School teachers, who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court verdict, continued their protest for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, May 18, 2025 outside the West Bengal Education Department headquarters in Salt Lake. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI School teachers, who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court verdict, continued their protest … Read more
State secretariat member of the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist M. Shashidhar addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) has decided to hold a State-level protest against the policies of the Centre and the State government at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on … Read more
Anganwadi workers and assistants stage a protest in front of the Thoothukudi Collectorate on Friday | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh The distribution of supplementary nutrition to children was disrupted in parts of Tamil Nadu on Friday (May 2, 2025) as members of the Anganwadi Workers and Assistants Association staged sit-in protests. Social Welfare and Women Empowerment … Read more
Perumbakkam panchayat workers taking part in sit in protest demanding time scale pay, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Temporary staff belonging to several panchayats are on a protest over the outsourcing of their work. The staff have been working as conservancy staff, water tank operators, drivers, electricians, and computer assistants at 15 panchayats … Read more
Lawyers under the banner of Abhibhashaka Parishath staging a protest against court fee hike in front of the court complex at Tirur on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Lawyers under the banner of the Abhibhashaka Parishath staged a protest in front of the court complex at Tirur on Tuesday against the State government for … Read more
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