Agnipath: Mobile & internet services suspended in Ballabgarh to ‘stop the spread of disinformation’

Following violent protests in Palwal against the Agnipath scheme, Haryana government has suspended mobile internet and SMS services for 24 hours in Ballabhgarh area of Faridabad district as a precautionary measure

Delhi’s Auto drivers and cabbies demand subsidy on CNG rates

Hundreds of auto, taxi and cab drivers staged a protest at the Delhi secretariat on Monday demanding subsidy on CNG prices.

Rough ride for cabbies

Lockdowns during the pandemic left Uber drivers battered. In their grim battle for survival, many are desperately looking for ways to beat the system and now resorting to protests to demand subsidised fuel from the government

DU Teachers’ Association stages protest, calls for class boycott over demands

The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) has called for a boycott of classes on Tuesday to press for its demands on a series of issues, including one-time regulation for absorption of ad-hoc and temporary teachers.

HC asks Delhi govt, police to ensure Afghan protestors’ reduced, follow COVID-19 norms

The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government and the police to ensure that the number of Afghan nationals, protesting outside the UNHCR office here and seeking refugee status, is suitably reduced and they strictly follow COVID-19 appropriate protocol. Stating that the law is same for everybody, the high court questioned the authorities as […]

‘Framed by media’ says Senior Advocate Trideep Pais, Umar Khalid’s bail hearing deferred to September   

After languishing in jail for a year now, Umar Khalid’s bail hearing was adjourned by the Delhi High Court for further arguments on September 3 This will mark Khalid’s incarceration for almost a year now, as he was arrested on September 13, 2020 on stringent charges including Sections 13, 16, 17, 18 of the  Unlawful […]

Despite permits, right wing opposition to construction of Haj House finds LG’s ear

After Hindu Right wing organisations and the Dwarka Residents Federation opposed its construction saying Kejriwal is “hallucination of making Delhi the capital of Jihadi radicals and anti-Hindu anti-national elements”, the LG office has asked for land details of Haj House  Up until sometime last week, Delhi’s residents did not know of a site for the […]

Women farmers hold ‘Kisan Sansad’ at Jantar Mantar

Nearly 200 women farmers from Delhi’s neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana gathered at Jantar Mantar in the national capital for a ‘Kisan Sansad’ on Monday to continue the agitation against the Centre’s contentious agricultural laws They raised slogans demanding scrapping of the three farm laws — the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce […]