Barricaded Dissent
The barricading of the Shambhu border in Haryana to prevent farmers from travelling to Delhi raises a question larger than the protest itself.
The barricading of the Shambhu border in Haryana to prevent farmers from travelling to Delhi raises a question larger than the protest itself.
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Devender Yadav on Thursday demanded Rs one crore compensation for the family of a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school teacher who, unable to cope with the pressure of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work alongside her teaching responsibilities, allegedly died of cardiac arrest.
The move comes after authorities raised concerns over maintaining law and order in the national capital. The special powers allow action against individuals whose activities are considered harmful to public security.
What began as an irreverent internet joke has acquired the unmistakable weight of a political movement.
Student groups and Opposition workers formed a sizeable crowd, but the promised procession towards Parliament never emerged as one organised march.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said her government is pushing aggressively for electric mobility and expanding the electric bus fleet as part of the measures to deal with air pollution and appealed to the people to participate in the overall development of the national capital by following traffic rules, supporting environmental initiatives, conserving water and electricity and keeping neighbourhoods clean.
India likes to celebrate its diversity, but the everyday experience of many citizens from the Northeast tells a more uncomfortable story.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that the world today views India not merely as a market, but as a decisive partner in shaping the future.
The first phase of the tournament will be played from March 28 to April 12 and will feature 20 matches across 10 venues — Bengaluru, Mumbai, Guwahati, New Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.
As many as seven people were killed after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed in the Sidhrawali area of Gurugram, a kin of one of the labourers who died in the incident said.
