of a lengthy campaign run by this newspaper highlighting the condition of roads in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region,[Read More…]
Amit Shah shown black flag by students of Allahabad over ‘unemployment’
Three students were beaten and arrested late Friday for showing black flags to BJP National President Amit Shah, during his visit to Allahabad. Protesters including two girl students and one boy raised blacks flags and slogans in front of BJP leader Amit Shah’s cavalcade. As per the reports, ‘unemployment’ was[Read More…]
Maharashtra Bandh: Maratha protesters call off state-wide shutdown
Maratha Kranti Morcha has decided to end their ongoing protest. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, protessters said that they wanted Mumbaikars to return their home safely. “We only wanted to prove that we are together. We never wanted protests to get violent,” the groups told the press as they[Read More…]
TDP MPs dressed fancy outside Parliament, demands special status to Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Desam Party PMs staged protest outside Parliament premises on Monday morning, July 23, demanding special status to Andhra Pradesh. The parliamentarians protested in front of Mahatma Gandhi Statue, dressed up in fancy attires, roaring slogans and not letting the parliament function. TDP MP Naramalli Sivaprasad dresses up as Annamayya,[Read More…]
Separatist leaders detained ahead of their state-shutdown call on Wani death anniversary
Authorities on Friday placed two senior separatist leaders under detention in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of a separatist-called shutdown on July 8, the second death anniversary of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani. While Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was placed under house arrest at his Nigeen residence, JKLF leader Yasin Malik[Read More…]
Opposition calls for shutdown against Land Bill amendments in Jharkhand
Jharkhand Mahabandh has been called by the opposition in the state on Thursday July 5, against the amendments made in Land Acquisition Act 2013. Anticipating large scale violence by the protesters, the state police has deployed more than 5000 security forces. Simultaneously, a close vigil is being kept on the[Read More…]
Man found hanging with message ‘Padmavati ka virodh’ in Jaipur
The body of a 40-year-old man was found hanging from the outer walls of Nahargarh Fort on Friday morning, with the message “‘Padmavati’ ka virodh” – in protest against the film “Padmavati“. The message, written on the stones near the fort wall adjacent to the body, read, “Hum putle nahin[Read More…]
Bengal paan shop owners protest against Centre’s advisory
Protesting against the Centre’s advisory proposing a ban on tobacco and paan shops from selling food items, shop owners here on Tuesday said this could lead to a drastic fall in their daily sales and affect their livelihood. “To avoid a harmful product, you can’t adopt a blanket ban on[Read More…]
17 opposition parties to hold nationwide protests on Demonetisation anniversary
At least 17 Opposition parties have decided to hold a nationwide protest to corner the BJP by bringing up the issues of demonetisation and problems faced by the people, just ahead of the Gujarat and Himachal assembly elections. The protest is likely to be held on and around the first[Read More…]
New Delhi: EDMC workers hold protest over non-payment of dues
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) sanitation workers on Thursday went on an indefinite strike over non-payment of dues. They held protests against EDMC Mayor Neema Bhagat, outside her office in the national capital. The protestors shouted slogans against the Delhi Government and the Centre. Meanwhile, the strike has caused[Read More…]
Tripura: Journalist attacked, stabbed to death while covering protest
In another incident of violence against journalist, a local television journalist was kidnapped and stabbed to death while covering the agitation and road blockade by Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) in Tripura on Wednesday. Santanu Bhowmick, a journalist from ‘Dinrat’ news channel, was covering the agitation when he was[Read More…]
Gauri Lankesh murder: Protests to be carried out across country, Tharoor, Irani offer condolence
Ever since senior journalist, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead outside her home on Tuesday evening, there have been protests and candle light vigils. Several people protested at Rajarajeshwari Nagar through the night demanding justice for the journalist. A candlelight vigil was also held in Karnataka’s Gulbarga for Lankesh on Tuesday[Read More…]
Protestors call for scrapping of NEET following Anitha’s suicide
Grieving over the death of her daughter, Anitha’s father on Saturday said that his daughter managed to study hard in even difficult circumstances and was concerned about the NEET exam. The 17-year-old Dalit girl, who led a campaign against National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) exams, committed suicide on Friday.[Read More…]
Mumbai: Lakhs participate in the Maratha protest; traffic slows down
After 57 protest march last year, the Maratha Kranti Morcha has taken out its “biggest” silent protest in Mumbai on Wednesday. The protest demanding reservation in jobs has started from Jijamata Udyan in Byculla and is expected to culminate at Azad Maidan by 5 pm. With more than three lakh[Read More…]
Workers protest semi-naked against state govt for restoration of jobs in Faridabad
After being rendered jobless, around 160 semi-naked sanitation workers, carried out a protest march on Wednesday, demanding restoration of their jobs in Faridabad. The protest comes after Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) handed over maintenance of certain sectors to the municipal corporation. The protest started outside the municipal corporation office and[Read More…]
Congress opens “State Bank of Tomato”, unique way to protest against rising prices
The tremendous increase in the price of tomato is not hidden from everyone. As per data released by consumer affairs ministry, tomato prices in metros were ruling at Rs95/kg in Kolkata, Rs92/kg in Delhi, Rs80/kg in Mumbai and Rs55/kg in Chennai on July 29. There has been no decrease in the[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Shiksha Mitra’s withdraw protest
The ‘Shiksha Mitras’ who have been protesting in the streets against the state government in the last one week, withdrew their protests on Tuesday after a meeting with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. After a three hours meeting with Adityanath and Minister of State for Basic Education Anupama Jaiswal, the protest[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh: 1,200 Dalits to protest against ‘social boycott’ in Andhra village
Around 1,200 Dalits at Garagaparru village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh will initiate an indefinite fast from Tuesday. They will protest against social boycott by the upper caste in their village. About 360 families from Mala community, a predominant Scheduled Caste group in Andhra, have been facing social[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…]
Demand for independent Sindh raised in massive anti-Pakistan protests
A large number of activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) – a banned Sindhi organisation in Pakistan, participated in a protest in Hyderabad demanding independence for Sindh province. They also demanded the release of Sindhi political activists abducted and enforced disappeared by the Pakistani Army and its Inter-Services[Read More…]
Protest against gangster’s death turns violent in Rajasthan; one killed
In Nagaur district of Rajasthan, one person was killed while many others were injured after a rally organised by Rajput outfits demanding a CBI probe into gangster Anandpal Singh’s death turned violent on Wednesday evening. Anandpal was killed in a police encounter in Churu district on June 24. Anandpal, who[Read More…]