Youth-led demonstrators in Morocco took to the streets on Thursday for a sixth straight night despite fears of more violence after police killed three people the night before. The protesters in at least a dozen cities, including Casablanca, demanded better schools and hospitals, with some calling for Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch to resign. The call … Read more
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh conducts proceedings in the House during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rajya Sabha failed to function on Friday (August 1, 2025), as the Opposition intensified its protest demanding a discussion on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision … Read more
A herd of spotted deer graze at the Kancha Gachibowli area. | Photo Credit: Raghu Ghanapuram The story so far: The students of the University of Hyderabad at Gachibowli have been protesting ever since the news of the auction of a 400-acre land parcel known as Kancha Gachibowli within campus premises broke. The battle has … Read more
Junior Doctors during a protest rally to Swastha Bhavan in Saltlake Kolkata demanding justice for the rape and murder of a junior doctor in RG Kar medical college and hospital. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI CPI(M) leader Kalatan Dasgupta was among two persons who were arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to attack the protesting … Read more
Heavy rains and swelling waves have flooded several houses in the region. (image for representation) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Angry at flooding of houses in sea incursion since June 25, more than 300 residents of Edavanakad in Ernakulam district of Kerala are blockading the arterial Vypeen-Munambam road, bringing traffic to a standstill in June 27. … Read more
As pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil and his thousands of supporters headed towards the State capital, the Mumbai police issued a notice on Thursday, directing him to relocate his agitation from the city to Navi Mumbai due to the impracticality of accommodating such a large gathering in Mumbai. “No ground in the city can accommodate … Read more
Amid freezing temperatures in Canada, Indian international students are protesting in front of Algoma University. They are demanding an external investigation into “unfair enrolment and grading practices”. The international students, who are facing charges of cheating, failed their course exams. The protest, which was started by a group of IT students, drew support from people … Read more
India’s inflation woes are not over yet but food price spikes may be “transitory”, the Finance Ministry said on August 22, attributing the latest spike in headline inflation to global uncertainties triggered by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA U.S. will issue record number of visas this … Read more
Wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia during their ongoing protest against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and Satyawart Kadiyan have gone to Sports Minister Anurag Thakur’s residence in New Delhi to hold talks with him amid their ongoing protest against Wrestling Federation of India … Read more
Farmers take rest during the ongoing wrestlers protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on May 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Saturday announced its support to the wrestlers protesting against alleged molestation by the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan, at Jantar Mantar … Read more