Bhubaneswar: Two women from Khurda district’s Banapur area were admitted to Capital Hospital’s ICU in critical condition after they allegedly tried to end their lives by consuming poison at Lower PMG on Sunday evening. The women were identified as Manasi Behera and Bigyani Panda, both in their 40s.According to the police, three women, including Behera…
Lucknow: An eight-year-old boy was killed after an iron gate allegedly collapsed on him inside the premises of a day-care centre operated by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on Saturday morning.Shiva Kashyap (8), son of Vikram Kashyap, a resident of Bahraich, arrived in Lucknow just four days ago along with his mother,…
NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar said Pune police have failed to maintain law and order Pune: Opposition parties have blamed govt and police inaction for the death of at least 15 people due to consumption of spurious liquor in Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune. NCP (SP) workers on Friday vandalised an illicit liquor den in Hadapsar,…
Members of AJYCP and local residents protest in Tinsukia on Wednesday Dibrugarh: Members of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) and local residents staged a road blockade at Peepal Tol Chariali on Parbotia Road in Tinsukia on Wednesday, demanding immediate repair of the stretch that has been riddled with potholes and craters for nearly…
Hazaribag: Thousands of displaced villagers from Barkagaon block on Friday staged a massive protest against proposed coal mining projects and gheraoed the Hazaribag collectorate, opposing allocation of new coal blocks.Women joined carrying traditional weapons and placards to protect agricultural land.Protesters said, “they would not allow acquisition of fertile land for private companies under any circumstances,”…
Gorakhpur: Ahead of Samajwadi Party’s proposed protest on Wednesday against pollution in GIDA industrial area and other local issues, district administration placed Kajal Nishad and several party members under house arrest late Tuesday night. Police teams reached the residences of SP members and stopped them from stepping out, the party’s district office informed.Those confined included…
Hubballi: BJP Yuva Morcha members of Hubballi-Dharwad East Assembly constituency protested in the city and submitted a petition to the police department, demanding action to stop Bangladeshi infiltrators from coming to Hubballi from West Bengal.The protesters gathered in front of the town police station on Wednesday and accused the state of being irresponsible, and trying…
CPM activists on Wednesday staged a protest at historical Gandhi Square in Mysuru to mark their opposition to the fuel prices hike. They said it will affect the common man. They also blamed the BJP-led NDA government for the NEET UG fiasco Mysuru: CPM activists Wednesday held a protest near Gandhi Square in the city…
University of Mysore research scholars on Tuesday stage a dharna in Mysuru Mysuru: Research Scholars Association (non-scholarship), University of Mysore, has urged the university authorities to release scholarships for all the students. In a letter to UoM VC and registrar, the association stated that out of 95 research scholars who applied for scholarships, only 20…
Violence in the form of “shoot and scoot” actions cannot be recognised as a legitimate mode of protest under any tenet of demosprudence, the Delhi High Court has held, while expressing concern over a section of society reportedly indulging in disruptive activities under the guise of protest. The bench observed that although protests are an…
