Uttar Pradesh unit of BJP will launch a three-day agitation from July 1 to protest against the price rise of petro-products. "After successful state-wide protests held on June 26 against the Congress on price rise issue, we will be st
A dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the ruling Left Front, CITU and frontal organizations of CPI-M to protest against the hike in petroleum products crippled normal life in Tripura today. Shops and markets were closed and vehicles went off the
The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee today observed black day to protest against the state government`s reported decision to conduct local bodies election on non-political basis. "As a part of the protest the party workers staged demo
Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists today held demonstration over Jammu and Kashmir government`s decision to impose entry tax on inter- state buses carrying pilgrims to Amarnath and Vaishnodevi shrines. About eighty BJYM activists
Terming the Group of Ministers` (GoM) relief package to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy as a "betrayal", seven NGOs working for them today said they will hold a protest in New Delhi tomorrow. "The relief package has be
Over 80,000 taxis and a lakh auto-rickshaws in Mumbai today went off roads, over demand for hike in fares. The recent increase in the prices of CNG has prompted auto and taxi drivers to demand demand hike in fares. Auto unions are
Tamil as the court tongue in Tamil Nadu was high on the agenda of 13 ADMK MPs who met President Pratibha Patil on Monday. The MPs led by V Maitreyan submitted a memorandum to Patil about a Bill passed in 2006 by the TN assembly, but pendin
Six advocates practicing in the Madras High Court today commenced an indefinite fast to press for use of Tamil as the official High Court language. Meanwhile, various advocates associations, including Madras HIgh Court Advoc
CPI(M) today threatened to launch an intense agitation if the NDA government in Bihar failed to ensure physical possession of land to lakhs of peasants holding `parchas` by June 26. "We will further intensify our agitation if Nitish K
Lawyers agitating for implementation of Tamil as the official High Court language today tied black flags at a post where the tricolour has been hoisted on the court premises and also on the walking stick of Mahatma Gandhi`s statue. However
Continuing its offensive against Karnataka Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, facing land grab charges, a CPI(M) backed farmers` body today announced that it would go on a 48-hour fast on June 17. Senior members of CPI(M), All India Kisan Sabha
Trained Home Guards today demonstrated in front of the deputy commissioner`s office to demands salary hike at Barpeta in Assam. More than a hundred members of Barpeta District Trained Home Guards Association staged a dharna demandin
Seeking justice for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984, its survivors have started a signature campaign for a memorandum to be sent to US President Barack Obama against Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). "Your (Obama) tough s
Judicial work in western Uttar Pradesh was today affected as lawyers boycotted district courts, protesting against the alleged killing of their colleague in a sub-district court premises earlier this month. Lawyers were agitated ove
Hundered of students and their parents on Friday staged a dharna at Jantar Mantar demanding 85 per cent reservation of seats in the 18 colleges of Delhi University which get 100% grant in aid from the state government. They were led by former unio
People of four villages in Talaja taluka of the district are opposing the 6000 MW nuclear power project proposed to be set up in the region as part of civilian nuclear cooperation between India and the US. Villagers from Mithivirdi,
Journalists wore black badges during a silent protest before the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the busy Panposh Chowk here to protest against the attack of police on media. The media persons of Steel city and Sundargarh staged an hour long d
BSNL employees staged a `dharna` here to protest attack on their officer K Satyanarayana Raju and some other staffers allegedly by city Corporator Babji and his son. They demanded registration of cases against Babji and his son under the S
Members of Osmania University Teachers Association (OUTA) at a rally demanding implementation of revised pay scales at the university campus in Hyderabad on Thursday
Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) stage a protest against the verdict on Bopal Gas tragedy case, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
