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
Members of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam being arrested by police near Coimbatore Collectorate on March 16, 2023 when they attempted to raise slogans against Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi for returning the Bill banning online gambling. | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S Members of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam were arrested here on Thursday, March 16, … Read more
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, and two Supreme Court judges, met Gujarat and Telangana High Courts’ lawyers on Monday over the Collegium’s proposed transfers of Justices Nikhil Kariel and A. Abhishek Reddy, agreeing to “examine” their grievances while “strongly conveying” that they have to get back … Read more