Employees of newspapers and news agencies on Monday decided to organise nation-wide protest dharnas on October 14 against the Centre`s "failure" to notify the recommendation of wageboard for journalists and non-journalists. The d
The Centre`s announcement of setting up of an expert group to allay fears over Koodankulam nuclear plant has not been received favourably by anti-nuclear activists who have resumed their protests against the project. Activists with the Peo
BJP and Jammu Province Peoples Forum on Sunday extended their support to the indefinite hunger strike of APMCC chairman Vinod Pandit demanding setting up of J&K Temples Trust and opening of Sharda Peeth shrine in PoK for pilgrims. So f
Lawyers practising in six city court complexes on Thursday went on a day-long strike, protesting registration of a criminal case against Rohini Bar Association president and secretary for allegedly beating the station house officer of Keshav Puram
The proponents of separate Telangana state on Thursday further intensified their protests as part of the ongoing general strike that began a fortnight back. The hawkers on Thursday stopped delivering newspapers as part of the `Sakala Janum
The Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP on Monday said it would hold statewide protests against the proposed resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. "Chief minister Omar Abdullah is saying that hanging of Guru
The Rajasthan high court has issued show cause notice to the state health authorities after a petition drew its attention towards strikes called by medicos at frequent intervals. The division bench of chief justice Arun Mishra and justice
Tamils from across Europe demonstrated at the UN`s European headquarters on Tuesday, calling for a probe into alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lanka at the end of the country`s 2009 civil war. According to local police, around 1,000 pro
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) staff, owing allegiance to the Municipal Mazdoor Union led by NCP leader Sharad Rao, went on a strike from Monday night demanding salaries on the lines of the sixth pay commission. Civic employe
Noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, who was taken into preventive custody after she made a bid to protest against the Gujarat government at Naroda Patiya on Sunday, said her agitation against "injustice" in the state will continue.
A total of 40,000 Class-C staff of lower courts in Maharashtra resorted to indefinite strike from Tuesday, abstaining from work to demand better salaries and administrative changes. Judicial work in the courts was affected as peons
About 500 activists of different Hindu outfits on Monday staged a demonstration in front of an orphanage in Sulur on the outskirts, from where 23 Nepalese girls were rescued recently, demanding a CBI inquiry in the functioning the institution, fun
With no let-up in the over month-long economic blockades on two national highways, one of its sponsors on Monday began sit-in protests in Sadar hills area in Manipur`s Senapati district. The sit-in protests as well as hunger-strikes were r
Nearly one lakh textile establishments across Andhra Pradesh have decided to shut their shops on Wednesday and Thursday protesting the levy of four per cent VAT (Value Added Tax) on textiles and related items. "Nowhere in the country
Farmers agitating against land acquisition for the Govindpura (Mansa) thermal plant in Punjab have suspended their agitation till September 13 after talks between them and chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. Following a three-hour-long mar
Support for Anna Hazare and his movement against corruption continues to swell in Mumbai. Many NGOs and private organizations like F North ward citizens forum, H-West Ward Federation, Sunday friends, Karamyogi Pratisthan and Shakti Sa
Over 40 protesters were detained here when they demonstrated over the police action against social activist Anna Hazare in Delhi, police said on Tuesday. "Hazare`s supporters had gathered at the Buddha lake area and marched to
Demonstrations and dharnas were held in several places of Orissa in protest against the detention of Anna Hazare and his associates in New Delhi. People belonging to different spheres, including social activists, artists, writers an
Slamming the UPA government for the detention of Anna Hazare, political parties and supporters of the Gandhian leader called the move "unconstitutional" and demanded his immediate release. Hazare`s supporters and several p
People from all walks of life on Tuesday staged a one-day fast at various places across Tamil Nadu in support of Anna Hazare`s demand for a strong Lokpal bill. In Chennai, over 60 persons gathered near Quaid E Milleth memorial here
