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Anna University Sexual Assault Case Being Politicised, Political Parties Protesting For Media Attention: Madras High Court Remarks Orally
1 week, 2 days ago

Anna University Sexual Assault Case Being Politicised, Political Parties Protesting For Media Attention: Madras High Court Remarks Orally

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday lamented over the politicization of the recent alleged sexual assault of a second-year engineering student at Anna University, without any genuine concerns for women's safety. The court made the oral comments when Advocate K Balu mentioned a case regarding denial of permission for protest by the Women's Wing of the Pattali Makkal Katchi party …

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'Protest unnecessary': DMK hits back at AIADMK over Anna University assault case
1 week, 4 days ago

'Protest unnecessary': DMK hits back at AIADMK over Anna University assault case

India Today  

Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK on Monday countered opposition AIADMK’s “Who is that sir?” campaign related to the Anna University sexual assault case, asserting that the state remains safe for women under its governance. Responding to AIADMK's campaign, state law minister S Regupathy dismissed the protests led by the opposition party as unnecessary and politically motivated, saying that appropriate action …

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YSRCP to organise ‘Porubata’ against hike in electricity charges on December 27
2 weeks, 5 days ago

YSRCP to organise ‘Porubata’ against hike in electricity charges on December 27

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The YSRCP has announced State-wide protests on December 27 against the steep hike in electricity charges, which imposed an additional burden of Rs 15,485 crore on the people of Andhra Pradesh. YSRCP senior leaders, including former ministers Merugu Nagarjuna, Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao and Jogi Ramesh, released the poster of Porubata programme at the party central office on Sunday. Reiterating …

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Bengal: Tensions In Jaynagar Over Rape-Murder Of 10-Year-Old Girl, BJP Protests As Guv Slams Mamata Govt
3 months ago

Bengal: Tensions In Jaynagar Over Rape-Murder Of 10-Year-Old Girl, BJP Protests As Guv Slams Mamata Govt

ABP News  

Tensions flared in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district as the Bharatiya Janata Party launched a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl, whose body was discovered on Saturday. দক্ষিণ ২৪ পরগনা জেলার অন্তর্গত জয়নগরের কৃপাখালী এলাকায় চতুর্থ শ্রেণীর নাবালিকা ছাত্রীকে নৃশংসভাবে হত্যার প্রতিবাদে, দোষীদের দৃষ্টান্তমূলক শাস্তির দাবিতে, স্বৈরাচারী মমতা সরকার ও অপদার্থ পুলিশ প্রশাসনের বিরুদ্ধে …

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Following protests, state govt puts Nagpur-Goa E-way on hold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Following protests, state govt puts Nagpur-Goa E-way on hold

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A day after a delegation, including farmers, met chief minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis at the Kolhapur airport on Thursday to demand the cancellation of the 802 km Nagpur–Goa Shaktipeeth Expressway, the MSRDC on Friday withdrew the plan to seek environment clearance for the project from Centre. HT Image The delegation from Nagpur-Goa …

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Bangladesh PM resigns, interim govt to be set up: army chief
5 months ago

Bangladesh PM resigns, interim govt to be set up: army chief

China Daily  

A demonstrator runs next to a vandalised police box during a protest demanding the stepping down of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, following quota reform protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug 4, 2024. DHAKA -- An interim government will be set up to run Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned Monday amid protests in the South Asian country, …

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UAE hands 57 Bangladeshis long-term jail terms for protests
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UAE hands 57 Bangladeshis long-term jail terms for protests

Al Jazeera  

Three Bangladeshis sentenced to life, 53 others to 10 years in prison and one to 11 years for protesting against their government, state media say. A court in the United Arab Emirates has jailed 57 Bangladeshi nationals for staging protests in the Gulf country against their own government, according to the state media. Three Bangladeshis were sentenced to life, 53 …

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Don’t refer people covered by CAA to foreigners’ tribunals: Assam govt to cops
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t refer people covered by CAA to foreigners’ tribunals: Assam govt to cops

Hindustan Times  

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has told the state police to stop initiating proceedings against persecuted minorities belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered the country before December 31, 2014, and are entitled to Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act operationalised on March 11 this year. The border police has …

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Farmers’ protests triggered urban-rural divide: Jakhar
7 months, 1 week ago

Farmers’ protests triggered urban-rural divide: Jakhar

Hindustan Times  

BJP state president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday slammed the state government for its “failure to control farmers’ protests”. Addressing a press conference in Jalandhar, Jakhar said the ongoing protests by farmer unions had created a division between urban and rural societies, and also between farmers and traders, who are facing huge financial losses due to the stir at the Shambhu …

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AP: Women Demonstrate Against Naidu for Stalling Rs.14,000 Crore Welfare Scheme Funds
7 months, 4 weeks ago

AP: Women Demonstrate Against Naidu for Stalling Rs.14,000 Crore Welfare Scheme Funds

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The YSRC’s women wing held massive protests against Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday, alleging that he stalled the disbursement of funds worth Rs.14,000 crore under the six welfare schemes in AP. In a statement emphasizing their commitment to re-elect Jagan Reddy as chief minister, the women wing state general secretary Vemula Baby Rani said, "We stand united …

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Argentina’s Milei takes chainsaw to the state, cuts 15,000 jobs, prompting protests
9 months, 1 week ago

Argentina’s Milei takes chainsaw to the state, cuts 15,000 jobs, prompting protests

LA Times  

State employees enter their workplace after they were temporarily prevented from doing so due to an anti-government protest in Buenos Aires on April 3, 2024. Argentina said Wednesday that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending, the latest in a series of painful economic measures that have put the libertarian …

Job Cuts Protests State State Workers
Amid Assam protest over CAA, CM Himanta Sarma's ‘will resign if…' vow on NRC
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Amid Assam protest over CAA, CM Himanta Sarma's ‘will resign if…' vow on NRC

Hindustan Times  

A day after protests erupted across Assam following the Centre's notification for the contentious Citizenship Act, 2019, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said he will be the first to resign even if one person, who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens in the state, gets citizenship, news agency PTI reported. “I am a son …

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Assam: Guwahati Police's warning after CAA copies burnt, ‘hartal’ announced
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Assam: Guwahati Police's warning after CAA copies burnt, ‘hartal’ announced

Hindustan Times  

The Guwahati police issued a legal notice to the organisations which have called for a hartal in Assam to protest against the contentious Citizenship Act. Soon after the Centre announced the implementation of the CAA, protests erupted across Assam with Opposition flaying the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre. Follow live updates on CAA notification In a stern warning …

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Kerala govt begins disbursing salaries, pensions after protests
10 months ago

Kerala govt begins disbursing salaries, pensions after protests

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: KN Balagopal The Kerala government on Monday began the disbursal of salaries and pensions of government employees for the month of February following protests by worker unions against the delay of the same. Though salaries are usually credited to the bank accounts by the first of every month, there was a delay this month which was attributed by government …

Salaries
Karnataka BJP protests in Bengaluru countering Cong's New Delhi protest
11 months ago

Karnataka BJP protests in Bengaluru countering Cong's New Delhi protest

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party staged a counter-protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday, the same day the Congress leaders from the state are protesting against the Union government at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. Karnataka BJP protests in Bengaluru countering Cong's New Delhi protest BJP state chief BY Vijayendra led the protest, and all the leaders, including former CM Basavaraj …

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Maratha reservation protests: Minister Hasan Mushrif's car vandalised, Narayan Rane's effigy burned in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
1 year, 2 months ago

Maratha reservation protests: Minister Hasan Mushrif's car vandalised, Narayan Rane's effigy burned in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Op India  

The ongoing protest in the state of Maharashtra by the Maratha community who wants reservation in jobs and education is slowly taking a violent turn. After vandalism and arson were reported from Jalna, Beed, Dharashiv, Pune, and several other districts of Maharashtra, Medical Education Minister Hasan Mushrif’s car was recently attacked by unidentified persons in Mumbai. Maharashtra | Two men …

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Bengaluru Bandh: ‘Not going to curtail protests,’ says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
1 year, 3 months ago

Bengaluru Bandh: ‘Not going to curtail protests,’ says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Hindustan Times  

With protests intensifying over the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu and bandh being called on the issue, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said his government will not curtail them, but underlined the importance of maintenance of peace. The Supreme Court on September 21 refused to interfere with the order of the Cauvery Water Management Authority which …

Tamil Nadu Court Protests Water Kannada Minister Siddaramaiah
Bengal On Fire; Guns Brandished, Vehicles Torched As Nearly Two Dozen Die In Violence | Top Updates
1 year, 6 months ago

Bengal On Fire; Guns Brandished, Vehicles Torched As Nearly Two Dozen Die In Violence | Top Updates

Hindustan Times  

Bengal On Fire; Guns Brandished, Vehicles Torched As Nearly Two Dozen Die In Violence | Top Updates No end to the violence a day after West Bengal's panchayat polls were marred by protests. BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari demanded the Centre's intervention against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. #bengal #violence #mamata #panchayatpolls #westbengal #wb #protests #elections #mamatabanerjee #adhirranjanchowdhury #suvenduadhikari #centre …

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Imran Khan arrest: Army called in as Pakistan protests continue
1 year, 8 months ago

Imran Khan arrest: Army called in as Pakistan protests continue

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan’s army warns against further attacks on state buildings or personnel after ex-PM’s arrest. Pakistan’s government has called in the army to help end deadly unrest in the wake of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, warning protesters against any further attacks on state installations. Murad Saeed, a senior leader of Khan’s party, says the manner in which …

Pakistan Prime Court State Pti Khan Arrested
‘Shoot-at-sight’ orders issued after violence in India’s Manipur
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Shoot-at-sight’ orders issued after violence in India’s Manipur

Al Jazeera  

Army deployed and curfew imposed after violence erupts between tribal and non-tribal groups over constitutional demands. Authorities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur have issued “shoot-at-sight” orders as soldiers patrol the streets and enforce a curfew to quell violence between tribal and non-tribal groups, officials said on Thursday. To prevent more violence, state Governor Anusuiya Uikey issued an order …

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Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
1 year, 9 months ago

Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

Associated Press  

BEIJING — When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases, with hospitals turning away ambulances and crematoriums burning bodies around the clock. Chinese state media claimed the decision to open up was based on “scientific analysis and shrewd calculation,” and “by no means impulsive.” But in reality, China’s ruling …

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Rajasthan passes Right to Health Bill amid massive protests by doctors in Jaipur
1 year, 9 months ago

Rajasthan passes Right to Health Bill amid massive protests by doctors in Jaipur

India Today  

The Right to Health Bill, a major flashpoint between agitating doctors and the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government, was passed in the Rajasthan Assembly amid massive protests in Jaipur on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the doctors protesting against the Bill at Janpath were marching towards the Rajasthan Assembly, where the Budget session is underway, to force the government to take back the …

Health Rajasthan Assembly Doctors Right Bill Jaipur
Chhattisgarh Police use tear gas, water cannons, and chilli powder shells as BJP protests against government's inability to give affordable housing
1 year, 9 months ago

Chhattisgarh Police use tear gas, water cannons, and chilli powder shells as BJP protests against government's inability to give affordable housing

Op India  

On Wednesday, the Chhattisgarh Police used water cannons, tear gas shells, and chilli powder shells against the BJP members after the party, led by state president Arun Sao, marched towards the Chhattisgarh Assembly. The Police also used water cannons, tear gas shells, and chilli powder shells against the BJP workers. If the BJP comes to power in 2023, our CM …

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Iran Protests: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Pardons 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Prisoners
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran Protests: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Pardons 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Prisoners

ABP News  

New Delhi: After a deadly state crackdown helped quell the nationwide unrest, Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including some who were arrested during recent anti-government protests, according to state news agency IRNA on Sunday. However, state media reports stated that the pardon granted by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was subject to conditions and would not apply …

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