Page 20 - Protests

Pro and anti-CAA groups clash in northeast Delhi, two houses torched

Tension escalated in northeast Delhi with protesters torching at least two houses and a fire tender in the Jaffrabad and Maujpur areas, where pro and anti-CAA groups clashed for the second consecutive day on Monday and hurled stones at each other. Violence was also reported from the Chandbagh area in Jaffrabad. Police fired tear gas shells and also resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protesters. According to officials, a fire tender was damaged by the protesters after it responded to a fire call in the area. The Delhi Metro closed entry and exit at the Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur stations as an uneasy calm prevailed in the area. "Entry & exit of Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said in a tweet. Entry and exit were closed at the Jaffrabad metro station for over 24 hours. Clashes broke out on Sunday evening between pro and anti-CAA groups near Jaffrabad after a large number of .

Fresh anti-CAA protest site emerges as hundreds gather at Delhi's Jaffrabad

An anti-CAA protest by around 500 people, mostly women, near the Jaffrabad metro station in northeast Delhi continued on Sunday, prompting the Delhi Metro authorities to close the entry and exit gates of the station. The protest began on Saturday night, blocking a road which connects Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. The women, carrying the tricolour and raising slogans of 'aazadi', said they would not move from the site till the Centre revokes the CAA. Heavy security deployment, including women police personnel, has been made in the area. In view of the protest, entry and exit gates of the Jaffrabad metro station were closed. "Entry & exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted. A woman, who identified herself as Bushra, had said that till the time the CAA was not revoked, the protesters would not leave the site. Social activist Faheem Baig had said that there was resentment among the people ..

Govt will at least talk to us now: Shaheen Bagh protesters on interlocutors

The famous grandmothers or 'dadis' of Shaheen Bagh welcomed the decision saying they now expect genuine mediation with the government

Letter to BS: Shaheen Bagh protesters should voluntarily withdraw agitation

What explains the fact that after a four-month-old child met with an untimely death his protesting parents attributed it to "supreme" sacrifice?

The Bard of Jaffrabad

"This is why we're protesting, we are neither terrorists nor anti-nationals, but patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld," a protestor told the author

Stanford University students come out in solidarity with CAA-NRC protesters

The protestors decried the use of force against university students in India and also expressed solidarity with the women protestors of Shaheen Bagh

Probe police action against anti-CAA protesters: Rahul, Priyanka to NHRC

The party leaders met the NHRC officials here and highlighted the alleged brutalities committed by the Uttar Pradesh police on agitators during the anti-CAA stir.

Young and angry

The most tyrannical among rulers is considered to be Roman emperor Caligula. A historical figure, he fits the mythical archetype of arrogant and cruel rulers whose end is foretold by their actions

Farmers held for planning protest during PM Modi's Karnataka visit

According to police, the detentions have taken place in certain parts of Tumakuru, near Bengaluru as well as in Shivamogga.

CAA protests: Army chief slams students, Opposition cries 'politicisation'

Opposition has accused Rawat of violating both regulations and tradition, as the army's basic rulebook disallows army personnel from commenting on a political question without govt sanction

German IIT-M student asked to leave India for taking part in CAA protest

The student, Jacob Lindenthal, had one semester to do on the campus before scheduled return in May 2020

Will take revenge on CAA protesters for 'property destruction': Adityanath

He said those damaging property have been captured in video and CCTV footage and he will take revenge from them by seizing their property.

3 killed in police firing as protests against citizenship law sweep country

Reports of violence also came from BJP-ruled Karnataka and Gujarat, and Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal

Citizenship law protests in Delhi: Several detained, internet cut off

Entry and exist gates of at least 18 Delhi Metro stations were shut while barricades were erected in large part of South, East and North Delhi

India's economy and BJP's ambitious political thrust on divergent tracks

The ruling party may have assumed the economy will revive on its own before next elections, but such facile belief can come unstuck if current directions are not reversed quickly, writes T N Ninan

Opposition not hitting the street anytime soon as Congress delays protest

Congress sources said the real reason for postponing the event was that they discovered the venue was booked, and by a Congressman at that

Indefinite strike by lawyers greets newly formed J&K Union Territory

Following the strike by lawyers, work in all courts remained affected

Prohibitions imposed in Aarey Colony after protests, 38 activists booked

The Mumbai Metro started hacking trees late Friday night to make way for the car shed, hours after the Bombay HC dismissed four pleas challenging the decision to allow felling of trees in the area

2018: The year of protest

The messages of 2018 mostly emanated from the streets - from Paris to Delhi

Disgust over corruption threaten stability in Middle East, North Africa

Governments need to introduce strict anti-corruption laws and enforce them rigorously