West Bengal government and ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday came under criticism from intellectuals and the civil society following an attack on CPI(M)'s Marxist literature stall.
October 4, 2022Chairing a meeting of the Presiding Officers of legislative bodies in India in the Parliament House Complex, the Lok Sabha Speaker requested Members of Parliament and political parties not use routine parliamentary information for creating news. Birla further requested that the dignity of Parliament as an institution may be maintained.
July 15, 2022Srinivas B.V., the Youth Congress chief, and other workers who went outside the RBI to hold a protest were stopped and detained at the Mandir Marg police station.
November 8, 2021Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of Calcutta High Court directed that no demonstration can be conducted by any students or any other person within a distance of 50m of the institute, particularly the schools, classrooms, the residences of the vice-chancellor, teachers, professors, office staff, library, laboratory.
September 4, 2021The entire mining town of Koira came to a standstill as the CITU staged a demonstration and ransacked the local Deputy Director Mines office. CITU has demanded the immediate reopening of the closed mines and submitted a memorandum to the administration in this regard. Besides, it has warned that if its demands are not met …
January 30, 2018Hundreds of tea workers and several leaders associated with over 23 trade unions under the banner of the Joint Forum are scheduled to stage a demonstration at Noukaghat near Uttarkanya and serve a four-point memorandum to the Commissioner of Jalpaiguri Division, Barun Ray, at the government’s branch secretariat here on Thursday. Mr Ray is also …
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January 25, 2018The Election Commission will on Saturday hold a demonstration on the working of EVMs and VVPATs to allay fears that these can be tampered with in favour of a particular candidate/party. It will also announce dates for a EVM-hacking challenge in the wake of opposition concerns over the reliability of EVMs. As per an Election …
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May 19, 2017Nearly 500 members of various outfits were arrested here on Friday when they attempted to stage a demonstration against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to unveil a 112-foot Adiyogi face at the Isha Yoga centre. Some black balloons were also released into the air by a section of the protesters as Modi was travelling …
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February 25, 2017Whether a “live” demonstration of the Army’s firepower will serve as the requisite incentive is a matter for debate, the importance of the proposed “shows” at the Artillery School and Centre and the Infantry School is that they seek to involve leaders of the academic fraternity in the design and development of hi-tech indigenous weaponry. …
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January 8, 2017