Tag: Protests

Prevention of Atrocities Act & quota system: BJP and Congress are facing the heat in Madhya Pradesh

Newsroom24x7 Network Bhopal:  Ahead of the Assembly election in Madhya Pradesh, the anti-reservation movement led by SAPAKS (Samanya Pichda Alpsankhayak Kalyan Samaj) has intensified and there is also widespread anger in a large section of the people, especially among the youth, due to the amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act… Read More Prevention of Atrocities Act & quota system: BJP and Congress are facing the heat in Madhya Pradesh

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Pro-election protests in DR Congo: Opposition leaders demand sanctions over protesters’ deaths

Newsroom24x7 Staff New York/Kinshasa (DR Congo): World leaders attending the UN General Assembly are concerned and keeping a close watch on the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo where an opposition led pro-election agitation was brutally crushed by riot police earlier this week resulting in a large number of deaths. According to reports, the death… Read More Pro-election protests in DR Congo: Opposition leaders demand sanctions over protesters’ deaths

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Cauvery protests: Riot, arson rock Bengaluru; 40 buses set on fire

Newsroom24x7 Staff Bengaluru: Supreme Court’s latest order on Cauvery water issue asking Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu per day till 20 September today flared up passions leading  to violent protests in a number of border districts and prohibitory orders under Section 144 were imposed in Bengaluru today after mobs torched… Read More Cauvery protests: Riot, arson rock Bengaluru; 40 buses set on fire

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