political activism

New Delhi, February 28 The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday claimed that the Delhi Police has denied it permission to hold a rally at Jantar Mantar on March 1.However, Delhi Police officials stated that no decision has been taken so far."The matter is under consideration; the permission has...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 28 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan paid tribute to former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in the Gulberg Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots.In a Facebook post, Vijayan stated that 69 people, including Jafri, were burnt to death in the...

Tokyo, February 28 – Large numbers of Japanese citizens gathered in Tokyo to protest Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's attempt to revise the country's pacifist Constitution.Nearly 1,000 people attended the demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's official residence on Friday evening...

Quetta, February 26 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, expressed grave concern on Thursday over the continued imprisonment of its chief organizer, Mehrang Baloch, and other leaders, citing what it described as a systematic pattern of "legal and procedural manipulation"...

Chandigarh, February 25 – The Haryana Congress staged a protest here on Wednesday against the BJP government over the alleged renaming and weakening of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), accusing it of attempting to undermine social security provisions for the...

Chennai, February 25 – Veteran Communist leader R. Nallakannu, one of the most respected figures in Tamil Nadu's political landscape and a lifelong member of the CPI, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 101.He passed away at 1:55 p.m. at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, where...

New Delhi, February 25 Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said the action taken against Youth Congress members for raising the voice of the people is "highly condemnable" and "shameful".She asserted that it is in the interest of 1.4 billion Indians to raise voice...

Bengaluru, February 24 – Karnataka BJP President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar of neglecting the struggles of young people and playing with their lives, on Tuesday.Speaking to the media in Bengaluru, Vijayendra...

Dhaka, February 24 – The Awami League (AL) in Bangladesh is showing signs of revival, with grassroots leaders and activists recently reopening offices in several districts across the country, raising national and party flags, putting up party posters and banners, while facing no restrictions on...

Hyderabad, February 24 Top Maoist commander and the key "strategist" of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit, Thippiri Tirupati, also known as Devuji, surrendered to the Telangana police on Tuesday, after spending over four decades in hiding, police said.Devuji, a key member of the Central Committee...

New Delhi, February 24 – With a Delhi court sending the National President of the Youth Congress (IYC), Uday Bhanu Chib, to four days of police custody following his arrest in connection with the shirtless protest held during the India AI Impact Summit, opposition leaders on Tuesday criticised...

Theni (Tamil Nadu), February 24 Noting that he has worked for the party's welfare for over 46 years while enduring "all insults with patience", expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam offered to quit politics if his mistakes were proven.Without naming AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K...

Kolkata, February 23 Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, a clash broke out between members of the TMC and the ISF in the Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas district on Monday evening, causing panic among locals, police said.A senior police officer said that both sides had filed...

Lahore, February 23 Pakistan's anti-cybercrime body has arrested a Canadian citizen, believed to be missing since last week in Lahore, for uploading social media posts critical of state institutions and officials.Canadian research scholar Hamza Ahmad Khan arrived in Pakistan on February 13 to...

Lahore, February 22 A Canadian national who came to Pakistan this month to conduct doctoral research on "anti-imperialist politics" has gone missing in Lahore city, police said on Sunday.Lahore police have registered a kidnapping case against "unidentified suspects" on the complaint of Yousuf...

New Delhi, February 22 The Congress announced new initiatives on Sunday, including setting up rapid legal response teams at the state and district levels, and raising its voice to reclaim the original RTI Act, as part of efforts to encourage the involvement of young people with the party...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 22 The Mahila Congress has announced a five-phase agitation against alleged price increases and anti-women policies of the Kerala government.As part of the first phase of the protest, a 24-hour-long hunger strike will be held in front of the state Secretariat here...

New Delhi, February 21 The IYC's protest at the AI Impact Summit was inspired by the violent Gen Z movement in Nepal that recently toppled the government there, the Delhi Police said on Saturday.Investigators are probing the financial trail behind the protest, including who funded the printing...

Mumbai, February 21 The Mumbai Youth Congress held a protest outside the BJP's 'Vasant Smruti' office in Dadar on Saturday to condemn the death threat recently issued to Rahul Gandhi.The protest, during which participants shouted slogans and threw flowers, was intended to send a clear message...

Srinagar, February 21 The Jammu and Kashmir government has "destroyed" the aspirations of unemployed youth in the Union territory by "outsourcing" approximately 23,000 jobs, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Sunil Sharma said on Saturday.The BJP leader urged the Omar Abdullah government to...