NCP-SCP MLA Rohit Pawar and Jitendra Awhad were among the protestors who were demanding the release of activist Nitin Deshmukh, who was taken to the police station. They also demanded the arrest of the accused involved in the scuffle.
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nainar Nagendran was on Thursday prevented by the police from meeting detained part-time teachers who have been staging protests in Chennai, demanding the regularisation of their jobs.
Police on Thursday detained several opposition party workers during the Odisha Bandh called to protest the death of a college student in Balasore who died after setting herself on fire.
Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders detained in Pakistan, calling it part of a wider crackdown on peaceful activism. The group raised concerns over torture, denial of medical aid, and misuse of anti-terror laws against Baloch human
Transport services were hit and shops remained shut in Bhubaneswar on Thursday as several opposition parties observed a state-wide bandh over the death of a Balasore college student who died after setting herself ablaze.
Odisha Congress in-charge Ajay Kumar Lallu on Thursday said the party is out on the streets demanding justice for the student who died by self-immolation in Balasore.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Suresh Panigrahi on Thursday said that the Odisha bandh is no longer limited to eight political parties but has turned into a people's bandh across the state.
Odisha Congress President Bhakta Charan Das on Thursday said that the Odisha bandh called by opposition parties has received strong support from the public, with thousands of party workers holding protests across districts.
Several opposition parties in Odisha observed a state-wide bandh on Thursday to protest against the death of a 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, who died after attempting self-immolation.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Lekha Samantsinghar on Wednesday criticised the administration, police, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for failing to deliver justice to the victim of the Balasore self-immolation case. She also announced her party's call for a 'Balasore bandh' in prote
"We never take Rahul Gandhi seriously. Therefore, that era of Congress is over, that family nepotism is over and the Indian political background is of no use to Rahul Gandhi in Indian politics," said the BJP Kamrup District Secretary during the protest.