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Congress' Digvijaya Singh calls for resolution of issues in new UGC guidel
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
"The UGC's final Regulations also got rid of a separate provision that penalised students for lodging false cases of discrimination... the protests against the Regulations are by General category students and largely concentrated on two issues - removal of provisions penalising students f
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"Don't see deep support for Reza Pahlavi in Iran": Middle East expert says
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
"I haven't seen any reports or credible reports or polls that would be able to put the number at any place. I can tell you anecdotally that on the one hand, in the diaspora, there has been a massive social media manipulation conducted by the Israelis. This is reported by Haaretz in order
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Protests erupt in Karachi after human rights activist Imaan Mazari sentenc
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Scores of journalists, lawyers and civil society activists gathered in Karachi to protest the ruling, calling it an attack on constitutional rights.
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Budget Session: Opposition protests MGNREGA scrapping; BJP hits back for d
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
When President Murmu, during her address, highlighted the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, the opposition MPs stood and protested.
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Budget Session: Both houses adjourned to meet again at 11:00 am on Jan 29
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Both houses were adjourned on Wednesday afternoon and will meet tomorrow -- (Thursday) at 11 am. As the National Democratic Alliance-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs thumped their tables in appreciation, Opposition MPs stood and protested, demanding that the law be withdrawn.
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Odisha bandh: NNKS workers block Puri-Bhubaneswar road over Paddy Procurem
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) workers on Wednesday blocked the Puri-Bhubaneswar road in Uttara Chhak during their eight-hour Odisha bandh. They are protesting against alleged lapses in paddy procurement.
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Pakistan: PTI warns of permanent vision loss for Imran Khan, seeks hospita
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
PTI raised concerns over jailed founder Imran Khan's reported eye condition, warning of possible permanent vision loss without urgent treatment. The party demanded hospital care, family access, and court intervention, while Imran's sisters questioned the reports and protested restrictions on
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Severely ill pro-Palestine activist ends hunger, thirst strike in UK priso
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Khalid, who suffers from limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, had escalated his protest by refusing fluids on Friday before ending the strike on Sunday (local time), the same day he was treated in intensive care as his heart rate slowed to a dangerous level. He has since been returned to the Worm
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BJP organises Dharna at Hyderabad's Dharna Chowk, demanding retirement ben
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking at the protest, Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao said, "BJP has organised a protest at Dharna Chowk to demand payment of retirement benefits to the government employees who have retired in the last 2 years. There are around 21,000 retired employees, and because of non-pay
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Kerala court detains Vadakara MP Shafi Parambil in national highway blocka
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
A court in Palakkad on Monday sentenced Vadakara MP Shafi Parambil in connection with a 2022 case related to the blockade of a National Highway, staged in protest against the alleged vandalism of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's MP office in Wayanad.
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Tamil Nadu: Farmers say district admin ignoring their demands, protest by
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
More than a hundred farmers in Tiruchirappalli protested in front of the district collectorate office by consuming human waste on Tuesday.
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"Trying to defame Dalit Minister": DK Shivakumar dismisses BJP's "6,000 cr
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
"It is all bogus. Nothing is there. What they are telling is politically motivated. They are just trying to defame a Dalit Minister. That's all," Shivakumar told reporters in Bengaluru.
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