political activism

Jammu, February 21 Members of the BJP Yuva Morcha held a demonstration in Jammu on Saturday to counter the "shirtless protest" by Congress' youth wing workers at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi the previous day.Led by the president of Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)...

Mumbai/Pune, February 19 NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule demanded on Thursday that the Maharashtra government provide security to her party MLA Rohit Pawar, noting that he has been raising concerns and questions in the wake of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's death in an air crash.In a post on...

Mumbai, February 19 The Congress will strengthen its organizational base in Mumbai and address civic issues affecting residents while intensifying its fight against the government, AICC general secretary in charge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala said on Thursday.Addressing the media after a...

Mumbai, February 19 NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Thursday demanded that the Maharashtra government provide security to her party MLA Rohit Pawar, noting that he has been raising concerns and questions in the wake of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's death in an air crash.In a post on X...

New Delhi, February 18 The Congress claimed on Wednesday that the Union Ministry of Culture funded an event last December where allegedly hate speech was directed against the Muslim community, and demanded that a law be enacted to curb hate speech.There was no immediate reaction from the...

Washington, February 18 – Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate who helped reshape American politics between the era of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, has died at the age of 84.His family said in a statement that he...

Guwahati, February 17 Suspended Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed joined the Raijor Dal on Tuesday, becoming the second legislator from Assam's main opposition party to switch to the Akhil Gogoi-led outfit in two days.Ahmed's move, weeks ahead of the announcement of assembly elections, came...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, February 17 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve said on Tuesday that the administration should not stop issuing caste certificates en masse in rural areas and should instead decide on a case-by-case basis after verifying complaints.He was reacting to a query...

Lucknow, February 17 Congress leaders and workers clashed with police on Tuesday as they attempted to march to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha during the budget session to protest against issues such as the replacement of the rural employment scheme MGNREGA and misgovernance.The clash led to...

Patna, February 17 – On the 38th death anniversary of Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) National Working President Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said that Karpoori Thakur’s ideas and aspirations must be carried from Bihar to Delhi and reach every household in the country...

Kolkata, February 18 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday described the Election Commission as a "Tughlaqi Commission," run by a political party, alleging widespread manipulation of voter lists in the state.By using the word 'Tughlaqi', Banerjee was alluding to the Delhi...

Lucknow, February 17 Police on Tuesday detained several Congress leaders and workers, and allegedly used force to prevent them from marching to gherao the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavan (Legislative Assembly) over the scrapping of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and...

Lucknow, February 17 – On Tuesday, Congress leaders and workers marched towards the Uttar Pradesh Assembly to stage a "Vidhan Sabha Gherao" ( घेराव), protesting what they described as the weakening of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and the non-payment of...

Dehradun, February 16 Congress leaders marched towards the Lok Bhavan here to protest against the Uttarakhand government, alleging deteriorating law and order, inflation, rising unemployment, and corruption in the state.Police stopped the protesters by erecting a barricade near the...

Gandhinagar, February 16 – The Congress held a ‘Jan Akrosh Sabha’ (People’s Outrage Assembly) in Gandhinagar on Monday, protesting the Centre’s proposal to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika...

New Delhi, February 16 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that class and caste-based discrimination are deeply ingrained in the gig sector, and he alleged that the BJP governments in various states and at the Centre are turning a blind eye to this injustice, with neither strong laws in place nor...

Mumbai, February 16 Actress Swara Bhasker posted on her social media account on February 16 to express her heartfelt anniversary wishes for her husband and political activist, Fahad Ahmad. Swara, who celebrated three years of marital bliss with Fahad, described herself as fortunate to have found...

Quetta, February 16 – Pakistan's former Senator, Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Raisani, has strongly criticized the Mines and Minerals Act of Balochistan, arguing that the legislation is designed to "plunder" the resources of the province's future generations.He urged lawmakers in parliament to...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 15 A 14-hour shutdown was called across the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday to protest the proposal to establish a deemed university and the planned affiliation of seven government colleges under it, replacing their existing affiliation with Pondicherry...

Patna, February 15 Leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or LJP(RV) staged a protest on Sunday against an RJD MLA's reference to late Ram Vilas Paswan as "bechara" (pitiful) during the ongoing budget session of the Bihar legislative assembly.The protesters called the RJD anti-Dalit...