New York: Occupy Wall Street protesters hope to rebound on Thursday with a march on the New York Stock Exchange to show their battle against economic inequality still has life after they were evicted from a nearby park. Most rallies by the two-month-old movement have numbered in the hundreds of people in New York but protesters and city officials expect thousands of demonstrators to pour into the Wall Street area...
06:23 PM, Nov 17, 2011
An FIR was lodged against Congress leaders including Union Ministers Jitin Prasada and RPN Singh in connection with the scuffle at Rahul Gandhi's rally venue in Phulpur on Monday. ...
01:35 PM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Jitin Prasada allegedly kicked protestors who were waving black flag against Rahul Gandhi. Before the Phulpur rally on Monday, Congressmen Jitin Prasada and Pramod Tewari were seen hitting two suspected Samajwadi Party workers in Rahul Gandhi's presence. Both Prasada, who also happens to be a Union Minister, and Tiwari, were caught on camera kicking two suspected SP workers who had broken the security cordon and flashed...
05:10 PM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: Taking on Team Anna, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday broke her silence on the issue of graft, saying corruption cannot be fought by speeches. In her speech which was read out to the crowd in Uttrakhand by Defence Minister AK Antony, she said that corruption cannot be fought by speeches. In an obvious reference to Team Anna, she said, "These days there is a lot of talk...
02:09 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Friends and family of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes took out a protest march from Andheri station. ...
07:37 PM, Nov 06, 2011
Mumbai: An FIR was registered against the organisers of the Shiv Sena Dussehra rally on Friday, after their noise at the event broke the law on permissible decibel levels. While Uddhav and Balasaheb Thackeray's speeches ranged between 56 and 70 db, the specified noise level is 50 decibels. Ramdas Kadam and Manohar Joshi's speeches were between 58- 80 db. The FIR has been registered at the Shivaji Park police station...
12:07 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Ahmedabad: Exactly a week back Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was on a fast, preaching harmony and amity. On Sunday, in a massive show of strength Modi was at his scathing best - seeking the recall of the State Governor Kamala Beniwal, accusing the Centre of running a parallel government through the Raj Bhawan by unilaterally appointing the Lokayukta while accusing Centre of running a corrupt administration. Modi said, "The...
09:16 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Ahmedabad: Upbeat over the response to his three-day Sadbhavana fast, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday organised a massive anti-corruption rally at Vastral, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Addressing the rally, Modi hit out at the Congress and the state Governor, saying, "Two governments cannot run in state. Friends in Congress are running second one through Governor." Accusing the opposition of indulging in conspiracy to dislodge his government, Modi...
03:24 PM, Sep 25, 2011
London: Thousands of Muslims gathered together for a peace rally to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11 attacks, expressing their condemnation of terrorism and extremism. The Peace for Humanity conference has been organised by the Islamic group Minhaj-ul-Quran, which is also launching a campaign to get one million people to sign an online declaration of peace by 2012. Islam is against terrorism, a leading Islamic scholar told the 12000-strong...
08:53 PM, Sep 24, 2011
Anna Hazare's suppoters came out in large numbers in cities across India to fight against corruption. ...
10:22 PM, Aug 21, 2011
The new terrain threw open the doors for new faces on the podium after the big guys fumbled in the Indian National Rally Championship. ...
11:04 AM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: There were clashes between the Congress activists and police at the party's nyaya yatra in Lucknow on Monday. The police resorted to lathicharge to push back the protesting Congress workers. Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi and 500 other Congress workers were taken into custody for flouting prohibitory orders. Congress workers took out the rally though they were denied permission by the administration and section 144 was imposed...
02:02 PM, Jun 27, 2011
The Bharatiya Janata Party members on Monday protested in Bhopal over the police crackdown. ...
12:41 PM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: A Mau court issued a non-bailable warrant against Sanjay Dutt on Saturday over his allegedly provocative election speech during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign. Dutt in his speech had alleged that he was booked under TADA as he was the son of a Muslim mother. An FIR was issued against Dutt after he claimed in an election rally that he was tortured in jail because of the...
04:09 PM, May 28, 2011
This week on 'Overdrive' we tell you about the which car to select for a Rally race. ...
07:08 PM, May 08, 2011
New Delhi: A nation-wide rally will be held Sunday to express support for the passage of the Lokpal Bill ahead of the May 2 meeting of the joint panel drafting the anti-graft law. The rally, called under the banner of India Against Corruption (IAC) will be holding rallies across India on Sunday to show strong support for the Jan Lokpal bill. People are gathering in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Indore and...
07:05 PM, May 01, 2011
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the US to stop drone attacks in the country's tribal areas after a group of parliamentarians spoke of the growing resentment among local people against it. The issue came up when parliamentarians from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) met Zardari on Monday, Dawn reported. President's spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said the FATA delegation apprised the president of the resentment against drone attacks. They...
02:50 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Mumbai: Hundreds of people from diverse walks of life in Mumbai on Sunday participated in a car and motorcycle rally to celebrate the success of social activist Anna Hazare, who forced the government to accept his demands for a tougher legislation against corruption. The rally was organised by India Against Corruption (IAC), an umbrella group of people and organisations who have come together to collectively demand enactment of the Jan...
02:44 PM, Apr 10, 2011
Benghazi: Libyan woman Ayman Al Abidi, who stormed into a Tripoli hotel on Saturday, telling foreign reporters that she had been raped by government troops, has been released, reported a spokesman for the Gaddafi regime. In Benghazi hundreds of men and women held a rally in support of the rape victim. Following disturbing pictures of Ayman Al Abidi that hit the TV airwaves in Benghazi almost 24 hours after the...
09:45 AM, Mar 28, 2011
