Jaipur, July 15 (IANS) Pappu Gurjar, the brother of slain dacoit Jagan Gurjar, was shifted from Ajmer High Security Jail to Dausa Central Jail under heavy security following concerns raised by his family over his safety after Jagan’s murder inside the prison. Pappu was escorted to Dausa at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday after the Ajmer jail administration received transfer orders from the prison headquarters on Monday.Additional police personnel were deployed to ensure the transfer was completed witho…
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Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel Pralhad Joshi on Monday said the incident in which women farmers allegedly thrashed officials with brooms during the Joint Measurement Survey (JMC) for the proposed Bidadi Township project was a “warning bell” for the Karnataka government. In a statement, Joshi said the agitation by Bidadi farmers was not an ordinary protest but an expression of the deep anguish of farmers determined to protect their agricultural land, which…
Chatra (Jharkhand), July 10 (IANS) Public anger has intensified in Jharkhand’s Chatra district following the death of a CRPF jawan in a road accident in Simaria.The agitation has brought traffic to a standstill on the Chatra-Hazaribagh and Chatra-Tandwa-Ranchi main roads, with long queues of vehicles stranded on both routes.The blockade that began on Thursday evening was continuing as of 4 p.m. on Friday, disrupting traffic on key routes and highlighting long-standing concerns over coal transpor…
Budapest, July 7 (IANS) Hungary’s opposition Fidesz party has announced that it will hold a protest on Thursday as Prime Minister Peter Magyar submitted a constitutional amendment to oust the country’s President, Tamas Sulyok, a report has said. Magyar, who secured win in the elections held in April, has repeatedly called for the removal of President Sulyok who was appointed by his predecessor Viktor Orban, whom he calls “Orban’s puppet”, Euro News reported.The amendment submitted by Magyar stat…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s longstanding narrative of representing the interests of Kashmiri Muslims on global platforms while alleging that India violates their rights is increasingly contradicted by the ground realities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).In the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2024 alongside sustained infrastructure investment. This included the inauguration of the Chenab Bridge in June 2025, the world’s highest…
Hyderabad, June 28 (IANS) Congress national spokesperson Dr Shama Mohamed on Sunday urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to take action against some BJP leaders who allegedly assaulted the principal in Nizamabad district over the teaching of Urdu in the school.Posting, on X, a video in which a man slapped the teacher in the presence of police officials, she said that a group of ‘BJP goons’ barged into the campus of a school in Telangana and assaulted a teacher who was teaching Urd…
Geneva, June 12 (IANS) UN experts expressed grave concern over reports of excessive use of force against demonstrators protesting restrictive dress code measures imposed on women in Afghanistan, where two people, including a boy, were killed and more than twenty others were injured.According to the experts, the protests were triggered by the detention of dozens of women in Herat city of Afghanistan, on June 6 and 7, over alleged dress code violations.“Use of force in law enforcement is strictl…
Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) Police have announced cash rewards for the arrest of four people in connection with the black flag protest against Rajasthan BJP President Madan Rathore during his visit to Kuchaman City on May 30. Reacting to the development, Nagaur MP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief Hanuman Beniwal questioned the Rajasthan government’s response to the protest. “Expressing disagreement in a democracy is not a crime,” Beniwal said.According to Nagaur Superintendent of Police Dr. …
Srinagar, June 3 (IANS) During their daylong meeting here on Wednesday, the ruling National Conference (NC) legislators, led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, decided to hold a protest on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament in New Delhi for the restoration of statehood and other constitutional guarantees to J&K. NC ministers, MPs, MLAs, and ruling party allies held day-long discussions at the Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar.NC ministers, MPs, and MLAs led by…
Dhaka, June 1 (IANS) Several protestors and police personnel were injured in Bangladesh after the law enforcement authorities used water cannons, tear gas shells and sound grenades to disperse demonstrators outside the Islami Bank head office in Dhaka’s Dilkusha commercial area on Monday morning, local media reported. The demonstration, organised under the banners of the Islami Bank Disgruntled Customers’ Co-ordination Council and Islami Bank Customer Forum, was held to protest the appointment o…