With vocal expressions of disapproval being reiterated time and again against building six new canals on the Indus River, the nationalist parties of Sindh organized protests and blocked highways in different parts of the province
Samajwadi Party MLAs created a ruckus in the house after Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak's comment on Mulayam Singh. Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satish Mahana intervened, directing the protesting SP MLAs to leave the assembly
The incident took place when Velli (80) and his wife Leela (72) both residents of Block 13 at Aralam farm, were attacked and killed by a jumbo elephant while they were collecting cashew nuts on their land, just 600m from the Rapid Response Team (RRT) office.
"Their demands are just and fair. UDF MPs will take this issue to the Indian Parliament. The state government must shed its arrogance. This is a legitimate protest, and the Congress party fully supports it," Venugopal said.
Samajwadi Party MP Awadesh Prasad on Sunday said that the party is organising a 'Satyagraha' (protest) on February 27 because of the "dacoity" in Milkipur Assembly bypolls.
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) announced on Sunday that it will conduct series of protests across Balochistan to condemn the 'systematic persecution' being faced by the Baloch people at the hands of Pakistan's security forces.
Shiv Sena (UBT) workers staged a protest in Pune's Swargate area on Saturday night, blackening buses with Karnataka number plates. This action followed the assault of a Marathi-speaking bus driver in Chitradurga, Karnataka, who was allegedly attacked for not speaking in Kannada.
Union Minister of State for Home, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, commented that the upcoming MLC elections are a battle between betrayal and deception versus struggle and protection of justice. He called upon graduates and teachers to teach a lesson to the Congress government for their deceit and betra