Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) Members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and BJP attempted to gherao the Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee office here on Wednesday.Police stopped them before they could reach the main gate, leading to a scuffle and a prolonged standoff outside the Congress office.The BJP workers raised slogans against the state government and the Congress leadership.Anticipating the protest, police had set up barricades on the route. Protesters allegedly tried to break throug…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das on Wednesday said that the outfit, which is leading an agitation demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks, has conveyed to Union Minister JP Nadda that if the government is “genuinely concerned” then he should come to their protest site at Jantar Mantar to hold talks with the agitators.Das, along with another CJP member, Ashutosh Ranka, had met Nadda at his residenc…
Kochi, July 22 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the police and the state government over the handling of the investigation into the death of Anjarakandy Dental College student R.L. Nithin Raj, observing that serious procedural lapses in the arrest of prime accused Dr M.K. Ram had enabled him to secure bail and raised suspicions of collusion.Hearing a petition filed by Nithin Raj’s family, Justice A. Badharudeen said there appeared to be a prima facie conspiracy on t…
Bhopal, July 20 (IANS) Tension flared in the state capital on Monday as OBC Mahasabha activists clashed with police while demanding the implementation of 27 per cent reservation and the immediate release of 13 per cent withheld posts. Police deployed water cannons to disperse the protesters who attempted to march towards the Legislative Assembly. Several activists were arrested at Roshanpura Square.The demonstrators, who had arrived from various districts across Madhya Pradesh, gathered at Rosha…
Jammu, July 20 (IANS) As the horrors of unprecedented death and destruction caused by the flood unfold in the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, bone-chilling reports of human suffering and infrastructure collapse came to light on Monday, with hundreds of fortunate civilians escaping death with a whisker.L-G Manoj Sinha took stock of the situation on Sunday. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a meeting of senior officers in Jammu, directing every department to go all ou…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A day after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to Safdarjung hospital following health deterioration resulting from 20 days of hunger strike, his wife Gitanjali J. Angmo said that the BJP-led Central government is “scared” that a huge number of people will join the agitator during a peaceful march to the Parliament, scheduled to be held on the first day of the Monsoon session on Monday, July 20.Angmo’s reaction came after the Delhi High Court on Sunday refused …
Hyderabad, July 19 (IANS) Bahadurguda village near Hyderabad Airport in Shamshabad, Telangana, remained tense on Sunday as the authorities continued fencing 650 acres of land earmarked for a proposed high-speed train hub.Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) removed the farmers’ hunger strike camp late Saturday night and continued fencing what it calls government land amid tight security.Police have taken the village under their control and barred the entry of outsider…
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh), July 18 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, security forces have recovered a large quantity of weapons, ammunition, communication equipment, medical supplies, and other Naxal-related materials during a continuous search operation in the Naxal-free Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh. The Bomb Disposal Squad safely neutralised and destroyed 44 BGL shells on the spot. Acting on specific information received from an informant, a team of the BSF Battalion (Sonpur) conduc…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A woman hurled ink-like liquid at Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday while he was addressing supporters at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar following the removal of climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk from the protest site. The incident briefly disrupted the programme, with commotion breaking out as supporters rushed towards the stage after the ink was thrown at Dipke.The identity of the woman and the motive behind the incident are yet to b…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) At least four workers were injured in an explosion in a sponge iron factory in the Jamuria area under Asansol Municipal Corporation in West Burdwan district, said the police on Saturday morning. The incident took place late last night in the Sheikhpur area of the Ikra Industrial Estate in Jamuria. A large number of police and fire brigade officers reached the spot and rescued the trapped workers. The injured were sent to the hospital for treatment.As soon as the new…