Three years after the onset of ethnic violence in Manipur, over 24,000 displaced people continue to live in relief camps in the face of renewed apprehensions over safety and quality of life as a new wave of attacks and protests erupted following the death of villagers, while the Supreme Court asks for an explanation from […]
Students who arrived on college buses at the BJP’s “Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao” march in Bhopal on Wednesday said they knew little about the event, and several claimed their institutions threatened to cut their attendance if they stayed away. Buses marked LNCT, Sage, IPER and Bansal Institute stood near Platinum Plaza on Atal Path, along […]
Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan to raise a voice against alleged irregularities in the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision on Sunday. Police gave permission for a rally between 10am and 5pm, provided there were no acts of violence or inflammatory speeches. The demonstration includes the Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, and other […]
New Delhi: Ramlila Maidan, one of the largest venues to host political rallies in India, witnessed the INDIA opposition bloc holding a “Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao” rally on Sunday as a show of force against the Election Commission of India. The controversy over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) saw multiple leaders accuse the Election Commission […]
COIMBATORE: An out-of-control pickup vehicle crashed into a transformer on a street in Kavundampalayam around 2 pm, bending the structure and cutting power to parts of the locality for six hours here on Friday. Electricity Board (TNEB) workers restored supply around 8 pm, and the damaged transformer put passersby at serious risk until officials reached […]
MUMBAI: Actor Imran Khan has asked the Foreigners Regional Registration Office to share the material it relied on to propose cancelling his Overseas Citizen of India registration in a reply submitted on Thursday. Khan called the grounds in the notice “nebulous and contradictory.” He filed the reply two days after the Centre assured the Bombay […]
Three and a half years after the ethnic conflict in Manipur, farmers, mothers, students and volunteers have stories to tell. Despite the official statistics, many stories lie behind the fear that exists in the jewel state of the Northeast. In Chassad village of Kamjong district, at least 15 Kuki homes burned down, leaving families fleeing […]
The People’s Party of Arunachal fact-finding team says Chinese troops have blocked Indian patrols from Shera-5 near Taksing , prompting denials from the Army and the state home minister. The controversy gained fresh significance after the ITBP chief confirmed face-offs at multiple frontiers along the border. “Within the last few days, multiple face-offs have taken […]
A retort to a heckler has overtaken the substance of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s Sunday speech in Patna, shifting attention from his electoral-roll allegations to language of politics. The BJP launched nationwide protests against him on Monday. Kharge was speaking about alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls when a young […]
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh’s chief electoral officer says 10,470 corrections reached the Pilibhit voter roll after the final list went public. The local office holds no supporting records for them. “No forms or records related to any of these entries could be found,” IAS Navdeep Rinwa said. The state published the final roll after the Special […]
More than 5,000 objections have been filed against Bhopal’s draft Master Plan 2047, with farmers, residents and traders opposing provisions affecting land use, residential areas and commercial establishments. The state published the draft in the MP Gazette on September 25 and allowed 30 days for objections. Farmers on the Upper Lake’s edge, Arera Colony residents, […]
Two commuters fell into rain-hidden potholes on the same Coimbatore road in quick succession. Commuters say temporary patches are not working, and the roads were bad even before the rain. In the first incident, a commuter fell into a pothole after losing his balance while travelling on the wet road. Not long before the whole […]
Mumbai, known as the city of dreams and Bollywood capital, witnessed unidentified gunmen open fire at actor Tiger Shroff’s car in Juhu on October 18. The actor escaped without any serious injuries, but his driver and an autorickshaw driver were injured during this incident. The whole event raised serious concerns about the safety of public […]
Hundreds gathered at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square on Saturday to protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of India’s electoral rolls. According to reports, a smaller group of government supporters held a counter-protest nearby. The protest was organised by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth wing […]
Three weeks before the crush at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal, Kolkata’s police commissioner gave the city’s organisers two instructions: keep entry and exit routes separate, and plan for rain. On Saturday evening, in rain, a surge at the pandal’s exit gate left at least 17 people dead, PTI reports. It called them feared […]
Several film personalities, including Vijay Varma, Huma Qureshi, Imran Khan and Zayn Marie, have publicly backed the nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and a rollback of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Imran Khan, with his cousin Zayn Marie, joined a protest and were detained by police […]
A security lockdown aimed at protesters has affected daily commuters as the agitation on 10 October stretched into a fourth day of disruption in New Delhi. Police and paramilitary forces locked down much of the north city around 57 metro stations and 240 trains to New Delhi and Nizamuddin stations were cancelled. Mobile internet was […]
By Saturday mid-morning, the roads around Jantar Mantar, the capital’s traditional protest ground, were a maze of barricades, buses and uniforms. The rally was meant to be loud. The state’s answer was to leave nothing for it to stand on. The protest, called by India’s youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh […]
