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…
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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…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) With a Delhi court sending Youth Congress (IYC) National President Uday Bhanu Chib to four days of police custody following his arrest in connection with the shirtless protest held during the India AI Impact Summit, Opposition leaders on Tuesday criticised the move, stating that raising issues through protest is not a crime. Speaking to reporters, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala said: “If a government betrays the nation’s interests in trade agreements, exposing it …
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Delhi Police declined to give a clear explanation after members of the Indian Youth Congress staged a protest inside Bharat Mandapam during the India AI Impact Summit on Friday.Youth Congress workers raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central government over issues including unemployment, inflation and the India-US trade deal.When asked by IANS how the protesters managed to breach security at the high-profile venue, Additional DCP Anand Mishra di…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Members of the Indian Youth Congress staged a dramatic protest inside Bharat Mandapam on Friday during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central government over alleged “unemployment, inflation and the reported India-US trade deal”.According to officials, several Youth Congress workers removed their shirts and shouted slogans, including “PM is compromised”, before security personnel intervened. The protester…
Lucknow, Feb 2 (IANS) Candidates associated with the 69,000 teacher recruitment case staged a protest in Lucknow on Monday, ahead of the upcoming hearing in the Supreme Court, demanding an early resolution to the long-pending issue. The protest was organised outside the residence of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Keshav Prasad Maurya. The demonstrators alleged irregularities in the recruitment process and delay in providing appointments despite qualifying the examinati…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress all-India general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday informed that the administration has already announced financial assistance for the deceased migrant worker who was killed in Jharkhand, which triggered back to back protest in Murshidabad district’s Beldanga. At the same time, Banerjee said that some traitors of the BJP are instigating people to resort to violence over the death of the migrant worker. He also said that a decision has been made by…