The agitation will be organised in all districts at 9 am on Saturday, October 15, the announcement said, describing the National Education Policy as another ploy to impose Hindi as the only language of the country
October 13, 2022Trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles were attacked, while railway stations and highways turned into battlegrounds in many states amid burgeoning protests against Agnipath, the defence recruitment scheme.
July 22, 2022The rippling effects of the widespread agitation that has been raging in the country since the past few days, came as a horror to several citizens.
June 22, 2022Left Front will begin its agitation on 29 December from 2 pm, in front of the SEC office. "The decision of the SEC to exclude HMC is unacceptable since it indicates that the election body is making random decisions from time to time as per the convenience of the state government and in complete violation of the Constitution and election laws"
December 28, 2021The farmers have said, they will vacate the Delhi borders on Saturday and will meet on January 15.
December 9, 2021"We will continue with our agitation, but we will also raise the issues concerning the common people in the House," Venugopal told ANI.
December 2, 2021Chandumajra and Grewal also took objection to Rajewal's statement that only SAD legislators and MPs should have gone to protest in Delhi.
September 22, 2021Notably, the state government had to return plots of land, which were acquired during the Left regime, among 52 unwilling landowners at Kawakhali here a few years ago.
September 21, 2021An issue-based agitation against the BJP-led NDA government and supporting the call for a nationwide strike on 27 September in support of the farmers’ stir are the principal suggestions placed before the Congress chief.
September 21, 2021The Internet restoration has brought a sigh of relief for the agitating farmers at the protesting site.
September 10, 2021"We can assure the people of Goa that before December 19, Goa will be liberated from Parrikar," he said.
November 23, 2018Separatist leaders have given a call for two-day shutdown on 5 and 6 August when the case would come up before a 3-member bench of the Supreme Court
July 31, 2018A flash agitation by job-seekers over issues pertaining to railway recruitment has culminated in a rail-blockade, police caning and retaliatory stone-throwing leading to a virtual paralysis of the Central Railway suburban train services here on Tuesday. For nearly three hours, the services were severely disrupted as the protestors squatted and laid on the railway tracks...
March 20, 2018Moving swiftly, the city police foiled the Mumbai Congress’ plans to launch a ‘pakora agitation’ by setting up a stall to fry and sell the snack near Mantralaya, the state government headquarters, here on Thursday afternoon. Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam, who was en route to the agitation, was detained at Chowpatty and not allowed...
February 8, 2018Tea traders on Saturday apprehended there will be no stocks of Darjeeling tea available for auction after a scheduled sale on July 18, if supply continues getting disrupted due to the ongoing agitation in the north Bengal hills. Amid political crisis in the hills, tea plucking in the 87 gardens in Darjeeling continues to remain...
July 8, 2017As the indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling hills entered it 22nd day, all eyes are set on the all-party meeting convened by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in Kalimpong area on Thursday. The meeting, slated to be attended by all political parties of the hills, is scheduled to begin at 1 pm. This is the third...
July 6, 2017Seven cases were on Thursday lodged and 62 persons detained in connection with the farmers' agitation in the violence-hit district, police said. Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Tripathi, who has been transferred in the wake of the firing in the district that left five farmers dead, said the cases have been filed in connection with various...
June 8, 2017