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Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 10 (PTI) Kerala University and the Raj Bhavan witnessed intense protests on Thursday by Left-affiliated student and youth organisations against the Vice Chancellor and the Chancellor, over the suspension of the university Registrar. The CPI(M)'s student wing, the Students' Federation of India (SFI), marched to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar's residence in protest against his actions as Chancellor of universities, alleging attempts to "saffronise" higher education i ...Read More >
Hisar/Ambala: The 24-hour nationwide general strike called by the trade unions to protest against new labour codes and privatisation on Wednesday impacted normal movement of Haryana Roadways buses at some places. In places like Hisar, Bhiwani, Kaithal and Kurukshetra, the normal movement of the state transport was impacted. The Roadways employees staged a sit-in protest at the bus terminuses in support of the demands. Shops, commercial establishments and other institutions functioned normally ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 9(ANI): Senior Congress leader V Hanumanth Rao on Wednesday held a day-long dharna near the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal, demanding that the Telangana government reclaim a parcel of land adjacent to the stadium and repurpose it for developing sports infrastructure. Speaking to ANI, Congress leader Rao, 'At the RGI International cricket stadium in Uppal, whenever there was an IPL match, thousands of vehicles used to be parked here in thi ...Read More >
Hoshiarpur/Kapurthala (Pb), Jul 9 (PTI) Contractual employees of the state-owned Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transportation Corporation on Wednesday evening called off their three-day strike following a meeting with Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar in Chandigarh. The meeting came after contractual employees struck work earlier in the day to press their demands, including regularisation of their jobs, causing inconvenience to commuters. Over 2,5 ...Read More >
Patna, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the Bihar Bandh called by the Opposition against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list just ahead of the Assembly elections in the state, RJD National Vice-President and Lalu Yadav's close aide Shivanand Tiwari has given a significant suggestion to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. The protest, spearheaded by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, and other alliance partners, is aimed at halting the ongoing voter list ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 8 (PTI) The Raj Bhavan-government row over the functioning of universities in Kerala escalated on Tuesday, with the Students' Federation of India (SFI) organising massive marches to major varsities across the state, protesting against what they claimed were attempts to 'saffronise' higher education institutions under the influence of the Sangh Parivar. Kerala's ruling CPI(M) offered full backing to SFI, its student outfit, saying the students' protest would continue stro ...Read More >
Vijayawada, July 6 (UNI) Dr. Ambati Naga Radhakrishna Yadav, Chairman, YSRCP NTR District Doctors Wing, extended solidarity to the protesting Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) at Dharna Chowk. The FMGs are demanding permanent registration and adherence to the latest National Medical Commission (NMC) guidelines. Dr. Radhakrishna stated that the issue should be resolved within a week and demanded compensation for graduates who were unable to continue their education due to the COVID-19 pandemic a ...Read More >
File photo Jaipur: Tension gripped Jahazpur town in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district after a 25-year-old man was lynched by a mob on Friday evening following a minor road accident. In protest, local residents called for a complete shutdown on Saturday, demanding justice and swift police action. According to police, the incident occurred when a car carrying four youths from the Tonk Cantonment area accidentally collided with a handcart while passing through Jahazpur's main market. The group, whic ...Read More >
Jaipur, Jul 5 (PTI) Tension escalated in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district following the death of a man who was allegedly lynched by a mob after his car hit a handcart in a market, police said on Saturday. The prime accused in the case, Shareef Mohammad, has been arrested, and another suspect has been detained, they said. Following the incident, which occurred on Friday evening in Jahazpur town of the district, locals shut down the market, demanding justice and compensation. The victim's family a ...Read More >
KOCHI: Justice N Nagaresh of the Kerala High Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the suspended Kerala University registrar describing "Bharat Mata" as "a lady holding a saffron flag" in the petition challenging the disciplinary action against him. Registrar K S Anil Kumar was suspended by the vice-chancellor in-charge for cancelling permission for a June 25 event scheduled to be attended by Governor Rajendra Arlekar. He had cited the display of a controversial image of "Bharat Mata" carr ...Read More >
Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh Medical Council (APMC) on Friday addressed concerns regarding the delay in providing permanent registration certificates to Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs). Addressing a press conference, APMC chairman Dr Srihari Rao and Registrar Dr Ramesh clarified the reasons behind the holdup, urging protesting FMGs to cease their agitations and await official resolutions. They recalled that FMGs who passed the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) conducted by the Nat ...Read More >
New Delhi: Flagging the "egregious misuse" of the Delhi Rent Control Act, the High Court has termed it an "anachronistic piece of legislation" and set aside a rent controller's 2013 order.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani, in a recent order, was dealing with petitions against the orders of the additional rent controller (ARC) that dismissed eviction petitions filed by owners of properties in Sadar Bazar.The owners are now based in the UK and Dubai and sought eviction of their tenants, but their plea ...Read More >
Kolkata: The CBI on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet in the 2021 murder case of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar, who was killed during post-election violence in Kankurgachhi. The charge sheet names Beleghata MLA Paresh Pal, Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh, along with 15 others.In the FIR, Sarkar's mother Madhabi said that on May 2, 2021, eight persons barged into their house at Narkeldanga around 3 pm and started enquiring about her son. The miscr ...Read More >
Prayagraj: Tension erupted in Bhadewara Bazar and adjoining areas on Sunday evening for more than two hours after supporters of Azad Samaj Party (Kashiram) chief and Nagina MP Chandra Shkhar Azad went on a rampage accusing police of not allowing him to meet the families of victims in two recent cases in Kaushambi and Karchana.The agitating mob damaged about a dozen vehicles, including three police jeeps and cops had to resort to cane-charge to disperse them. About half a dozen persons were repor ...Read More >
Nagpur: Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar questioned the govt's priorities on Tuesday, highlighting the increasing number of farmer suicides in Maharashtra. He accused the govt of neglecting agrarian crisis while approving Rs20,000 crore for Shaktipeeth highway project."Money is available for massive infrastructure projects, but where is the budget for farm loan waivers as promised by the BJP before last year's assembly polls to the farmers?" Wadettiwar asked while moving an adj ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 02: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh on Wednesday accused the Bhagwant Mann government of unleashing a "new era of Emergency" in Punjab, in which the Opposition's voice is being muzzled. Reacting strongly to the detention of former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and other senior Akali leaders in Mohali on Wednesday, Chugh alleged, "Draconian laws were being enforced in Punjab at the behest of Arvind Kejriwal, and all democratic rights of ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 2 (IANS An organisation of investors in the solar sector has termed the new draft solar energy policy issued by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission "impractical" and set to adversely affect the state's power sector. This has come at a time when the state is progressing towards energy self-sufficiency and net-zero carbon goals and the draft policy's recommendations threaten to derail these achievements, the Masters Association, a Ministry-approved solar tr ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], July 2 (ANI): BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh came down heavily on the Bhagwant Mann-led government in Punjab for 'unleashing a new era of Emergency' in Punjab, in which the Opposition's voice is being 'muzzled'. Reacting strongly to the detention of former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and other senior Akali leaders in Mohali today, Chugh said in a statement that 'draconian' laws were being enforced in Punjab at the behest of AAP National Convener Arvind Ke ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], July 2 (ANI): BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh came down heavily on the Bhagwant Mann-led government in Punjab for "unleashing a new era of Emergency" in Punjab, in which the Opposition's voice is being "muzzled". Reacting strongly to the detention of former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and other senior Akali leaders in Mohali today, Chugh said in a statement that "draconian" laws were being enforced in Punjab at the behest of AAP National Convener Arvind Ke ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Truckers in Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday to protest against the e-challan system and press for other long-pending demands, disrupting goods transport services across the state, transporters' representative said. The transporters have complained the recovery process by authorities has become aggressive and is disrupting business operations, besides mounting fines of e-challans. The Vahatukdar Bachao Kruti Sanghatana, an action committee of transporte ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Truckers in Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday to protest against the e-challan system and press for other long-pending demands, disrupting goods transport services across the state, transporters' representative said. The transporters have complained the recovery process by authorities has become aggressive and is disrupting business operations, besides mounting fines of e-challans. Also Read | Kolkata Gang-Rape Case: Police Custody of 3 Accused Monojit M ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 1 (PTI) Lakhs of trucks and other goods carriage vehicles in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra will go on indefinite strike to oppose the e-challan system for traffic violations, and other demands from Tuesday midnight, transporters said. The operators of buses, including those involved in ferrying school children, however, announced they would postpone their participation in the strike at the request of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who said the warkaris (Lord Vitthal devot ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 1 (PTI) Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia on Tuesday maintained that Congress members were behaving like "overground Maoists" in the state, as he lashed out at the opposition party a day after its supporters purportedly hurled a water bottle at the chief minister's convoy. The ruling party also staged protests across the state, including Guwahati, demanding exemplary punishment against the culprits. A water bottle was purportedly hurled at the convoy of Chief Minister Himanta Bisw ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar Civic Body Official Assaulted: Tensions flared in Odisha on Monday after an additional commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) was allegedly attacked inside his office. The video of the incident is going viral on social media with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi condemning the incident and assuring strict action against the culprits and perpetrators behind the scenes, regardless of their power. So far, three accused have been arrested, and a hunt is ongoing to appr ...Read More >
The attack reportedly took place during a grievance hearing High drama gripped the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office on Monday after a group of men violently attacked a senior official. A video shows the attackers dragging Ratnakar Sahoo, the additional commissioner of the BMC, hitting and kicking him repeatedly. A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed in the case, with three arrests made so far, according to a report by NDTV. BMC employees staged a sit-in protest within ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], July 1 (ANI): Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has expressed grief over the tragic fire accident that occurred at the Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district that killed 12 people. The Governor paid condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. Also Read | Rules Changing From July 1, 2025: From LPG Cylinder Prices and Railway Fares to Aadhaar-PAN Link, Check Key Rule Changes ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on Monday, police said. Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvel Nagar police station. "An FIR has been registered at the Kharvel Nagar police station by the officer. We have arrested three persons so far," Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena said. The police have so far arrested Jeeva ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) High drama unfolded in Bhubaneswar on Monday evening as corporators from the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and staff members of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) staged a road blockade on the bustling Janpath Road of the city. They were demanding the immediate arrest of miscreants, including a corporator, allegedly linked to a senior leader of the ruling BJP, for assaulting an Additional Commissioner of the BMC, Ratnakar Sahoo, earlier in the d ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahu was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants Monday, police said. Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvelnagar police station. "An FIR has been registered at the Kharvel Nagar police station by the officer. We have arrested three persons so far," Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena told PTI. Also Read: Video: BMC Additional Co ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on Monday, police said. Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvelnagar police station. Also Read | Indian Railways Fare Hike: Will Mumbai Local Train Ticket Prices Increase From July 01? Check New Ticket Slabs, Tatkal Reservation Changes and Other Key Details. "An FI ...Read More >
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