New Delhi: The Delhi Police have registered over 20 FIRs in connection with attempts to forcibly stage protests in the national capital, officials said on Sunday. The FIRs were filed for offences including taking the law into one's own hands, obstructing official duties, and assaulting...
New Delhi: INDIA bloc will hold a protest march against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh on the "vote chori" issue in Delhi Monday, while a delegation of its senior leaders will submit a memorandum to the Chief Justice of India for his intervention in the matter,...
Geneva: UN human rights office has raised concerns over mass detentions during large-scale protests in Delhi Saturday, as it urged Indian authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly and called for the immediate release of anyone arbitrarily detained. Hundreds of protesters were detained as...
New Delhi: Supreme Court will hear Sunday a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against authorities for alleged blatant violation of the court's direction to ensure no complete prohibition on metro and trains services in Delhi due to the CJP protest. According to the cause...
United Nations: India hits out at Pakistan at the UN, saying nuclear weapons must not be treated as "routine instruments of statecraft", asserting that New Delhi will "not bow" to nuclear blackmail. India exercised its Right of Reply at the plenary meeting of the First...
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...
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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By Dilip Cherian Appointing Gaurav Yadav as regular Director General of Police in Punjab settles a question that should never...
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Defeat in Ayodhya in 2024, where the Ram temple was built with much pomp, appears to have deeply shaken the...
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