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Dibrugarh, February 13 Tea garden workers and various organizations held protests in Digboi, Assam's Tinsukia district, on Friday, demanding justice for a young man who was killed by a mob, officials said.Markets and shops were closed, and National Highway 38 was blocked by protesters for...

Kathmandu, February 13 Hundreds of supporters gathered at the airport here on Friday, calling for the restoration of the monarchy as former King Gyanendra Shah arrived amid tight security."We want King Gyanendra back to save our nation," the loyalists chanted, carrying placards as the former...

New Delhi, February 12 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday described the nationwide General Strike against the four labor codes and other policies of the Centre as one of the largest in independent India, claiming it solidified unity between workers and peasants across the country.In a...

Chandigarh, February 12 Employees and workers associated with a joint forum of central trade unions held protests in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on Thursday against the Centre's labour reforms and economic policies.Calling the Centre's policies "pro-corporate," the union representatives...

Chandigarh, February 12 Employees and workers associated with a joint forum of central trade unions held protests in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on Thursday against the Centre's labour reforms and economic policies.Calling the Centre's policies "pro-corporate," the union representatives...

Mumbai, February 12 The one-day nationwide strike called by trade unions on Thursday to express their opposition to "anti-worker, anti-farmer, and anti-national policies favoring corporations of the Union government" received a mixed response in Maharashtra.The unions held protests in various...

Srinagar, February 12 A large number of daily wage workers and contractual employees, along with their children, staged a protest here on Thursday to demand the regularization of their services in the Jammu and Kashmir government.The protests, organized by the Employees Joint Action Committee...

Hyderabad, February 12 Leaders and workers of the Congress, CPI, and CPI(M) held protests in Hyderabad and other locations in Telangana on Thursday as part of the nationwide strike called by trade unions against the Centre's labour codes.CPI national secretary Palla Venkat Reddy and CPI(M)'s...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 12 The nationwide strike called by trade unions against the Centre's Labour Codes brought normal life to a standstill in Kerala, with isolated incidents of violence in a few parts of the state on Thursday.Although the state government declared a dies non for...

Bhopal, February 12 The nationwide strike called by trade unions against the Centre's policies on Thursday triggered protests in several districts of Madhya Pradesh, while over 25,000 civilian employees working with defence establishments across the state reported to work an hour late.The...

Bhubaneswar, February 12 Normal life was disrupted in Odisha due to a 12-hour nationwide strike called by central trade unions over several demands.The trade unions called the strike to protest the four new labor codes, which they described as "anti-worker and pro-corporate policies," and...

Ranchi, February 12 Members of various trade unions took to the streets in parts of Jharkhand on Thursday, protesting the four labour codes.The protesters are staging demonstrations at the gates of various coal companies and PSUs as part of the nationwide general strike, called by a joint...

Dhaka, February 12 For the first time in 30 years, the boat, the Awami League's electoral symbol, will not appear on the ballot paper in Bangladesh's crucial general election.This election is the first since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests in August...

Chhatarpur (MP), February 11 Protesters demanding the release of an activist who has been advocating for those affected by the ambitious Ken-Betwa river linking project, threw stones at police and officials in the Bijawar tehsil of the district, leading to a lathi-charge, officials said on...