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2 days, 14 hours ago

Residents block road in protest against delay in completing UGD project, 19 detained

Residents of K. Sathanur and nearby areas staged a road blockade near the Udayanpatti railway gate on Saturday, demanding the completion of the long-delayed underground drainage project on the K. Sathanur-Udayanpatti Road. Work on the UGD project, covering a 2-km stretch along the arterial K. Sathanur-Udayanpatti Road under Wards 63 and 64 of the Tiruchi Corporation, has been going on …

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5 days, 5 hours ago

Ambedkar row: DMK, allies protest across Tamil Nadu, demand Amit Shah's removal

India Today

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Thursday staged statewide protests in Tamil Nadu condemning Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dr BR Ambedkar, demanding his removal from the Cabinet for at least six months. The protests, held across Tamil Nadu, featured DMK cadres holding portraits of Ambedkar while demanding Shah’s resignation. She captioned the image, “Jai Bhim!” Speaking to reporters, …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Protesting Farmers Call For 'Punjab Bandh' On December 30 To Press For Demands

ABP News

The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and SKM, the umbrella bodies leading the farmers' protest in North India, have called for a Punjab Bandh on December 30. VIDEO | Punjab: Protesting farmers block railway track in Mohali as part of their 'Rail Roko' agitation.#FarmersProtest pic.twitter.com/DcnLpI2BZt — Press Trust of India December 18, 2024 Before the 'Rail Roko' protest, farmer leader Sarwan Singh …

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1 week, 2 days ago

‘Dilli Chalo’ march: Tear gas, water cannon used against protesting farmers at Shambhu border

The Hindu

Haryana police on Saturday resorted to the use of tear gas and water cannon to disperse farmers and farm-labourers groups after they attempted to enter Haryana at the Shambhu-Ambala interstate boundary of Punjab and Haryana as a part of their Delhi Chalo foot march in support of their demands. Farmers call off foot march to Delhi They suspended their march …

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1 week, 3 days ago

SC asks panel to mediate with farmers over highway blockade, suspension of agitation

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the court-appointed high-powered panel to engage with protesting farmers to persuade them to temporarily suspend their agitation or relocate it from highways along the Punjab-Haryana border, while ensuring that the well-being of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered its 18th day, remains a top priority. The court took note of Punjab advocate …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Kerala High Court Seeks Report Of Police Chief In Contempt Case Against CPI(M) State Secretary For Blocking Road To Hold Party Conference

Live Law

The Kerala High Court has sought instructions from the State Police Chief regarding the construction of a stage for the CPI party's area conference and consequent obstruction of roads in front of the District Court complex and police station in Vanchiyoor on December 05, 2024. The Division bench of Justice Anil K.Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S was hearing the …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Seer calls Siddaramaiah anti-Lingayat, BJP demands apology for lathi charge

India Today

The seer of Panchamshali Peetha in Karnataka condemned Tuesday's lathi charge on Panchamshali Lingayat protesters in Belagavi, calling for a statewide road blockade. Tensions escalated on Tuesday when members of the Panchamshali Lingayat community staged a protest near the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, demanding reservation under the 2A category. Members of the Panchamshali Lingayat community protested near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in …

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2 weeks ago

Farmers’ protest: SC dismisses plea to clear road blockade

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking directions to the Centre and other authorities to immediately clear blockades on national and state highways in Punjab where farmers are staging protests. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Manmohan said the matter is already pending before the court and it cannot entertain repetitive petitions on the same issue. We …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Syria falls, Assad disappears, calls of ’God is great’ echoes from mosques: Timeline of 13-year-old Syrian civil war

Live Mint

Syria crisis: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters. Calls of “God is great” rang out from mosques Timeline of 13-year-old Syrian civil war March 2011 - The first big protests against Bashar al-Assad's rule that began in Deraa in southern Syria spread across the …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Car rams and injures orchestral musicians in Belgrade during a protest over station roof collapse

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra said four of its musicians were injured Friday in an incident during a weekly 15-minute traffic blockade commemorating the 15 people who died when a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in a northern Serbian city last month. The traffic blockades have been held every Friday in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, and other …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

BJP leaders, Hindutva groups intensify Kolkata protests against Bangladesh, calling for economic blockade

The Hindu

There is no let-up in protests in Kolkata over the developments in Bangladesh, with Hindutva groups and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders hitting the streets calling for economic blockade of the neighbouring country. Several Hindutva organisations and the State BJP leadership have organised protests in Kolkata since the November 25 arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a monk of the International Society …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

China is using an “anaconda strategy” to squeeze Taiwan

Live Mint

China’s dislike of Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te is no secret. “The PLA is using an ‘anaconda strategy’ to squeeze the island,” says Admiral Tang Hua, Taiwan’s navy commander. The government may be worried that too much disclosure would damage Taiwan’s public morale or economy, says Admiral Tang. “The PLA is trying to force Taiwan to make mistakes,” says Admiral Tang, …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Just Stop Oil vows to 'blockade' Parliament for weeks in major wave of protests this spring

Daily Mail

Just Stop Oil has vowed to ‘blockade’ Parliament for weeks in a major wave of protests this spring. The eco-group, which has been less active in recent times after many of its leading members were jailed, claimed ‘thousands and thousands’ of activists would take part. Picture: Protestors block traffic during slow procession around Parliament Square in May last year The …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

‘Our seeds, our roots’: Sowing hope as Israeli bombs fell on Lebanon

Al Jazeera

An agroecological collective in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley has built a ‘seed library’ of more than 1,000 seeds. With Israel’s escalation of its attacks on Hezbollah in the country since September, “Lebanon’s food insecurity is set to worsen,” the agency has warned. At the moment,“Lebanon’s farming sector relies heavily on artificial hybrid seeds,” says Martinet-Jannin. “Today we are witnessing a war …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Protesters in Serbia hold 15-minute blockade for 15 victims of roof collapse, demanding justice

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Protesters in Serbia stood in silence for 15 minutes on Friday for the victims of a roof collapse four weeks ago in a northern city, seeking to keep up pressure on the populist authorities to punish those responsible for the tragedy. Traffic was blocked for a third week in a row at various spots in several Serbian …

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US sanctions more Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro aides after alleging election theft

Hindustan Times

The US sanctioned 21 officials it said supported Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s effort to defy results of an election that the country’s opposition and Washington say he lost. FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro The current and former Venezuelan officials — including cabinet ministers and their relatives, as well as from the upper tiers of the country’s national guard and …

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4 weeks ago

Why green investments have become the last line of defense for Biden’s climate agenda

CNN

CNN — Can the green shoots of clean energy break through the “brown blockade”? The brown blockade is the phrase I’ve used to describe the hardening tendency of the states most deeply integrated into the existing oil and gas economy, as either major producers or consumers of fossil fuels, to support Republican presidential and congressional candidates who are resolutely opposed …

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4 weeks ago

Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office

New Indian Express

The Government Media Office in Gaza has stated that the Israeli army is committing systematic attacks on the Palestinian territory's healthcare sector, revealing that at least 1000 doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel have been killed since the beginning of Israel's "genocidal" war on Gaza. In a press statement on Sunday, the office pointed out Israel's war crimes including targetted …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

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1 month ago

Opposition parties form alliance against education cuts

NL Times

Opposition parties D66, CDA, and JA21 are joining forces to get a large part of the cuts in education that the Schoof Cabinet wants to implement off the table. Together, the parties are good for 15 seats in the lower house of Dutch parliament but can help the coalition to the necessary majority for their plans in the Senate. The …

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1 month ago

PM security breach in Punjab: SC rejects state’s plea for statements of witnesses

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Friday turned down the Punjab government’s plea seeking statements of witnesses who have deposed before former apex court judge Indu Malhotra to probe the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state in January 2022. The state may conduct its inquiry against delinquent officers without the aid of the statements said to have …

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1 month ago

MLA Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo claims assault, robbery by BJD workers

New Indian Express

JAJPUR: Dharmasala MLA Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo was allegedly attacked by a group of BJD supporters near the bridge on Budha river in Jajpur Town on Wednesday evening. Reports said, Sahoo was on his way to Jajpur town in his vehicle to attend a meeting at the deputy director of mines office. His vehicle had to stop as a few locals …

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1 month ago

An A-Z of the children Israel killed in Gaza

Al Jazeera

The Gaza Strip is a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations has said. Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 17,400 children in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials. The surviving children, many of whom have endured the traumatic impact of multiple wars, have spent their lives under the shadow of an Israeli blockade, influencing every aspect …

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1 month ago

Serbia’s opposition is locked in a standoff with police as tensions rise over deadly roof collapse

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian opposition protesters blocked a court house Tuesday over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in the country’s north earlier this month, setting off a standoff with riot police in a sign of persistent tensions over the crash. A group of opposition lawmakers launched Tuesday’s blockade, demanding arrests and the release from detention of activist …

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Residents block road in protest against delay in completing UGD project, 19 detained

Ambedkar row: DMK, allies protest across Tamil Nadu, demand Amit Shah's removal

Protesting Farmers Call For 'Punjab Bandh' On December 30 To Press For Demands

‘Dilli Chalo’ march: Tear gas, water cannon used against protesting farmers at Shambhu border

SC asks panel to mediate with farmers over highway blockade, suspension of agitation

Kerala High Court Seeks Report Of Police Chief In Contempt Case Against CPI(M) State Secretary For Blocking Road To Hold Party Conference

Seer calls Siddaramaiah anti-Lingayat, BJP demands apology for lathi charge

Farmers’ protest: SC dismisses plea to clear road blockade

Syria falls, Assad disappears, calls of ’God is great’ echoes from mosques: Timeline of 13-year-old Syrian civil war

Car rams and injures orchestral musicians in Belgrade during a protest over station roof collapse

BJP leaders, Hindutva groups intensify Kolkata protests against Bangladesh, calling for economic blockade

China is using an “anaconda strategy” to squeeze Taiwan

Just Stop Oil vows to 'blockade' Parliament for weeks in major wave of protests this spring

‘Our seeds, our roots’: Sowing hope as Israeli bombs fell on Lebanon

Protesters in Serbia hold 15-minute blockade for 15 victims of roof collapse, demanding justice

US sanctions more Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro aides after alleging election theft

Why green investments have become the last line of defense for Biden’s climate agenda

Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis

Opposition parties form alliance against education cuts

PM security breach in Punjab: SC rejects state’s plea for statements of witnesses

MLA Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo claims assault, robbery by BJD workers

An A-Z of the children Israel killed in Gaza

Serbia’s opposition is locked in a standoff with police as tensions rise over deadly roof collapse