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Delhi Police refer three journalists’ sexual harassment allegations case against ACP Vivek Bhagat to crime branch without FIR

October 4, 2026 admin

A group of independent journalists staged a protest outside the Parliament Street police station of New Delhi jurisdiction on October 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After a woman journalist alleged sexual harassment and being shoved by ACP Vivek Bhagat while covering the protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday (October…

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Protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar LIVE: Demonstration to resume in Delhi

October 3, 2026 admin

Neha Bora, National President of the All India Students’ Association (AISA), is detained by police during a protest demanding the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on October 2, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters The protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is set to continue at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi…

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AISA delegation informs police of Oct. 2 protest

September 29, 2026 admin

AISA president Neha Bora, along with activist Yogendra Yadav, at Parliament Street police station in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Three days after the Delhi Police detained protesters attempting to reach Jantar Mantar, a delegation of the All India Students’ Association (AISA), led by its president Neha Bora, on Monday submitted…

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MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) to hold join protest on October 4 against ECI

September 26, 2026 admin

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday (September 26, 2026) announced a joint public march with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on October 4, staging protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Mr. Thackeray said,…

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Woman’s photo allegedly morphed with Modi’s image at CJP Jantar Mantar protest, FIR registered

September 25, 2026 admin

The Delhi Police have registered an FIR after a woman alleged that her photograph was digitally morphed using artificial intelligence and face-swapping technology and displayed alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image on banners at a Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar. The FIR was registered at the Parliament Street police station on the…

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Jantar Mantar protest: Police serve UP student show-cause notice, revoke it the next day

September 8, 2026 admin

A 20-year-old student of Gautam Buddha University (GBU) was served a show-cause notice on September 4 by the Greater Noida Commissionerate for “spreading anti-government propaganda” and “inciting” university students to join the Jantar Mantar protests. The notice was withdrawn the next day. The notice also asked the student Akshat Tripathi, to show cause as to why…

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Mayawati flags political ‘hijacking’ of Gen-Z movement

September 6, 2026 admin

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati addresses senior party office-bearers and state-level leaders during a review meeting at the party’s state headquarters in Lucknow. File | Photo Credit: PTI BSP president Mayawati on Sunday (September 6, 2026) expressed concern that movements centred on the problems of Gen-Z youth and unemployed people were being “hijacked” by…

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Jantar Mantar assault row: CJP protests outside Delhi’s Parliament Street police station, seeks action against attack on student’s father

September 4, 2026 admin

CJP spokespersons Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka arrive at Parliament police station, in New Delhi on September 4, 2026 | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Members of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), including Saurav Das and Nishu Aazad, along with their supporters are protesting at the Parliament Street police station on Friday (September 4, 2026),…

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NEET-UG protests: Listen to Gen Zs, don’t repress them, Supreme Court advices

August 5, 2026 admin

The Chief Justice said restraint on the part of the law enforcement agencies was better than the use of force while dealing with the young generation. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) struck a parental tone, saying reasoning with students, youths and organisers involved in…

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Country asking him to apologise but he has forgiven country: Congress’ dig at PM over new video

July 31, 2026 admin

Congress leader Pawan Khera. File | Photo Credit: ANI New Delh The Congress on Friday (July 31, 2026) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “forgive children” video message and said that while the country was asking the PM to apologise, he had instead “forgiven the country”. Mr. Modi on Friday (July…

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