According to The Express Tribune, protesters assert that while WAPDA pressed ahead with building the hydropower project, officials had guaranteed that essential civic infrastructure, most importantly an all-weather road network, would be constructed for communities in the area. Yet, resident
US Vice President JD Vance defended ICE officers after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, calling her death "a tragedy of her own making." The incident sparked protests in Minneapolis, prompted school closures, and intensified political debate over aggressive immigration enforcement
In a tweet addressed directly to his "fellow countrymen," Pahlavi said the scale of public presence across cities and towns amounted to a declaration of readiness for a new plan of action. He specifically referenced a call for further protests on Thursday, January 8, at 8 p.m., urging citize
Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a protest on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus over the sloganeering against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The choice of Singur is symbolic, given Mamata Banerjee's 2006 protests against land acquisition for Tata Motors' Nano project, which led the company to shift production to Gujarat. Ironically, Singur now regrets its support for Banerjee.
"We certainly regard such statements and positions--including expressions of support by certain US officials for protesters--as a clear interference in our country's internal affairs. Sectoral protests and economic demands are natural and common phenomena in all countries, and Iran is no exc
Meanwhile, Iran's former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi stressed that the Iranians are "more than ever" committed to bringing an end to Khamenei's regime, signalling this as an opportunity for Iran to free itself from a "tyrannical regime".
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton spoke about the protests in Iran and how the people of Iran should decide the type of government they want.
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organised a protest on Saturday (local time) outside 10 Downing Street to highlight what it described as a worsening human rights crisis in Balochistan.
"In view of recent developments, Indian nationals are advised to avoid non-essential travel to the Islamic Republic of Iran until further notice," the MEA stated in an advisory on Monday.
Speaking to ANI, Dharmendra highlighted that the current wave of demonstrations, which began in late December, is primarily rooted in domestic economic grievances.
"We are into the second week of the protests. They started around the end of December, and it's about 9-10 days since the protests started. Protests are not unusual in Iran. They keep happening regularly at small levels," he told ANI. "This is an economic protest driven primarily by the dist