6 April 2022
Violence during Bharat Bandh, JNU agitations underlines need to …
Firstpost-17 hours ago
To understand whether India is safe for protests, one can look at what transpired over the last two weeks. On 20 March, the Supreme Court banned automatic arrests of public servants under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, triggering widespread criticism and outcry from the Dalit community. In April, protests …
17 opposition parties do ‘balancing act’ for united protest
Times of India-12 hours ago
However, while the 17 parties appeared united in their protest against the government, all of them did not agree to become signatories to the motion demanding impeachment of the Chief Justice of India, a move that has been initiated by the Congress. According to sources, the TMC, DMK and the SP are among those who …
India Today
73000 held as protests slow down state
Times of India-5 hours ago
In Chennai, 6,000 protesters including 12 DMK legislators, and members of Congress and other parties were arrested in 51 incidents including sit-in protests on railway tracks. At least eight MTC buses were damaged near Vepery, when some miscreants on bikes hurled stones, while another seven were damaged in places …
Students clash with Kashmir police in Srinagar
Aljazeera.com-11 hours ago
Police used pellets, teargas canisters and stun grenades to disperse the students, who were protesting by throwing stones at the security forces and raising anti-Indiaslogans. Injuries to the students have been reported at different colleges after the day-long clashes. Meanwhile, the inspector-general of police (IGP) Kashmir …
BJP protests against CM on ration ‘scam’
Times of India-11 hours ago
NEW DELHI: Senior leaders of Delhi BJP, along with party workers, staged a protestin front of the assembly against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the … Delhi BJP general secretary Rajesh Bhatia, who led the protest, said that it is very unfortunate that though the people of Delhi had given a massive mandate to Kejriwal …
Crossings protests booze shops in society
Times of India-4 hours ago
Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app for your device. Read more City news in English and other languages. RELATED. Ghaziabad: Residents protest against operating of liquor shops in soc… Outages total 19 hours since Wednesday night at Crossings …
The Hindu
Most Pondy streets barren, protests widely peaceful
Times of India-11 hours ago
However, most of the TNSTC buses entering Puducherry were forced to halt at their depot by the protesters. A few TNSTC buses plied with a few passengers in Cuddalore and Villupuram districts. The windscreens of six buses, including four TNSTC ones, were damaged in Puducherry when protesters pelted the vehicles …
Led by Cong, oppn parties stage protest outside Parliament
Times of India-20 hours ago
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties led by the Congress today staged a protest near the Gandhi statue outside Parliament over several issues, including … to forego their salaries for the 23 days of the ongoing Budget Session when Parliament did not function because of protests by the Congress and other political parties.
Dalits plan ‘peaceful’ protest in Gurugram
Times of India-12 hours ago
On Monday, the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway was blocked by the protesters for which Dalit leaders Satpal and Anil Tanwar were booked under sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 341 (wrongful restraint) of the IPC and section 8B of the National …
JNU student approaches High Court: Can’t attend classes due to …
The Indian Express-9 hours ago
Hearing the plea on Thursday, a bench of Justice Rekha Palli told the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) to “go and protest at India Gate… (and) allow students, teachers and administration of JNU to function”. “… You (protesters) have been earmarked space at the Sabarmati lawn in the campus, away from the administrative …
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi lead protests against govt over a range …
Daily News & Analysis-6 hours ago
Opposition party members Opposition party members, including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi protest in Parliament during budget session in New Delhi on Thursday. , PTI …
The galvanising effects of Dalit protests
The Daily Star-12 hours ago
The caste cauldron in India was on the boil once again on April 2. Thousands of activists of Dalit outfits took to the streets and clashed with police in several states leaving nine persons dead and scores wounded. The immediate trigger for the protests was the Supreme Court’s ruling on March 20 allegedly diluting some of …
Opposition parties responsible for violence during Dalit protests: UP …
Hindustan Times-2 hours ago
At a public meeting at Ghantaghar Ramlila Maidan here, he claimed the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress were responsible for the violence during the Dalit protest on Monday. Anti-social elements joined the stir and turned the protest violent, Maurya alleged. Police are identifying the miscreants and …
Greater Kashmir
Kashmir colleges, varsities burst into protests against recent killings
Brighter Kashmir-10 hours ago
Students protest erupt in different parts of Kashmir Valley, even though Government had ordered the closure of schools and colleges in Southern parts of … The students both male and female took to roads and raised massive anti-India slogans. The protesting students also chanted pro-freedom and anti-India slogans.
TDP MPs protest in RS after adjournment, Central hall; marshalled out
Daily News & Analysis-11 hours ago
High drama was witnessed in the Central Hall of Parliament as well as Rajya Sabha on Thursday when Telugu Desam Party MPs protested at the two places demanding special category status for Andhra Pradesh. The TDP members in the Upper House refused to leave the chamber even after the House was adjourned for …
Parliament highlights: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned amid …
Hindustan Times-21 hours ago
10.24am: Opposition parties protest in Parliament against the government over bank scam issue, farmer crisis, no-confidence motion, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and disinvestment of Air India among other issues. UPA Chairperson and former Congress chief president Sonia Gandhi, incumbent president Rahul …
Shutdown continues in Kashmir, new restrictions imposed in …
Firstpost-1 hour ago
Srinagar: Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city and other places in the Kashmir on Friday to prevent protests called by separatists. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has called for peaceful …
Hindustan Times
Parliament Budget Session updates: ‘You are all eligible to be …
Firstpost-20 hours ago
Meanwhile, leaders of several Opposition parties are holding a protest in New Delhi against the Centre over issues like the SC/ST Act and farmer crisis in India. On Wednesday night, BJP and NDA party MPs had announced that they will take a pay cut for the 23 days wasted in the second phase of the Budget Session as …
Charlotte Observer
Slovak Anti-Government Protests Continue After Cabinet Shuffle
BloombergQuint-13 hours ago
(Bloomberg) — Thousands of Slovaks returned to the streets to protest against the government after the resignation of former Prime Minister Robert Fico and a … India’s plan to sell a majority stake in debt-laden Air India received a setback as budget carrier IndiGo, the first to show interest, said it can’t buy the debt-laden …
Violent clashes rock Kashmir Valley; students take to streets to …
Daily News & Analysis-18 hours ago
Masked stone throwers tried to set ablaze the police picket when they lobbed some combustible material inside the bunker at Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Sports Stadium here. Scores of students assembled at the Government Degree College Bemina and tried to take out a protest rally against the recent killings in south Kashmir …
Open doors for SC/ST judges in top courts: Union minister Upendra …
Times of India-9 hours ago
NEW DELHI: Union minister Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday lamented the “almost nil” presence of judges from SCs, STs and backward castes in higher judiciary, and said the recent “spontaneous” protests of Dalits against an apex court order on SC/ST Act was a pointer to their “apprehensions” about the institution.
Minister laments ‘nil presence’ of SC, ST, OBC judges in higher …
International-Kashmir Reader-11 hours ago
International-Kashmir Reader-11 hours ago
Students clash with forces in Kashmir amid protest over death of …
Hindustan Times-17 hours ago
Students took on security personnel at different institutes in Srinagar,protesting the five civilian deaths. Scores of female students were among the protestersin the commercial hub of Lal Chowk. The Associated Press reported that security personnel fired tear gas to stop students from marching at several colleges. Clashes …
ANI News
Oppositions join protest in Parliament
India.com-04-Apr-2018
New Delhi [India], Apr. 5 (ANI): Leaders of opposition parties on Thursday held a joint protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament over a slew of issues. They protested against issues like bank scam issue, farmer crisis, no-confidence motion, SC/ST Protection Act and disinvestment of Air India among other …
Modi to host Oli, reaffirm India’s help to develop Nepal
Deccan Herald-13 hours ago
New Delhi’s relations with Kathmandu came under stress after the new Constitution adopted by the Constituent Assembly of the neighbouring country in September 2015 triggered protests. The disgruntled communities like Madhesis and Tharus resorted to protests in Terai region of Nepal, alleging that the new Constitution …
Students stage massive protests against Shopian, Kangan killings
5 Dariya News-14 hours ago
Scores of girl students of Women’s college tried to take out a rally and staged pro-freedom and anti-India protests. However, they were intercepted by police, resulting in a standoff between the two sides. Police used tear gas to disperse the students.The students of Degree College Kupwara and Handwara in north Kashmir’s …
Oppn protests, forms human chain against govts failures
India Today-14 hours ago
Leaders of the TMC, Left parties, NCP, DMK, Samajwadi Party, BSP and the TDP, which severed ties with the BJP recently, were present at the protest. “Today 17 opposition parties and even those who were part of the NDA (till recently), formed a human chain around Parliament. It was against the non-performance of the …
Democracy In India Part 1: BJP, Congress prioritise community over …
Firstpost-20 hours ago
But, the 2 April protests called by Dalit groups across India, the burning of the homes of a former and a current Dalit member of Rajasthan legislative Assembly on 3 April, and continuing tensions over caste politics indicate that Indian democracy is prioritising the community over the individual. It appears that nearly seven …
CPM protests over petrol price hike
The Hans India-6 hours ago
Bhimavaram: Activists of CPM staged a dharna at Prakasam Chowk here on Thursday, in protest against the hike in the petrol and diesel prices by the Centre.The CPM workers rallied in the town and reached Prakasam Chowk in the afternoon. They raised slogans against the Centre and demanded that the Centre rollback …
Mehbooba Faces Anti-India Demonstrations In Kangan
UrduPoint News-21 hours ago
ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Apr, 2018 ):Puppet Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti,in Indian occupied Kashmir, Thursday met with forceful anti-India protests during her visit to the family of a martyr, Gowhar Ahmad Rather, in Kangan area of Ganderbal district. According to Kashmir Media Service, …
News18
Salman Khan convicted, Mirabai wins first gold for India in CWG …
The Hindu-16 hours ago
A bandh sponsored by the Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu to protest against the Union government’s failure to form a Cauvery management board began on Thursday. Since last week, protests, fasts and demonstrations are being held in the State against the Centre’s failure to set up a Cauvery board. The Opposition …
