Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) The Sringeri recount row escalated on Tuesday, with a Karnataka BJP delegation meeting Governor Thawarchand Gehlot and submitting a complaint against Speaker U.T. Khader for delaying the administration of the oath to victorious BJP MLA D.N. Jeevaraj. The BJP leaders urged the Governor to administer the oath himself.It may be recalled that the process of reverification and recounting of postal ballots in the Sringeri Assembly constituency from the 2023 elections was conduc…
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Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) Residents in Karachi held a protest against prolonged, unannounced power outages lasting up to 16 hours daily, resulting in severe traffic congestion in the city’s business district for hours, local media reported on Tuesday. The protests on Monday impacted vehicular movement on the I.I. Chundrigar Road, Ziauddin Ahmed Road and nearby areas for over two hours, with roads in nearby areas, including Saddar and Pakistan Chowk, clogged and commuters facing difficulty und…
Noida, April 13 (IANS) A protest by workers in Phase 2 of Noida in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar escalated into violence on Monday, as demonstrators demanding a salary hike clashed with authorities and vandalised property outside a private company. The agitation, which had been ongoing for the past three days in the form of a sit-in protest, intensified as thousands of workers took to the streets across multiple industrial sectors. The situation turned volatile in Sector 1, Block 84, where…
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Prices of roti and chapati have increased in Pakistan’s Karachi as the country continues to experience a severe Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) crisis, further increasing financial burden on people who are already facing difficulty with inflation, local media reported on Thursday. Tandoor owners have hiked prices by Pakistani Rupees (PKR) five, citing higher production costs due to the rise in LPG price, which is widely used in the absence of natural gas, Pakistan’s leadi…
Jaipur, April 3 (IANS) Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday condemned the detainment of NSUI leaders and workers during a protest at Rajasthan University, calling it an attack on democratic rights. He urged the state government to immediately release those detained, alleging that the action reflects an authoritarian approach to dissent.Ashok Gehlot stated that the NSUI’s peaceful protest against the alleged imposition of RSS ideology at Rajasthan University—and what it views a…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) The Congress workers, on Friday, held a massive protest over multiple delays in the beginning of procurement of wheat crops under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Madhya Pradesh, alleging that delay (in procurement) was forcing farmers to sell their produce to middle-persons at low prices. A large number of Youth Congress workers along with local party leaders on Friday blocked a National Highway in Shujalpur in Shajapur district, resulting in long queues of vehicles and…
Sambhal, March 21 (IANS) Members of the Shia community in the Sambhal district on Saturday offered Eid prayers while wearing black armbands as a mark of mourning and protest over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with a brief altercation with the police officials reported during sloganeering in the Sirsi region. Community members wore black armbands to symbolise grief and solidarity during what they described as a period of emotional loss. They stated that the gesture …
Srinagar, March 13 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) delegation, on Friday, met protesting students and parents of Kashmiri students enrolled in the B.Sc Nursing programme at Mewar University in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh, who had held a demonstration in Srinagar, expressing concern over the alleged lack of recognition for the course and the detention of students following a campus protest. Nasir Kheuhami, JKSA National Convenor said, “During the interaction, a JKSA delegatio…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The BJP alleged on Saturday that West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee’s indefinite anti-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) sit-in protest in Kolkata that started from Friday afternoon is yet another ploy to protect the illegal infiltrators in the voters’ list of the state.Although the Trinamool Congress leadership, led by the Chief Minister, began the sit-in protest on Friday afternoon at Esplanade East in central Kolkata, it has not given any indication of how lon…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Around 15 children fell sick at an Anganwadi centre in West Bengal on Thursday after a dead lizard was allegedly found in the cooked food served there.The incident took place at the Nagendrapur Uttarpara ICDS centre in Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district. All the 15 children who reportedly fell sick after consuming the contaminated food were admitted to Raidighi Rural Hospital.According to local sources, lunch was being served to the children at the ICDS centre when th…