Hours after police evacuated demonstrators from Raisina Hills and Sonia Gandhi's residence, high drama was witnessed at India Gate on Sunday morning when agitators resisted police attempts to detain them for defying prohibitory orders to protest against the gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedic student. The protesters assembled near the war memorial from 9 am when they were asked to vacate the location by the police which said the area was...
12:01 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Anticipating more protests on the gangrape of a young girl, eight Delhi Metro stations near Raisina Hill and India Gate were on Sunday closed for public. Last night it was decided to close four stations -- Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan and Race Course -- but this morning it was extended to three more including Barakhamba, Mandi House, Khan Market and Pragati Maidan. ...
10:05 AM, Dec 23, 2012
I went to the protests at Raisina Hill expecting very little. Despite the anger over the recent, brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old by a group of six men, who also beat up her male friend, protests over women's violence in the Capital have been relatively small. ...
07:59 PM, Dec 22, 2012
As thousands of protesters gathered at India Gate and marched towards Rashtrapati Bhawan atop Raisina Hill on Saturday, the police were forced to fire teargas shells and use water cannons against them. The protesters have been demanding justice for the 23-year-old victim of the brutal gangrape and vicious physical assault in a moving bus by a group of men. ...
07:24 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Condemning police action against young protesters, BJP today attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for remaining silent on the gang-rape of the paramedic student. The party also demanded that both Singh and Gandhi should assure the country on the safety of women. ...
04:48 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Key UPA ally Trinamool Congress and outside supporter Samajwadi Party on Wednesday suggested their own nominees for the post of President - APJ Kalam, PM Manmohan Singh and former speaker Somnath Chatterjee. ...
09:16 PM, Jun 13, 2012
RJD leader Lalu Yadav made the statement when asked about Mamata Banerjee's choice of presidential candidates. ...
02:14 PM, May 21, 2012
Lieutenant General (Retd) BS Malik on Wednesday refuted the Indian Express report on 'suspicious' movement of Army troops, calling it baseless. ...
06:49 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: South Africa were one of the favourites in the last two World Cups but in the ongoing edition, the hullabaloo surrounding the Proteas is less and it can work wonders for the team, whose immediate aim is to qualify for the quarter-finals, said off-spinner Johan Botha. Terming hosts India and defending champions Australia as the favourites for the title, Botha said South Africa too has the potential to...
11:08 PM, Dec 19, 2007
The politics of Rashtrapati Bhavan is spreading even to small villages. ...
12:17 PM, Jun 22, 2007
