Anna Hazare asks Centre to open dialogue with Sonam Wangchuk Activist Anna Hazare on Saturday urged the Centre to initiate talks with educationist and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike.“Government should not wait for a tragic outcome, and there is no harm in holding discussions,” Hazare said.“During Sonam Wangchuk’s…
Eyewitnesses recall moments when Sonam Wangchuk was taken away from Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: Eyewitnesses at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday recalled the moments climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was taken away from the protest site, saying the operation unfolded within minutes and that all they could see were white bedsheets shielding the police action from…
New Delhi: Security personnel detain a supporter of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) after activist Sonam Wangchuk, unseen, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days, is shifted to a hospital from Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday intensified round-the-clock surveillance, vehicle checks and security…
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla recognises 6 UBT rebel MPs joining Shinde’s Shiv Sena NEW DELHI: In a major setback for Uddhav Thackeray, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday formally recognised the change in party affiliation of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs who have joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, according to an official…
Delhi Police shifted activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital early on Saturday (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) NEW DELHI: “Let his life be saved,” former Chief Justice of India Justice (retd.) KG Balakrishnan remarked on climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was “forcibly” removed from Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and taken to a hospital by police on Saturday after…
File photo: Union minister Kiren Rijiju and rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has invited rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay and 19 other Lok Sabha MPs, who have joined the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI), to attend the customary all-party meeting ahead of the Monsoon…
‘Babua woke up at noon, hit the gym by 5’: Yogi Adityanath’s swipe at Akhilesh Yadav’s tenure as UP CM NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday took an apparent swipe at Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, saying ‘Babua’ would wake up at noon and be at the gym by 5 pm…
Mehbooba Mufti (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday agreed to join rival National Conference’s (NC) July 20 protest in Delhi seeking statehood for Jammu and Kashmir but on the condition that the agenda also includes other key issues.Mufti demanded that the protest also cover issues such as the…
Abhishek Banerjee says he’ll quit if TMC rebels return Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday challenged former party colleagues who had quit the TMC and were now criticising him to return to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.“Those who left the party and are now abusing or blaming me today… I challenge them to return to…
PM Modi congratulated Skyroot Aerospace after its Vikram-1 rocket successfully carried six payloads into orbit, marking India’s first private orbital launch. Authorities demolished a TMC office linked to Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal, alleging it was built in violation of building regulations. Rahul Gandhi criticised the removal of Sonam Wangchuk from his hunger strike site,…