political protest

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), March 19 – The district administration in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, along with NTPC authorities, demolished the residence of Congress leader and former minister Yogendra Sao in the Barkagaon area on Thursday, citing encroachment on land acquired for mining.The house...

Kolkata, March 19 The mother of the victim of the RG Kar case said on Thursday that she intends to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections as a BJP candidate, asserting that her aim is to use the political route to remove the TMC government.Speaking to reporters, the mother of the deceased...

Kolkata, March 19 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, accused the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state of engaging in "atrocities" on Thursday.He made the accusation upon his arrival in the state's Bhabanipur constituency to...

Kolkata, March 19 Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, launched the BJP's campaign for the high-profile Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata on Thursday, where he is set to challenge Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Adhikari arrived in Kolkata in the morning and...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 18 A district Congress leader revolted in Alappuzha, the constituency represented by AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, over the party's list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections and announced that he would contest as an independent candidate in the key...

Kolkata, March 18 Three-time Trinamool Congress MLA from Amdanga, Rafiqur Rahman, urged the party leadership on Wednesday to reconsider its decision to field a new candidate from the constituency.Protests erupted after the party announced Peerzada Kasem Siddiqui as its candidate for the seat...

Raipur, March 17 The Congress staged a large protest in Raipur on Tuesday over the replacement of MNREGA with the VB-G RAM G scheme, the 'shortage' of LPG cylinders, and foreign policy, but the police thwarted their attempt to surround the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly.The assembly's...

Kaliganj, March 17 A group of CPI(M) workers ransacked the party's own office in Kaliganj, a constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, because they were unhappy with the candidate selected by the leadership for the area.CPI(M) sources said that a group of party workers stormed the local...

Chennai, March 17 The opposition AIADMK and its allies staged protests across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, condemning the DMK government for the alleged deterioration of law and order in the state.AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, who heads the NDA in the state, led the state-wide...

Chennai, March 17 AIADMK MP C Ve Shanmugam sparked controversy on Tuesday by making remarks about actress Nayanthara while ridiculing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's "Tell us your dream" initiative, leading to backlash from various groups.While participating in the party's protest...

New Delhi, March 17 Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi responded to former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday, acknowledging his concerns about disruptions within Parliament and protests by her party's members outside, and stating that his observations had been noted...

Chennai, March 17 AIADMK MP C Ve Shanmugam sparked controversy on Tuesday by making a remark about actress Nayanthara while ridiculing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's initiative of "Tell us your dream," leading to a backlash from various groups.While participating in the party's protest...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 17 A case has been registered against approximately 500 members of the ruling CPI(M) in connection with a mass rally organized here against its former leader, G Sudhakaran, who recently quit the Marxist party due to differences with the leadership.The Punnapra police...

Jammu, March 17: The Jammu & Kashmir unit of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) strongly opposed the proposed panchayat elections in the region on Tuesday, urging the administration to first conduct a fresh census and carry out transparent delimitation before proceeding with the polls.At a...

New Delhi, March 17 As many as 204 retired armed forces officers, former civil servants, including diplomats, and lawyers on Tuesday demanded that the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, apologize to the nation for his conduct inside the Parliament premises, terming it a...

Raipur, March 17 The opposition Congress staged a walkout in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday, alleging that the BJP-led Centre was "denying the rights of the poor" and weakening the MNREGA by replacing it with the VB G-RAM-G mission.Chaos erupted in the House, as both the treasury and...

Maharajganj (UP), March 16 A young man waved a black flag at the convoy of Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar during a program here on Monday, triggering a brief commotion before police detained him for questioning.The incident occurred when Rajbhar, who heads the Suheldev...

Kolkata, March 16 Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, strongly criticized the Election Commission for transferring top state bureaucrats and police officers shortly after announcing the assembly elections, calling them "anti-women and anti-Bengal."Speaking at a rally in central...

Hyderabad, March 16 Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Monday criticized AIMIM legislators for walking out of the Telangana assembly during the performance of the national song 'Vande Mataram'.He said it was "shameful" that AIMIM MLAs chose to "walk out" of the assembly while 'Vande Mataram'...

Mumbai, March 16 Members of the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP created a commotion in the legislative assembly on Monday, demanding an apology from NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awahad for "insulting" Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, leading to a brief adjournment of proceedings.MLAs from the Mahayuti parties...