political activism

Srinagar, March 14 PDP president Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the Centre's decision to revoke the detention of Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), saying the stringent law should never have been invoked against the environmentalist.The former chief minister of the...

Lucknow, March 14 – BSP chief, Mayawati, strongly criticised the Congress on Saturday over its proposal to award the Bharat Ratna to BSP leader Kanshi Ram, accusing the party of attempting to "exploit his name" despite what she described as its long-standing "anti-Dalit" attitude.Her remarks...

Athens, March 13. Pakistan's strategy to silence opposition combines domestic authoritarianism with transnational repression. As the crackdown within the country intensifies through the arrest of journalists, censorship of media, and the violent dispersal of protests, the effort to target...

Jaipur, March 12 Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot participated in a foot march here on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the historic Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi during India's freedom movement.The march, organized by the Bharat Seva Sansthan, was held from Shaheed Smarak to...

March 12, New Delhi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to all the great personalities who participated in the Dandi March, which began on this day in 1930.The Prime Minister shared a Sanskrit quote emphasizing the triumph of truth:“Satyam eva jayati, naanrutam satyen patha vittato...

Washington, March 12 – Two US senators have introduced legislation seeking sanctions against individuals involved in alleged forced organ harvesting in China.Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, both members of the Senate Foreign Relations...

Leaders of several NGOs under the banner of the Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organisations (COMSO) gathered in large numbers at Motphran on Wednesday to express concern over the recent incidents in Garo Hills and to offer support to the people of the region.Members of organizations...

New Delhi, March 11 Over 2,100 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) voted in favour of Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit resigning in a referendum conducted by the JNUSU, the results of which were released by the student union on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference, the...

Ottawa, March 10 – The brutal killing of Nancy Grewal, a Canadian citizen and well-known critic of the Khalistan movement, highlights growing concerns about Khalistani extremism spilling into violence on Canadian soil, against the backdrop of long-standing India-Canada tensions over the issue, a...

Kolkata, March 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ended her protest against the "flawed SIR" on Tuesday, after five days, stating that the protest was being temporarily suspended following the Supreme Court's order to set up an appellate mechanism regarding the revision of the voter...

Kolkata, March 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen on Tuesday symbolically drawing "SIR" and "Vanish" on a piece of paper during the fifth day of her protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, to express her opposition to the alleged deletion of...

Kolkata, March 9 – Following the lead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha began a hunger strike in Dinhata on Monday to protest what he described as the arbitrary removal of names from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive...

Kolkata, March 8 – The Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police announced on Sunday that they had arrested two Bangladeshi nationals, who were accused of the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho and a leader critical of India, in December last year...

Jammu, March 7 The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee said on Saturday that the party will organize protests in all district headquarters on March 9 against the recent India-US trade deal and will demand the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Addressing a press conference...

Kathmandu, March 6: The rise and fall of Nepal's former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli can be traced between two uprisings, separated by over half a century.The 74-year-old's political identity was shaped long before he became prime minister. He first came to national attention as a...

Ottawa, March 6 – The Hindu Canadian Foundation (HCF) strongly condemned the "targeted murder" of a Canadian citizen and a well-known Khalistani critic, Nancy Grewal, warning local authorities of the dangers posed by Canada-based Khalistani extremists (CBKE).Citing media reports, the...

Kathmandu, March 5 – As Nepal voted to determine its people's representatives in a high-stakes election held on Thursday, an entrepreneur and social media enthusiast pursued a unique approach to demonstrate that election campaigns need not be expensive to win a favorable mandate."Election...

Kolkata, March 5 On the death anniversary of Binapani Devi, the former head of Matua Mahasangha in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and the ECI over the "deliberate exclusion" of Matua voters from the electoral rolls.Matuas are...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 4 Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala, veteran G Sudhakaran announced on Wednesday that he would not renew his party membership, accusing state CPI(M) secretary M V Govindan of disrespecting him.In a detailed Facebook post, Sudhakaran expressed his...

Srinagar, March 3 Lok Sabha MP and influential Shia leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi claimed on Tuesday that his security detail had been downgraded, and asserted that "such foolish acts" would not deter him from calling out "atrocities against people."The Srinagar MP said that he was not...