With pressure from citizens and green activists mounting with every passing day, the Karnataka government on Thursday scrapped the controversial steel flyover project in the city, saving about 800 trees from facing the axe.
Upset over the Madras High Court order allowing Pepsi and Coca Cola to draw water from the Thamirabarani river for their bottling plants, a large number or persons today stood in knee deep water in the river to express their ire.
Demonstrations continued across the United States on Saturday as tens of thousands of people marched in streets, staging the fourth day of protests of Donald Trump's surprise victory as president.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the US on Wednesday night in a bid to protest against Republican Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election.
Security forces on Tuesday shot dead a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering violent protests in Sopore to which he belonged.
Two youths were allegedly killed in firing by security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara district following protests over an alleged molestation bid by an Army jawan today.
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus today to extend his support to agitations against the arrest of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition. Rahul was shown
New Delhi: Amid the raging intolerance debate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that Indian culture goes beyond tolerance and talks of acceptance.He said this when a delegation of 51 artistes and writers led by
New Delhi: If Union Home Ministry has its way for a new law, political leaders will be held responsible and jailed for the damage of property by their supporters during bandhs, protests or demonstrations.The Home
New Delhi: As the death of an IAS officer who had taken on the sand mafia sparked protests in Karnataka, the Centre on Tuesday said it was the responsibility of the state government to handle
Panaji: The Youth Congress in Goa wants Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to break his silence and lend his voice to the protests against RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments against Mother Teresa.When asked if Gandhi,
Ralegan Siddhi: Ahead of his protests in Jantar Mantar against the Land Acquisition ordinance, social activist Anna Hazare today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “thinking” about industrialists but not farmers and the poor.Taking a
Mexico City: Mexico City's police chief, Jesus Rodriguez Almeida, under fire for the police response to the protests over the disappearance of 43 trainee teachers, has resigned, media reported on Saturday.Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel
Washington: President Barack Obama will discuss the situation in Ferguson on Monday with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others.The White House says Obama's Cabinet meeting will focus on his administration's review
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday saw protest over renaming of Hyderabad airport even as the government explained that the international airport continues to be named after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi."Both N.T. Rama Rao
Dhaka: Bangladesh yesterday issued a diplomatic note to Pakistan strongly protesting a recent resolution of its provincial assembly that criticised the conviction of Islamabad-backed war criminals accused of genocide during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.“It
Mexico City: Protests over the abduction and apparent killing of 43 students in Mexico turned violent on Thursday, as protesters blocked roads and hurled crude bombs at the police.The protests happened on a day when
Patna: Protests within the ruling JD(U) over Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's controversial remarks that the upper caste people were foreigners intensified today with another legislator seeking removal of Manjhi as CM.A day after
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: The president of Burkina Faso stepped down on Friday after protesters stormed parliament and set the building ablaze, ending the 27-year reign of one of Africa's longest-serving rulers.Confusion reigned late Friday over
Hong Kong: The organisers of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong Sunday unexpectedly cancelled the popular vote they had scheduled to decide the future of the movement, citing internal differences.A few hours before the Sunday
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