The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday staged a strong protest in Delhi against the recent assault and deportation of an Indian student from the United States of America (USA) in an inhuman way.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha was arrested by police on Tuesday after she staged a sit-in protest against the hike in the fare of state-run buses at Bus Bhavan in the city.
The group, however, made it clear that it will continue democratic forms of protest until Singh is released unconditionally.
"I have been detained at Baba Haridas Nagar police station (Jharoda Kalan), 43km from Kalkaji," the LoP posted on X.
A prominent paediatrician and activist, who led protests following the 2019 RG Kar Medical College incident, was found dead at his residence in the Behala area of south Kolkata on Sunday night, police said.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union, Himachal Pradesh, has strongly opposed the steep hike in electricity tariffs for agricultural tubewell connections recently announced by the Himachal Pradesh government.
BJP leaders claim that due to alleged cuts in the Bhakra Canal water supply to neighbouring states by the Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government, Delhi is heading towards a water crisis, sparking strong public outrage.
Protesting teachers of the government-aided schools across the state on Friday decided to shift their new site of protest at Sahid Minar and stopped their five day-long siege to Acharya Sadan, head office of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) at Salt Lake since 21 April.
A large number of people from the Muslim community came out against terrorism—wearing black armbands, chanting anti-Pakistan slogans, and burning effigies of terrorism—after the Friday prayers in various cities across Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
A youth was lynched after he raised his voice against a group of youths who were allegedly eve-teasing his live-in partner.
