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NEW DELHI: A group of JNU students raised controversial slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on campus after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots conspiracy case.According to a purported video of the protest, which was held on Monday night, slogans condemning…
NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has demanded apology from leader of oppositions in both the houses — Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi — a day after videos of Congress workers sloganeering “eliminate” Prime Minister Narendra Modi surfaced on social media.“Both the LoPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha should apologise,” Rijiju said. He…
Delhi Police are investigating a WhatsApp group allegedly used to coordinate a violent pollution protest NEW DELHI: A WhatsApp group, created a week ago allegedly to coordinate Sunday’s pollution protest that had turned violent, is central to Delhi Police’s investigation, said sources. One of the two FIRs registered over the incident details how protesters, in…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that the “pollution of Marx and Mao” is denser in the brains of the agitators after slogans condemning Naxal commander Hidma’s encounter were raised during a protest over rising air pollution levels in Delhi.During a press conference, BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the “real face” of…
NEW DELHI: Chilli sprays, pro-Maoist posters and over 22 arrests characterised the anti-pollution protests in the national capital region on Sunday. The protests turned political, with the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders bringing the “urban Naxals” narrative to the demonstrations.Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party questioned the BJP-led Delhi government’s “inaction” on the pollution as the air quality…
PANAJI: Police arrested owners of two north Goa beach belt establishments whose LED signboards displayed “Pakistan Zindabad” slogan in two separate cases. Cops also disconnected the LED boards at Revive Hair Cutting Salon, Baga, and Whiskey Pedia, Arpora, and charged the owners under BNS and IT Act provisions for threatening India’s unity, integrity, security and…
AGRA: Four men have been arrested in Aligarh for allegedly writing “I love Muhammad” on the walls of four temples to falsely implicate their Muslim neighbours over property dispute. Aligarh SSP Neeraj Jadon identified the four as Jishant Kumar, Akash Kumar, Dilip Kumar, and Abhishek Sarswat, all aged between 30 and 35. Police said the…
SRINAGAR: Alleged cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha election last week dominated proceedings in the J&K assembly on Monday morning after deputy CM Surinder Choudhary accused BJP of “stealing four votes”.As Choudhary rose to speak, a BJP legislator interrupted him, leading the deputy CM to make the accusation.His retort triggered a heated exchange between the treasury…
Amit Khan Muttaqi and S Jaishankar (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Saturday led a wave of opposition outrage after women journalists were barred from a Taliban press conference in New Delhi. Taking direct aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress MP addressed PM Modi and said, “you are telling every woman in…
