Rugved Raikwar, a 12 year old Nagpur boy who is fed up of heavy school bags has decided to deal with the issue on his own. Rugved began his agitation at city’s Sanvidhan Chowk on October 2 as government taking no cognizance of his plea to ensure stringent execution of[Read More…]
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Alleged sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in Jalandhar
Another incident of alleged sacrilege of the Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib took place in Jalandhar, Punjab on Saturday. Torn pages from the holy book were found in a distributary of the Bist-Doab canal, near Sher Singh Colony. The Hindustan Times reports that even some pages of the Bhagvad[Read More…]
Charlotte Shooting: North Carolina guv declares state of emergency
The second night of protests over police shooting in Charlotte on Wednesday, ended with one person being shot, said city officials. The civilian, who was not identified, is in critical condition and on life support, the city tweeted; adding that the person was shot by another civilian. North Carolina Governor[Read More…]
No solution in sight: BHU students continue to face oppression from the university
Universities are supposed to be thriving centres of ideas sprouting from young minds. Students should be seen indulging in intellectual activities and the temple of knowledge providing them all sorts of facilities. But the scene in Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU) from last few months has been quite disturbing where[Read More…]
Another 15-year-old succumbs to pellet injuries in Kashmir, marks 85th death
Another death in Kashmir has fanned the silent anger of its populace, with hundreds gathering for the funeral of 15-year-old Momin Altaf. After being crippled by unrest for more than two months now, the people of valley are still not ready to give up the series of protests that broke[Read More…]
Rajnath calls Hurriyat leaders inhuman; toughens stand on Kashmir
Addressing the media on Monday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “Kashmir is and will always be an integral part of India.” Singh was leading the all-party delegation that was snubbed by the Hurriyat Separatists on Sunday, when the former tried reaching out to them over the violence in Kashmir. Hardening[Read More…]
Gujarat’s Dalit community is escalating their stir, will hold mega rally in Delhi
The Dalit community in Gujarat is planning to hold a massive protest in New Delhi’s Ramlila grounds ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament. Hoping to escalate their state-wide stir to a national level, the community is demanding equality, and protesting violence and atrocities against Dalits. From August till December,[Read More…]
Jamia students cry foul over “surprise checks” by police
Scores of Jamia Millia Islamia students staged a protest on campus on Saturday night alleging that ‘surprise checks’ were made by Delhi Police in their hostels. Proctor Mehtab Alam confirmed that the police did not have any “permission” from the campus authorities, even as the police said that it was[Read More…]
A newspaper is a newspaper, regardless of its circulation: AISNA
New Delhi: The members of All India Small News Papers Association (AISNA) protested in front of the office of Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), CGO Complex, here on Tuesday. Shouting slogans and carrying banners, they demanded the government roll back the ‘marking’ system for newspapers under its new[Read More…]
Major media crackdown in Kashmir, government raids printing press, detains employees
In a blatant attempt to gag the media in Kashmir, authorities allegedly raided some media offices and detained a few of their employees while seizing printed copies, reported PTI. In what is seen as almost ‘emergency like censorship’ the police conducted midnight raids at printing presses of major Urdu and[Read More…]