Sikhs groups protest outside Congress office

Sikhs groups protest outside Congress office

Around 500 members of Sikh groups protested outside the Congress office here Thursday demanding that the names of the party leaders involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots be revealed. The protest comes after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s admission during a television interview Monday that “some Congress men were probably involved” in the anti-Sikh riots […]

SC notice over Kejriwal protest

SC notice over Kejriwal protest

The Supreme Court Friday issued notice on a PIL seeking action against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for violating the law while holding a constitutional position. An apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha issued notice to the centre through the home secretary and also to the Delhi government after petitioner M.L. Sharma contended […]

Protest is indefinite, says Kejriwal

Protest is indefinite, says Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said his protest was indefinite and threatened to fill the street with lakhs of people, if the government does not concede his demands. “I said 10 days, but it was a way of saying that the protest is indefinite. If the central government does not agree to our demands […]

Kejriwal ready to protest for 10 days

Kejriwal ready to protest for 10 days

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Monday that he was ready to protest for 10 days, and asked people and “honest policemen” to join his demonstration demanding action against five Delhi Police officers. “I have come prepared for 10 days to protest. If there is any chaos during the Republic Day, then the central government will […]

Kejriwal, ministers protest police inaction

Kejriwal, ministers protest police inaction

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alongwith his cabinet colleagues Monday held a protest over alleged police inaction after they were prevented from reaching the union home ministry office at the Central Secretariat. Kejriwal, who became the chief minister last month, and his cabinet colleagues wanted to protest, as planned earlier, outside the union home ministry […]

Women protest ‘nude’ poster at Metro station

Women protest ‘nude’ poster at Metro station

A group of women journalists Sunday lodged a protest with Delhi Metro against an advertisement featuring a nude woman at the Rajiv Chowk station. The advertisement shows a woman with only a duct tape covering her body, one of the journalists, Akansha Kumari, told IANS. “What does this advertisement mean? That women are on sale?” […]

Hindu activists protest outside Kejriwal home

Hindu activists protest outside Kejriwal home

Around 100 activists of the Hindu Raksha Dal staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house here demanding withdrawal of police cases against them. A member of the Hindu group said its members had been arrested over the Jan 8 attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office here because of a police […]

Cabbies, linguistic minorities protest Bengal gang rape

Cabbies, linguistic minorities protest Bengal gang rape

Taxi drivers and linguistic minorities, including Hindi and Bhojpuri-speaking communities, Sunday joined street protests here against the brutal gang rape of a 16-year-old girl. A large number of taxi drivers brought out a rally from Wellington to Dharamtalla area in central Kolkata, expressing solidarity with the girl and her family. The girl’s father, hailing from […]

Protest against Muzaffarnagar riots victims’ eviction from camps

Protest against Muzaffarnagar riots victims’ eviction from camps

Rights groups here Thursday held a protest against the Uttar Pradesh government’s forcible eviction of victims of the Muzaffaranagar riots from relief camps where they had sought shelter. “The Uttar Pradesh government has crossed all limits of callous governance and cynical political calculation by ordering the eviction of riot-hit people from the relief camps,” Manisha […]