Asha workers block the road outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, as part of their protest on Monday (March 17, 2025) | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in Kerala, whose 38-day-old agitation for fair remuneration has been making headlines at the national level, launched an intense phase of their agitation on … Read more
Getty Images About 6,000 community pharmacies in England are, for the first time, being advised to start “working to rule”, in two weeks, unless an agreement can be reached with the government on a new NHS contract. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is urging its members to limit opening hours to 40 a week, as … Read more
Army personnel during the construction of a bailey bridge at Chooralmala area as part of a rescue operation after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall, in Wayanad district, on August 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI There was tension at Chooralmala in Wayanad district on Sunday morning (February 23, 2025) when the police stopped a … Read more
Contractors working for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation staged a demonstration in front of the corporation’s headquarters on Thursday, demanding immediate payment of money due to them for the works carried out last year. The situation turned tense when a couple of the contractors threatened self-immolation, drenching themselves in kerosene, but their attempt was thwarted … Read more
State Sugarcane Cultivators Association president Kurubur Shanthakumar flayed the government for being indifferent to the demands of the farmers at a press conference in Mysuru on Monday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The Federation of Farmers Association and State Sugarcane Cultivators Association will hold a candlelight protest on December 31, supporting their various demands including … Read more
Supporters of Member of Legislative Assembly Allamprabhu Patil staging a protest against the failure to publish his photograph in a public advertisement of an inaugural event outside the Jayadeva Hospital in Kalaburagi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Followers of Kalaburagi South MLA Allamprabhu Patil staged a protest during the inauguration of the newly … Read more
The body of a man trampled to death by a wild tusker at Urulanthanni in Kuttampuzha panchayat along the eastern suburbs of Ernakulam district on Monday (December 16, 2024) night was allowed to be moved from the scene of tragedy to the hospital by the protesting people only on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) around 2.30 … Read more
Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday (December 13, 2024) met Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the eighteenth day, at Khanauri border and called for unity of farmers’ groups for a “joint fight”. Mr. Tikait was accompanied by SKM leader Harinder Singh Lakhowal. Meanwhile, a group of 101 farmers under … Read more
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait speaks to a police personnel, in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, on December 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait was detained by the Aligarh Police on Wednesday (December 4, 2024) while on his way to Greater Noida to participate in a meeting of farmer leaders, a … Read more
AP State Volunteers Association members staging a protest demonstration in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Andhra Pradesh State Volunteers Association members staged a protest, demanding the State government do justice to them. They submitted a memorandum to the NTR District Collector here on Monday, November 25. They urged the government to release … Read more