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Youth connect: PM Modi ramps up Instagram outreach after Neet row

From anti-drug campaigns to exam reforms and Instagram outreach, PM Narendra Modi has intensified efforts to engage India's youth after nationwide protests

Statsguru: Gen Z's rage fuelled by joblessness, paper leaks and corruption

The anti-paper leak law highlights deeper challenges as India misses education spending targets, youth unemployment remains high, and Gen Z protests gain momentum

The Gen Z protests have opened the door, just a crack, for the Opposition

Competitive politics up to 2029 now will be about filling the breach the GenZ has caused, or widening it

Why brands should serve causes, not market themselves at protests

Indian consumers, especially those under 35, are not naive. They know what it feels like when something you care about loses

Beyond Gen Z: Why pro-Modi elites are growing increasingly restless

Throughout history, revolutions have mostly been led not by those who actually suffer, but by those who are merely seeking a rearrangement of power within the ruling elites

Flag of freedom: The anime pirate symbol at the Jantar Mantar protests

From Jakarta to Jantar Mantar, One Piece's Straw Hat Pirates have become an unlikely protest symbol. Their journey says as much about GenZ as it does about politics

Datanomics: India sees over half of South Asia's protest demonstrations

India accounted for more than half of South Asia's protest demonstrations in recent years, with movements ranging from student agitations to farmers' protests

Clean air protest: Delhi Police cites national integration law in FIR

The Delhi Police has invoked charges under 'imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration' in one of the FIRs registered against a group of protesters who allegedly raised pro-Maoist slogans and used pepper spray on police personnel during an anti-pollution demonstration at the India Gate on Sunday, an official said on Tuesday. On Monday, the Delhi Police told a court here that the group of protesters arrested for allegedly using pepper spray on cops raised slogans hailing slain Maoist leader Madvi Hidma. The police have registered two different FIRs -- one at the Kartavya Path police station against six protesters and the other at the Sansad Marg police station against 17 people. The new section has been added to the Kartavya Path FIR. After the accused were produced before two magisterial courts, 22 were sent to judicial custody. The newly-added Section 197 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) pertains to imputations and assertions prejudicial to national ...

Waqf Amendment Bill sparks mass protests in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad

Thousands staged protests in Kolkata, Chennai, and Ahmedabad against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, with Mamata Banerjee and Vijay opposing the law and calling it anti-democratic

BPSC aspirants, police clash in Patna; case filed against Prashant Kishor

Thousands of BPSC aspirants protested at Patna's Gandhi Maidan, demanding a re-examination of the 70th prelims; police used lathi-charge, water cannons as protesters broke barricades

Lucknow: AAP sends Rs 420 to PM Modi in protest against Agnipath scheme

AAP on Sunday protested here over Agnipath and said it has sent a cheque for Rs 420 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing his government of cheating the youth with the new military scheme

Prophet row: Nupur Sharma fails to appear at Kolkata police station

Sacked BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma skipped appearance on Monday before Narkeldanga police station here, which had sent her a notice over her controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed

BJP trying to create armed cadre base through Agnipath scheme: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government over the Agnipath scheme, alleging that the saffron camp was trying to create its own 'armed cadre base'

Agnipath protesters block roads in Haryana; unrest in Punjab continues

More protests were witnessed in parts of Haryana on Monday against Agnipath as armed forces aspirants blocked roads and demanded that the scheme be rolled back. In Fatehabad, a group of youth blocked the Lal Batti Chowk, while several others staged a protest on roads in Rohtak district. Amid continuing protests in Haryana and Punjab against the scheme, which seeks to recruit jawans into the army, the navy and the air force for a four-year-period, security has been stepped up at key installations in the two states, officials said. There was a heavy deployment of police at railway stations, including those in Ambala, Rewari and Sonipat in Haryana and Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar in Punjab to prevent any untoward incident, they said. In a communication to all police commissioners and senior superintendents of police in the state on Sunday, Punjab's Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) said offices and installations of the central government departments needed ...

Amid Congress' Agnipath protests, Manish Tewari bats for defence reforms

Going against party line, Congress MP Manish Tewari has come in support of the government's Agnipath scheme. This comes amid a major nationwide protest launched by the party, demanding its rollback.

LIVE: Maharashtra sees 4,004 new Covid cases in 24 hrs; 1,530 in Delhi

Maharashtra is now left with 23,746 active cases after 3,085 patients were discharged on Sunday

Agnipath protests trigger fresh friction between allies BJP and JD (U)

The protests against Center's Agnipath scheme that envisages recruitment of soldiers on a short-term contractual basis, triggered a war of words between BJP and JD(U) upon attacks on JD(U) leaders

Protests continue, govt offers sops: 10 facts about Agnipath controversy

Home Ministry says 'Agniveers' will get quota for jobs in paramilitary forces; BJP spokesperson says Agnipath scheme won't be withdrawn

Protester killed, trains damaged: All that happened in Agnipath fire today

Government walks a step back on military recruitment scheme as anger against it spreads nationwide.

Farmers prepared for a long haul, will relent only when demands met: Tikait

He said the farm laws were not only adversely affecting the farmers but will impact other sections as well