The Opposition Congress will stage statewide protests on Monday over the gangrape of a Swiss woman in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh. While the state Congress president Kantilal Bhuria will stage a protest in Bhopal, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Ajay Singh will stage a sit-in at Datia to highlight the rising crime against women in the state, the party sources said. ...
07:40 PM, Mar 17, 2013
42 years after Bangladesh was liberated, it is resonating with nationalist chants that are demanding hanging of war criminals and are looking for closure to the country's darkest chapter. ...
04:42 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Suspected activists of Shiv Sena and Hindu Sena on Saturday night disrupted a performance by Pakistani Sufi singer Sanam Marwi here before staging a protest against the participation of the artistes from the neighbouring country at the Sufi festival in New Delhi, police said. ...
12:32 AM, Mar 17, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh will attend the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) meeting that began in Jaipur on Friday. A resolution will be passed seeking protection of Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan after regular reports of temple demolitions and forced conversions. ...
09:24 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Colleges in Tamil Nadu have been asked to remain closed till further orders in view of the growing student protests on alleged human rights violations against Tamils in Sri Lanka. The protests are significant as Tamil parties try to put pressure on India to vote against Lanka in the UN human rights council later this month. ...
08:40 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Curfew continued in Srinagar district for the second consecutive day on Friday following the death of a youth in alleged firing by CRPF personnel here on Wednesday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in large numbers across the city to ensure that there are no attempts to violate prohibitory orders, police said. ...
11:20 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Bangladesh police on Thursday arrested a sub-district chairman and local leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for inciting attacks on Hindus and temples in southeastern Chittagong as minorities appeared to be targets of past two weeks of violence over 1971 war crimes trial. ...
08:57 AM, Mar 15, 2013
A bandh call has been called in Srinagar on Thursday after a protestor was allegedly killed in CRPF firing. A curfew was imposed after locals also attacked Indian soldiers with stones on Wednesday. One person was allegedly killed in the stone pelting. ...
10:25 AM, Mar 14, 2013
More than a 100 days after arresting eight people on charges of murdering Constable Tomar at the India Gate protests, a U-turn by Delhi Police. Delhi Police has now told the Delhi High Court that the eight people arrested are not involved in the death. ...
10:06 AM, Mar 14, 2013
A day after the first fidayeen attack in three years, a strike was called in Srinagar after the death of a protester. The State government imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew after the youth was allegedly killed in the CRPF firing. ...
07:46 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Authorities have decided to impose curfew in Srinagar district following the death of a youth in CRPF firing in Zoonimar area of the city. "Curfew will be imposed in Srinagar district after midnight," District Magistrate Srinagar Baseer Ahmad Khan said. ...
06:46 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Protests by students on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue continued across Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, with law students mainly in the fray. About 40 students of Dr Ambedkar Law University and Dr Ambedkar Government Law College here continued with their fast, demanding an independent probe against Colombo for alleged war crimes besides stressing for separate Eelam (homeland for Tamils). ...
02:59 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Feminist groups have long demanded a greater role for women in the Catholic Church, which only allows men to be ordained as priests. ...
01:47 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday threatened to intensify his movement for a strong Lokpal Bill if the UPA government failed to introduce it before the General elections in 2014. ...
03:12 AM, Mar 13, 2013
As many as 154 opposition activists, who were detained during a raid on their headquarters Monday night, were sent to jail Tuesday in connection with two assault cases against them. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka passed the order sending the activists to jail after they were produced before it, Xinhua reported. ...
11:40 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Yamuna Raksha Dal has claimed that the government has agreed to one of its main demands. The activists say that the government is ready to construct a 20-km long canal near the Yamuna in Delhi. After the government agreed to their demand for a canal, the activists decided to postpone their protest at Jantar Mantar and are awaiting the final decision on their other demands ...
04:59 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Delhi Police has admitted in the High Court that the eight people arrested in connection with the death of a policeman during the anti-rape agitation at India Gate are innocent. Constable Subhash Tomar had died while a crack down on agitators was on. ...
03:17 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Many areas of Srinagar city on Tuesday observed a complete shutdown over the arrest of a youth allegedly involved in stone-pelting, officials said. A complete shutdown is being observed in Nowhatta, Gojwara and adjoining areas around the historic Jamia Masjid in the old city here, sources said. ...
01:55 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Police on Tuesday lathicharged protesting students in Patna who were agitating against the murder of a student on Monday evening. Reports say students at a hostel affiliated to the Patna University had an altercation with some locals. One of the students had died in the ensuing firing. ...
01:46 PM, Mar 12, 2013
A man injured in a stone-pelting incident in Anantnag district of Kashmir succumbed to his injuries taking the death toll to five. The incident has led to massive criticism in Kashmir against those protesting the hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. ...
01:37 PM, Mar 12, 2013
