Despite the presence of traffic islands at key intersections across the city, pedestrians are forced to wait on busy roads due to the “illegally” installed iron grills. Several traffic islands, meant to provide safe waiting zones for pedestrians, appear to have been taken over by private companies, turning them into advertising spaces. During the day, it is difficult to stand …
Dalit students of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University have threatened to launch a massive agitation on campus from April 14 if the university administration does not remove the iron grills surrounding the statue and bust of Dr BR Ambedkar. On behalf of all dalit students, Basant Kanaujiya, a research scholar of the university, has given a representation to vice chancellor RC …
The Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow has put up protective shields around a bust and a statue of the architect of the Indian Constitution installed on the campus, ostensibly after being alarmed by recent incidents of vandalisation of statues of the Dalit icon in various parts of Uttar Pradesh. BR Ambedkar’s statue in Lucknow’s Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University is …
Speculations are rife in the local media about Yakub Memon’s possible execution on July 30 and the reported plans of the jail administration to bury him inside the jail premises “in order to avoid communal flare up”. On Tuesday evening, Yakub’s cousin Usman Memon and his lawyer Anil Gedam visited Nagpur jail and spent three hours inside the high security …
