New Delhi: An unprecedented security clampdown and the detention of over 7,000 protesters, including CJP leader Abhijit Dipke, four former chief ministers and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, helped the government thwart a planned mass mobilisation at Jantar Mantar Saturday to press for the resignation of Chief...
New Delhi: Climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk Saturday condemned the arrests of student and youth leaders in Delhi intended to stall the CJP protest, describing the situation as reminiscent of an "undeclared emergency" in the country. Urging the government to stop the arrests...
Imphal: Three people, including a woman, were killed in fresh clashes between armed groups in Manipur’s Kamjong and Ukhrul districts in the past 24 hours, while Kamjong police station was reportedly set on fire, officials said Saturday. Meanwhile, police have dismissed reports and video circulating...
New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain of abetment to rioting in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in the Dayalpur area, while acquitting the 12 other accused of all charges. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh convicted...
New Delhi: Several Opposition leaders, including former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, AAP national convener and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, were Saturday detained by the police while attempting to join the protest, called by the Cockroach Janta...
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe last month's mid-air cockpit attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a flydubai flight, officials said Saturday. The case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and the Unlawful...
New Delhi: Around 1,000 protesters were detained across the national Capital Saturday while on their way to take part in the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led agitation against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, police said. Security has been beefed up across the National Capital Region...
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Modi government, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Saturday claimed that Delhi is witnessing a war-like deployment, and said our Gen Z deserves better than an undeclared Emer-GenZ. He said the government should provide answers, not lathis; expression, not repression. Tharoor,...
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday staged a protest outside the Election Commission office in Chandigarh against alleged 'vote chori' and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Senior party leader and Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia was detained during the demonstration,...
New Delhi: CJP founder Abhijit Dipke said the organisation's in-charge Ajinkya Shinde would lead its protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar as long as he and two other leaders remained in detention. In a post on X, Dipke Saturday said he...
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