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In January 2026, I visited Jantar Mantar, the open observatory in Delhi. It is a quaint place, with odd-looking structures decorating the complex. Most visitors to this ticketed monument are tourists from outside Delhi and it draws only a few thousands. Yet this monument, which most people skip on their itinerary, becomes one of the most…
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CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde under preventive arrest for trespassing into Jantar Mantar on Oct 13: Officials The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) legal head, Ratna Singh, alleged that Delhi Police arrested CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde on Wednesday (October 14, 2026). In a post on X, Ms….
Bhim Army members marching through Connaught Place on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The Delhi police on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the decision to denotify Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site was taken based on the Supreme Court’s directions. Representing the police, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told Justice…
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Entry and exit at six metro stations will remain closed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday (October 12, 2026) ahead of the Opposition’s Supreme Court march, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said in a post on X. The six metro stations where entry and exit will remain closed are: Patel Chowk, Janpath,…
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M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANAN DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday (October 10, 2026) said that the Union BJP government had detained former Chief Ministers Pinarayi Vijayan, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, and Manik Sarkar, along with CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby and leaders of various…
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A protester being arrested by the Chennai police on Saturday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement More than 100 cadres of the All India Students’ Federation (AISF) and the All India Youth Federation (AIYF) were arrested by Chennai police on Saturday (October 10, 2026) while attempting to take out a procession to the Tamil Nadu Secretariat,…
Security personnel stand guard as heavy police deployment and entry restrictions are enforced opposite the Jeevan Bharati Building at Connaught Place Outer Circle, in New Delhi, October 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Video Grab Delhi Police expects around 7,000 protesters to arrive in the national capital on Saturday (October 10, 2026), with senior officers…
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The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to urgently list a petition filed by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) challenging the Delhi Police’s decision to deny permission for a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar. The court said it would hear the matter on Monday. The plea, filed by IYC national…
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Barricades being unloaded from a police van in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: BHAWIKA CHHABRA The New Delhi district was placed under a security lockdown on Friday, a day before the proposed youth-led protest at Jantar Mantar against alleged irregularities in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls, with thousands of…
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