The Shia Muslims across various parts of the country protested on Sunday against the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israel air strikes amid prevailing Middle East tensions.
Muslims across the country gathered in large numbers to mourn the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and protest against the US and Israel.
Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president Saurabh Bhardwaj on Sunday accused the central government of having no tolerance for dissent, after he and several other AAP leaders were taken into preventive detention while attempting to hold a candle march in West Delhi's Janakpuri.
While being taken away in a police van, Bhardwaj went live on social media and claimed that AAP leaders had gone to the spot in Janakpuri where a 25-year-old man, Kamal Dhyani, tragically lost his life after his motorcycle fell into an open pit dug for Delhi Jal Board work in West Delhi's
The Shia community has held a candle march to pay tribute to the suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Pakistan's Islamabad in which several members of the Shia community were killed.
Congress leader Santosh Kansana said the march was organised in remembrance of the victims and to protest what she termed the BJP government's failure to ensure safe drinking water.
A large number of people participated in the march, urging the authorities to take strict action against those responsible for the incident. Protesters demanded the harshest punishment for the accused.
Members of the Tipra Indigenous Students Federation (TISF), the student wing of Tipra Motha Party, held a candle march at Astabal Maidan in Agartala on Sunday, demanding justice for Angel Chakma, a student hailing from Nandanagar, Debram Thakur Para, who was killed in Dehradun on December
Bhartiya Janta Party MLA Tarvinder Singh Marwah on Tuesday held a candle march in Delhi showing his solidarity with the victims of the Delhi car blast that happened on Monday evening.
Nepali citizens gathered outside Bouddhanath Stupa on Saturday evening to hold a candle march in memory of those who lost their lives during the recent anti-corruption protests across the country.