KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar Hospital junior doctor raped and killed last month joined protesters at the hospital late Wednesday. They walked into the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital at 9.25 pm on Wednesday, lent their voice to Tagore’s ‘Aguner poroshmoni’ and lit candles along with their daughter’s colleagues and friends to demand…
RANCHI: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren‘s decision to pause for three days the ongoing recruitment drive for 583 excise constables triggered road blockades in Giridih on Tuesday, with aspirants still to appear for physical tests fearing their chances could be scuppered by uncertainty over death of 12 job-seekers in as many days.Soren’s directive to “set things…
NEW DELHI: Some protesters in Bihar tried to set a school bus on fire during Bharat Bandh agitation on Wednesday.A video shared by the news agency IANS showed agitators surrounding a yellow school bus in the Gopalganj area. Amidst the turmoil, a man was seen setting a tyre ablaze directly under the bus.The visuals showed…
DHAKA: Protesters besieged Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Saturday, delivering a two-hour ultimatum that forced a purge of the country’s highest court. Chief justice Obaidul Hassan decided by 1pm (in line with the student-imposed deadline) to resign. He was replaced by Syed Refaat Ahmed, appointed amid student protests backed by “law adviser” Asif Nazrul to bring…
BNP’s Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain helped out protesting students KOLKATA: BNP workers Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain in Dhaka were arrested on July 22 for helping out students during the movement—they distributed water and food among them. The two were released on Wednesday after the Awami League govt collapsed. Minto spoke to TOI from…
KOLKATA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) workers Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain in Dhaka were arrested on July 22. They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday after the Awami League government collapsed and all prisoners arrested during the month-long protests were released.While Minto works in the automobile industry, Zakir is in the cable business.Both…
Kamala Harris was interrupted by protesters chanting about the Gaza war during a rally in Michigan. She responded sternly, saying those who supported Donald Trump should state their intentions and continued her speech. Her response was met with loud cheers from the crowd.Harris initially acknowledged the protesters, saying, “I am here because I believe in…
I came to India on July 28 on a normal holiday. In India, I had hoped I would be able to visit Kashmir. But that was not to be.My husband – a police officer in Dhaka – was called back to work. While the tension back home stopped him from returning, I have several other…
LONDON: Fifty-three police officers and three police dogs were injured during violent riots which erupted in Southport on Tuesday night just yards from where a peaceful vigil had taken place earlier in the evening for the 13 people, mostly children, stabbed in a dance class.The rioting began at 7.45 pm outside a local mosque when…
Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested several Gaza war protesters who held a sit-in at a congressional office building, prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress.The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, with demonstrators wearing red T-shirts with the slogan “Not In Our Name” taking over the Rotunda of the Cannon…
