Tag: human chain

Adani row: Oppn forms human chain outside Parliament for JPC

The impasse between the BJP and the Opposition continued on the fourth consecutive day of the second phase of Budget Session with charges being traded over the allegations against the Adani group and Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks in London.

March 16, 2023

AAP launches ‘human chain’ campaign; demands timely MCD polls

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today launched a unique ‘human chain’ campaign demanding timely MCD elections in the national capital. During this campaign, banners were put up at all flyovers of Delhi which read, ‘BJP ne MCD Chunaav Karvaya Radd — Haar Ke Darr Se Bhaagi BJP’, (BJP postpones MCD elections fearing defeat). Senior AAP...

March 17, 2022

Residents of northeast Delhi form human chain for safety of children going to school

It can be seen in the video that the locals made a human chain to escort schoolchildren to safety amid the ongoing tensions in the national capital.

February 25, 2020

620 km long human chain comprising 70 lakh people formed in Kerala in protest against CAA

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was also standing in the chain along with his family members at Palyam in Thiruvananthapuram.

January 26, 2020

Left parties form human chains in Bengal to celebrate Independence Day

Pledging to make every sacrifice in the struggle to protect the rights of the citizens, Left parties in West Bengal on Wednesday formed human chains across the state on the country’s 72nd Independence Day. Left Front chairman Biman Bose, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra, top leaders of other LF partners, other Left parties and...

August 15, 2018

Bihar joins hands against dowry, child marriage; Dy CM thanks people

Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, on Sunday thanked the people of Bihar for participating and forming the largest human chain against child marriage and dowry practices. Thanks to people of Bihar for joining largest human chain against child marriage & Dowry. — Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) January 21, 2018 Earlier in the day, Bihar...

January 21, 2018

Killing of 3 school kids raises question on human chain success

Even as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar seeks participation of children in large numbers in state government’s human chain, the killing of three school children and kidnapping of another three in the past 24 hours have raised a question mark over the success of the programme and have exposed the deteriorating law and order situation...

January 20, 2018

Nitish’s human chain runs into trouble over HC order

In a major setback to the ruling Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, the Patna High Court today ruled that school children cannot be forced to join the government’s proposed human chain programme against dowry and child marriage, scheduled to be organised on 21 January. In view of this order, the fate of the much-flaunted programme...

January 17, 2018

Children with guardians may participate in human chain: Patna HC

In a setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s much-hyped “human chain” against child marriage and dowry to be organised on January 21, the Patna High Court on Tuesday has directed the state government that children, including students, will not participate in it without guardians. The court, while hearing a petition filed by the Nagrik...

January 16, 2018

Left Front forms four km-long human chain in Kolkata

Taking an oath to preserve the country’s unity, secularism and democratic rights, West Bengal Left Front leaders and activists on Tuesday formed a four kilometer-long human chain here on the occasion of the country’s 71st Independence Day. CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury participated in the programme, along with Left Front Chairman Biman Bose, CPI-M state...

August 15, 2017

Bihar forms world’s longest human chain against alcoholism

A history of sort was created on Saturday when more than two crore people came out on the busy roads and streets to form world’s longest human chain against alcohol consumption. What was significant people from all walks of life, age-groups, sex, and profession participated in the biggest-ever campaign and stood firmly in queues for...

January 21, 2017