US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who had been sent to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel during a spate of protests last month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the decision was due to the success of…
JAMMU: BJP legislators on Monday staged a protest outside the civil secretariat in Jammu, demanding revocation of a government order mandating Urdu as a compulsory language for naib tehsildar recruitment examination in Jammu and Kashmir.The MLAs arrived at the secretariat in the morning and staged a dharna, terming the order discriminatory and detrimental to the…
More than 20,000 bars and permit rooms across Maharashtra will observe a one-day bandh on July 14 to protest what the hospitality sector has called “draconian” tax hikes by the state government, the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) said on Saturday.The association said the shutdown is aimed at opposing multiple tax increases imposed over…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Saturday took a different view from his party on the Bihar voter list revision, saying that the focus of the party should be on winning elections suggesting that “unless you win, your point will not matter.”In remarks that appear to diverge from the party’s combative line, Khurshid said:…
NEW DELHI: A protest for voicing a dissenting opinion “is not only the hallmark of democracy but also a fundamental right” guaranteed under the Constitution, a Delhi court on Thursday said.The observation was made by additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal while discharging 10 TMC functionaries, including MPs Derek O’Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale,…
Shubman Gill (c) and Akash Deep have words with umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat over the condition of the ball (Image by Stu Forster/Getty Images) With England bowled out for 387 on Day 2, India took to the crease with momentum on their side. After a standout performance from Nitish Kumar Reddy on Day 1 and a…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav for “chakka jam” in Bihar over Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral roll just months ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.Rahul and Tejashwi, along with CPI’s D Raja and CPM’s Deepankar Bhattacharya led the Grand Alliance march to the chief electoral officer’s…
NEW DELHI: The Mahagathbandhan alliance on Wednesday kicked off a “Bihar Bandh” protesting against the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission.Opposition leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, will lead a protest rally in Patna and plan to encircle the Chief Electoral Office in the state…
China on Monday protested against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday wishes to the Dalai Lama and the participation of senior Indian officials at his 90th birthday celebrations in Dharamshala, warning that India should not interfere in its internal affairs.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a media briefing on Monday that New Delhi should…
A day after the brutal rape of a Hindu woman by a local Bangladeshi politician came to light, students from Dhaka University organised massive protests and thronged the streets of the capital. A video of one of the protests showed students clapping and shouting slogans, demanding “direct action” against the perpetrators. So far, the police…