PHAGWARA: A statewide Rail Roko call by farmer organizations on Friday, triggered disruptions in several parts of the region as activists attempted to block rail lines at several locations, prompting heavy police deployment and a series of preventive detentions. The protest, organised between 1 pm and 3 pm by Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and allied groups, sought to press demands including repeal of the Electricity Amendment Bill-2025, legal guarantee on MSP, and withdrawal of prepaid smart meters. 

DHARAMSALA: Tension flared outside the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Tapovan on Wednesday when police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers attempting to gherao the Assembly complex during the ongoing winter session. The students were protesting over a range of academic and administrative issues. 

BHIKHIWIND (TARN TARAN): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) staged a massive dharna led by it’s president Sukhbir Singh Badal and blocked the main Chowk at Bhikhiwind to protest against the murder of democracy by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)  goons who tore the nomination papers of Akali candidates to prevent them from contesting the Block Samiti and Zila Parishad elections.

PATIALA: A delegation of PSEBEA Office Bearers led by the President attended the meeting with CMD and two Directors. Ajay Pal Singh Atwal said that the Association firmly reiterated that the entire engineering cadre stands united and uncompromising on the following demands. 

 PHAGWARA: Tension escalated in Kapurthala after Nadala Police arrested Nirmal Singh Mand, Block Begowal President of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Qadian, and his associate Sarabjit Singh Bal. 

PATIALA: PSEB Engineers Association to protest November 26 demanding the immediate halt of sale of PSPCL/PSTCL assets and properties, resume the process for setting up the state sector 2 × 800 MW supercritical units at Ropar, unconditional revocation of the suspension of chief engineer Ropar thermal and removal of services of Director/generation and curb unwarranted political interference and restrict the involvement of private consultants in technical and administrative decisions of power sector. 

PHAGWARA: Members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Doaba led by State General Secretary Satnam Singh Sahni staged a protest outside the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Phagwara on Tuesday, demanding immediate clearance of pending sugarcane arrears and the fixation of sugarcane prices at ₹500 per quintal for the upcoming crushing season.  

PHAGWARA: An emergency meeting of the “Insaf Di Awaaz” organization was held at Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Sahib in Phagwara, under the chairmanship of the assembly constituency president, Dr. Paramjit Singh Kotli. State committee member and Punjab General Secretary, Jodh Singh Thandi, was present as a special invitee. 

PHAGWARA: Phagwara, November 16 — Leaders and members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba) on Sunday announced a series of protest actions across Punjab on November 18 to press the State Government for immediate clearance of pending sugarcane dues and compensation for the losses incurred during agitation at Shambhu and Khanouri borders. 

CHANDIGARH: Tension at the Panjab University campus here prevailed on Monday with minor clashes between protesters and the local police as the students were demanding the conduct of senate elections whose tenure ended last year.

CHANDIGARH: A major controversy has erupted after visuals surfaced showing Haryana Police personnel managing barricades in Phase 8, Mohali — inside Punjab territory — to stop students from reaching Chandigarh to join a protest at Panjab University (PU). The move has sparked outrage, with questions being raised over how the Punjab Government permitted police from another state to operate within its jurisdiction. 

TARN TARAN: On the call of Punjab State Ministerial Services Union, under the leadership of State President Gurnam Singh Virk, State General Secretary Tarsem Bhattal and State Chairman Raghbir Singh Badwal, thousands of ministerial workers from around 45 departments across Punjab took collective leave and participated in Tarn Taran.

THIRUVANANTHAPUR: For the second successive day, angry protesters in Kannur were seen engaging in a war of words with police and K-Rail officials, when they tried to lay the marking stone for the social impact assessment study of the project.

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) has said that it will intensify protest marches against state Governor R.N. Ravi for not forwarding the bill seeking exemption from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) passed by the state Assembly to the President.

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish Ambassador in protest over Turkey's cross-border offensive against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.

CHENNAI: The opposition AIADMK staged a walkout from the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, alleging breach in security of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi due to the black flag demonstration against him at Myladuthurai.

DUBAI: Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister of state for International Cooperation (MoFAIC), has summoned Amir Hayek, Israeli ambassador to the UAE, to "strongly protest and denounce the events taking place in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque," according to a MoFAIC statement on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: The protests against Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi over the anti-NEET Bill issue has turned murkier. The Dalit outfit Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Dravida Kazhagam (DK) activists along with the CPI and CPI-M workers on Tuesday staged a black flag demonstration against Ravi at Myladuthurai.

COLOMBO: Amid the growing public agitation with protest continuing for the ninth day occupying the entrance to his office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a new cabinet on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Admi Took Serious Action against party workers who were protesting Outside Cabinet Minister Baljit Kaur’s residence in Malout

LOS ANGELES: Rock band Pink Floyd has reunited to record their first new material in 28 years, a protest song against the Ukraine war.

PHAGWARA: Various farmers unions thanked and honoured Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP from Slough, UK at an event in village Mauli, Phagwara on Friday for raising the farmers issue so vociferously on the floor of the British Parliament during debates and questions during 'Kisan Andolan'.

VISAKHAPATNAM: With 'noose' around their neck, some tribal women farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli district staged a protest over the plans to hand over their cashew plantations to a mining company

HYDERABAD: Stepping up pressure on the Centre for procurement of paddy from Telangana, the state's ruling party TRS on Thursday staged protests across the state.

COLOMBO: Amidst growing public protests all the over Sri Lanka and ahead of a massive street march on Sunday, President Gotabaya Rajapaska has declared a state of emergency.

NEW DELHI: The Congress MPs on Thursday staged a protest outside Parliament against the rising prices of fuel and demanded its roll back.

CHANDIGARH: Lakhs of power sector employees staged a nationwide protest and work boycott on Monday against the privatization policies of the central government ,,which are against the interest of the consumers and employees. said V K Gupta a spokesperson of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) .

CHANDIGARH: Power sector employees of the Haryana will hold protest gate meetings on March 28 and 29 in protest against the privatisation policies of the central government, K K Malik General Secretary of Haryana Power Engineers Association said.

NEW DELHI: As the early counting trends showed the Congress trailing in all the five states which went to the polls, its party workers protested outside the party's Delhi office against the electronic voting machines on Thursday.

NANGAL: Congress workers led by Punjab assembly speaker Rana KP Singh staged a dharna in front of the office of the chief engineer Bhakra dam at Nangal on Monday to protest against the amendment to the Bhakra Beas Management Board(BBMB) against rights of Punjab by the centre.

CHANDIGARH:Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday described the Centre's decision to tweak the appointment norms for members of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) as "a frighteningly grave development fraught with serious consequences for Punjab".

CHANDIGARH: Many areas of Chandigarh are facing power outages as the Electricity Department employees went on a three-day strike,which can be extended, in protest against the privatization of the department after the talks failed.

BENGALURU:Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said on Monday that the police have arrested three persons in connection with the killing of Harsha (26), a Bajrang Dal activist who was stabbed to death in Shivamogga on Sunday night.

OTTAWA: With 191 people arrested and 79 vehicles towed, the police have reclaimed Ottawa's downtown from its occupiers 24 days after the trucker convoy rolled into the Canadian capital's core.

OTTAWA: Ottawa Police have arrested and laid charges against two organisers of the "Freedom Convoy" truckers' protest which has occupied the Canadian capital city's downtown for three weeks in opposition to Covid-19 vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions.

OTTAWA: Two-thirds, or 66 per cent, of Canadians support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for invoking the Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle the truckers' protests across the country, according to a new survey.

OTTAWA: One day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a public order emergency, the government has outlined further steps to end the truckers protests and blockades.

KABUL: Several Afghan women took to the streets of Kabul calling for the release of female activists after one of them was freed.Parwana Ibrahimkhil, who went missing last month, was released and she claimed that she was held detained by Taliban forces, TOLO News reported.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged all protesters to go home, saying "everything is on the table" when it comes to ending the blockades paralysing cross-border trade at multiple locations.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up Uttar Pradesh for taking action on the recovery notices issued to the alleged anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protestors in December 2019.

OTTAWA: A group of protesters moved to the Ottawa airport on Thursday morning as the protest reaches the end of its second week, according to local media.

NEW DELHI: Jagmeet Singh, the Sikh-origin leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) who is now condemning a truckers strike in Ottawa, had staunchly supported the farmers protests in India last year.

DHARAMSALA: Five major Tibetan NGOs, namely Students for Free Tibet (SFT), Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT) and Gu Chu Sum Association of former political prisoners of Tibet jointly organize a-daylong hunger strike campaign in north Indian hill town Dharamshala to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 which is beginning todayand to protest against the flagrant human rights violations of Tibetans inside Tibet.

AMARAVATI:A day after the roaring success of Andhra Pradesh government employees' 'Chalo Vijayawada' despite police denying them permission, Director General of Police Gautam Sawang on Friday met Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

OTTAWA: Hundreds of trucks and thousands of protesters blocked the streets toward downtown Ottawa on Saturday to protest the government's vaccine mandates required to cross the Canada-US border.

OTTAWA: Hundreds of trucks and thousands of protesters blocked the streets toward downtown Ottawa on Saturday to protest the government's vaccine mandates required to cross the Canada-US border.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain an application seeking clarification on its judgement of October 7, 2020, in which the top court had said that public roads can't be blocked indefinitely. The apex court had passed the order in connection with a road blockade by protesters at Shaheen Bagh, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

ANKARA: Turkish women held protests in cities across the country to denounce the country's withdrawal from an international treaty designated to combat gender violence.

KOLKATA: Amid protests by BJP MLAs, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday had to cut short his much-speculated maiden address in the Assembly after the state elections on the opening day of Budget Session, completing it in just four minutes.

PANAJI: The state government has taken up the issue of poor internet connectivity with BSNL officials in Goa, a day after students in Valpoi village in North Goa marched to the local BSNL office claiming that their online classes were being hampered due to poor and inconsistent net connectivity.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers across Punjab continue to protest against the short supply for agricultural feeders as Punjab has been maintaining a power supply between 11956 MW to 12695 MW after restricting the power supply to rural consumers, agriculture pump sets and unannounced cuts in cities.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers across Punjab continue to protest against the short supply for agricultural feeders as Punjab has been maintaining a power supply between 11956 MW to 12695 MW after restricting the power supply to rural consumers,agriculture pump sets and unannounced cuts in cities.

NAWANSHAHR:Farmers under the banner of Kirti Kisan Union today strongly protested with black flags before Congress MP Munish Tewari from Shri Anandpur Sahib on his arrival here. On learning about Tewari's visit to Nawanshahr, the workers of Kirti Kisan Union marched towards the Civil Hospital carrying the party flags and black flags.

LUDHIANA: Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) teachers joined protest in the University campus against recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission during a protest call given by various Punjab veterinary and medical associations.

CHANDIGARH: A day after tens of thousands of protesting farmers entered Chandigarh after breaking barricades and facing water cannons, the local police on Sunday booked gangster-turned-activist Lakhvir Singh, alias Lakha Sidhana, and Rajinder Singh Deep Singh Wala, vice president of the Kirti Kissan Union.

AMRITSAR: Mahesh Behal , Member of Jallianwala Bagh Shaheed Parivaar Samiti said, “We will intensify our protest if the garden is not reopened in near future.

GURDASPUR:On the call of the Joint Punjab Government Doctors Coordination Committee organised a oritest rally against the reduction of 25 percent NPA to doctors, after protesting, different organizations have sent a demand letter to the Punjab government through DC.

AMRITSAR: Jallianwala Bagh Shaheed Parivaar Samiti has organised a protest dharna outside Jallianwala Bagh against the closure of Bagh since long time.

CHANDIGARH: Perturbed over the fate of the agitation of farmers against three contentious farm laws, a 55-year-old marginal farmer on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance at a protest site in Jind district of Haryana.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in a Delhi Riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

NEW DELHI:As the protest continues on the borders of the national capital against the three contentious farm laws passed by the Central government, the farmers, taking a note of the extreme weather conditions, and to guard themselves against the rain and storm, have set up a concrete wall around the tent.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar, opposition leader Siddaramaiah and party's state unit leaders courted arrest on Friday for protesting against fuel price hike.

NEW DELHI: The protest by the farmers against the new farm laws introduced by the Central government has been nearing 200 days and in order to intensify their agitation, the farmers have announced a sit-in at Raj Bhavans across the country on June 26.

NEW DELHI: Congress Treasurer Pawan Bansal, General Secretaries KC Venugopal, Harish Rawat and Ajay Maken will lead the protests on Friday at various locations in the national capital against the fuel hike.

AMRITSAR: Residents of local Swiss colonies (Swiss Green, Switzerland) today staged a protest against the colonizers and administration over regularization of colonies and development issues.

NEW DELHI: After easing of curbs, the principal opposition party, the Congress, has decided to take on the government on the issue of petrol price hike, after cornering the government on the shortage of vaccine, medical equipment and drugs. The regular petrol is already selling at more than Rs 100 per litre in Mumbai and some other parts of the country.

JERUSALEM: A correspondent for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel was arrested during a protest in the Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem.

NEW DELHI: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Saturday staged a protest over the rising prices of petrol and diesel, saying the government has thrown the country's economy into disaster.

CHANDIGARH: PSEB Engineers Association, a body of engineers of PSPCL / PSTCL today issued a notice to the management for protest action against the anti engineer Stance of the management,, nonresolution of agreed issues, and non-formation of wage formulation committee.

NEW DELHI: People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the turn of events at Silanger village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh over the past two weeks.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws across Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday observed as a 'Black Day' to mark six months of the agitation.

CHENNAI: Farmers in Central Tamil Nadu districts including Trichy held protests, raising black flags atop their homes in solidarity with the protesting farmers of North India who are demanding the repeal of the controversial farm laws.

CHANDIGARH: The failure of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to constitute a wage formulation committee (WFC) to recommend payscale to its employees has forced the PSEB Engineers Association to launch the protest at thermal plants with immediate effect.

CHANDIGARH: Joining the farmers to raise black flags to lodge protest against the three controversial farm laws enacted by the Central government, Punjab Congress legislator Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday hoisted the black flag at his ancestral residence in Patiala town.

LUDHIANA: Due to lodging of false FIR against a senior professor Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University teachers continued their protest for the third consecutive day.

NEW DELHI: Twelve opposition parties, led by the Congress, have extended their support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) for a countrywide protest on May 26 to mark the completion of six months of their agitation against the the Centre's three farm laws.

NEW DELHI: After a brief hiatus, farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws have started gathering again at Delhi borders to strengthen their agitation.

CHANDIGARH: A group of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) activists staged a protest while following Covid-19 protocol at namdev chownk (near Eat well) on Thursday against rising prices of petrol & diesel and demanded that the government should roll back the hike with an immediate effect.

A group of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) activists staged a protest while following Covid-19 protocol at namdev chownk (near Eat well) on Thursday against rising prices of petrol & diesel and demanded that the government should roll back the hike with an immediate effect.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers on Sunday held a protest against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Hisar, and were baton-charged by the police.

WASHINGTON: Demonstrators took to streets across a number of major US cities, demanding an end to the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

CHANDIGARH: A Ludhiana-based NGO Atam Pargas has taken an initiative to provide succour and support to the families of the martyrs from the Farmers’ Protest. Their 25 teams have already started reaching out to these families to make an on-ground assessment of their situation.