To press for an increase in the Minimum Support Price for food grain crops, farmers from the northern region will block all the national highways leading to Delhi on March 9, Bhartiya Kisan Union said today. During the protest the farmers
The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has ordered sealing of a mine in South Goa village after local tribals staged protests and laid siege to various government offices here, fearing mining on a sacred mountain in the area. GSPCB,
People from across the globe are condemning the Human rights violations of Srilankan government. And civilized society is fighting hard to establish the justice to the tamils. Killing of nearly 3,00,000 innocents, war crimes, ongoing slaughter o
BJP activists today staged a protest against JKLF chairman Yasin Malik`s visit to Ajmer and demanded that the separatists leader be asked to leave the city. BJP workers led by party MLA Vasudev Devnani burnt an effigy and shouted slogans a
An apex Naga students body has reiterated its demand for total review of the existing government policy on job reservation for the backward tribes of the state since 2007. Naga Students Federation (NSF) reminded the government about its ea
Journalists from print and electronic media today decided to boycott the post-cabinet press briefing scheduled to be addressed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and his deputy Ajit Pawar this afternoon, to protest the latter`s recent remarks aga
Senior BJP leader L K Advani will be arriving here on Saturday to flag off a campaign against the Central government, highlighting the issues of corruption and price rise. With many prominent leaders having already arrived in town to back
Around 80,000 lawyers across Bihar went on a two-day cease work from today to press for abolishing evening courts, affecting the proceedings at Patna high court and civil courts. "Around 80,000 lawyers across the state stayed away fro
Functioning of medical colleges and hospitals across Bihar were badly hit today with junior doctors proceeding on an indefinite strike since midnight even as police took into custody both the bodyguards of RJD MLA Surendra Prasad Yadav. Th
Tribals from across Orissa`s Balangir district carrying their traditional weapons took out a rally here today demanding among others action against people in government jobs with the help of fake scheduled tribe certificates. The tribals,
Even though Orissa government planned to provide relief to rain-hit farmers from February, a large number of peasants in Ganjam district today staged a demonstration accusing state government of being apathetic towards their plight. Farmer
Unnamed groups today put up posters in the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya demanding termination of a circle inspector who led an alleged "fake encounter" in which one suspected militant was killed and four others apprehended.
Students staged a protest at the leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband demanding removal of the new vice chancellor for his alleged comments on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, seminary sources said. A group of protester
The indefinite sit-in on railway tracks by residents of Mirchpur village seeking fresh probe into the killing of two Dalits in April last year entered the fourth day today, disrupting rail traffic on the Jind-Jakhal section of the Delhi-Ferozepur
A seven-day shutdown called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, in support of its Gorkhaland statehood demand, begins tomorrow in the Darjeeling hills, with party chief Bimal Gurung indicating that an invitation from the Centre for talks is in the offi
From Jagdeep Chhokar <jchhokar@gmail.com> In the context of the march on Jan 30, I woul
In a move that could further push up Onion prices, traders in Nashik and adjoining areas today went on two-day strike against tax raids and disrupted supply to contracting traders from other states who are being forced to sell the vegetable at &qu
The BRT corridor, a project in limbo, found some support from Delhites with about 200 people joining a rally from Pushpa Bhavan to Ambedkar Nagar parking on Tuesday in support of the project and pedestrians` right to the city roads. Res
Former Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today launched his 48-hour hunger strike demanding adequate compensation to farmers who had lost their crops in heavy rains early this month in Andhra Pradesh. The former Kadapa MP, who tu
The agitation by the Gujjar community, led by Kirori Singh Bainsla, entered the second day today disrupting road and rail traffic in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. The authorities have diverted several trains and stopped buses on two rou
