Muslim students debated joining protests, fearing backlash and becoming scapegoats NEW DELHI: Ahead of the July 20 sit-in at Jantar Mantar that drew thousands, a question surfaced in WhatsApp groups, Instagram and Facebook: Should Muslim students join at all? Posts warned that if the protest turned confrontational, Muslims could once again bear the brunt, becoming,…
Anita Dipke voiced distress over the police action against protesting students NEW DELHI: Anita Dipke, mother of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, on Wednesday voiced concern over the police action against students during the ‘Sansad Chalo’ march in New Delhi, saying it was “extremely painful” to watch them being beaten.She urged the Centre…
Every day in every Indian city, from the cramped lanes of Old Delhi to the gated high-rises on Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road, is a losing battle. Cars spill onto footpaths, two-wheelers clog intersections and residents welfare associations send angry messages about who parked where first. What began as a minor inconvenience for the city has…
NEW DELHI: The IMD has forecast widespread rain, thunderstorms and lightning across several parts of the states, with heavy to very heavy rainfall expected in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds are also likely in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu as the southwest monsoon regains strength after a…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday said he would intervene if the closure of several Delhi metro stations, which has made it difficult for lawyers, litigants and court staff to reach the Supreme Court, was not resolved by lunchtime. The matter was raised before the CJI-led bench by SCBA president Vikas…
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced his temporary absence from the Jantar Mantar protest site. He has been suffering from fever and severe body pain for several days (Photo credit: X/@Abhijeet Dipke) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday said he would be absent from the protest site at Jantar Mantar for…
Police personnel injured during the stone-pelting incidents at Connaught Place on Wednesday night have narrated the sequence of events to Delhi Police’s senior officers. NEW DELHI: Police personnel injured in the stone-pelting incidents at Connaught Place on Wednesday night have recounted the sequence of events to the Delhi Police‘s top brass, describing how they were…
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) supporters raise slogans near Jantar Mantar during a protest march, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday renewed its demand for Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.In a post on X, the CJP tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wrote, “Dharmendra Pradhan must resign.” The post…
NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk, in a letter to Union ministers J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh, said Wednesday he was willing to end his 25-day indefinite hunger strike if the Centre gave an “unequivocal assurance” that none of the young protesters who participated in Monday’s Sansad Chalo march would face punitive action. Wangchuk also…
Protesters allegedly hurled stones and bottles at security personnel deployed near Tolstoy Marg NEW DELHI: Fresh violence erupted during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest in the national capital on Wednesday evening, with an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) injured after miscreants allegedly attacked police personnel with stones and bottles in Connaught Place.According to Delhi…
