NEW DELHI: Unprecedented security arrangements from central Delhi to the borders, phalanxes of 35,000 police and paramilitary personnel and a virtual choke on metro services and trains foiled Cockroach Janta Party’s march to Jantar Mantar on Saturday. The city, however, remained on edge, with young protesters being detained on their way to the protest site…
Whenever Thane businessman Shekhar travels to south Mumbai for a meeting, he sets off over three hours early. This is because he plans his route carefully to ensure he is never more than five minutes from a hospital in case he “suffers a heart attack while driving”.Karthik (32), an IIM graduate with a high-powered marketing…
NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: The opposition came out strongly to condemn the action against protesters with the leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi launching a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that “Mogambo Modi” is destroying India’s democracy. “There is no force in this world that is going to stop Modi from facing justice. I guarantee…
CHENNAI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made his youth outreach programme ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ held at Chennai’s Island Grounds, the platform to take on PM Narendra Modi led govt over its attempts to bring the delimitation bill in the garb of women’s reservation, alleging that delimitation was a design to punish Tamil Nadu and reduce its…
A sniper of Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police in action during a search operation SRINAGAR: J&K Police Saturday said they have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Sopore, around 60 km north of Srinagar, including two assault rifles, four pistols, a multi grenade launcher (MGL), three improvised…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday termed the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s concern over the mass detention of protesters in Delhi as “misplaced” and said the right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed by the country’s Constitution.In a social media post on X, India at UN said the remarks by the Office of the United Nations…
Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and former Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar were among the opposition leaders detained while attempting to join the protest. All four have since been released. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have released over 7,000 protesters detained across the capital…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari “We are set to win 42 out of 42 in the 2029 Lok Sabha election.” West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari had made this grandiose claim even before the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypoll results. A visibly buoyant Adhikari reiterated the target after his party swept both seats. Victories in both constituencies…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear on Sunday a plea seeking contempt action against authorities for allegedly violating its October 9 direction in connection with the protests in Delhi, PTI reported.The national capital witnessed a major security clampdown on Saturday as police detained thousands of protesters seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh…
As the detentions mounted, opposition leaders accused the government of suppressing dissent. BJP defended the police action and the SIR process, accusing the protesters of attempting to create unrest. NEW DELHI: Delhi witnessed an extraordinary security clampdown on October 10 as police moved to prevent the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed protest against chief election…
