New Delhi: Around 1.30 pm, an hour before Dharmendra Pradhan put out his post on X saying he had put his resignation before the Prime Minister, stone throwing started at Jantar Mantar.The flashpoint was the four-road intersection outside the NDMC building, which by then had become a heavily fortified zone. There were barricades on all…
New Delhi: Delhi Police Saturday released the names and CCTV images of several people with alleged criminal antecedents who, according to investigators, were involved in the violence that erupted during Sansad March on July 20.Sources said one of the suspects had been identified as Sahil, who was allegedly seen near police vehicles that were vandalised….
New Delhi: More than 30 people were injured in stone throwing in the Sansad Marg area Saturday, hours before the students’ protest by Cockroach Janta Party was dissolved.A senior police officer said the injured included over 20 police personnel, six people and three journalists.Delhi Police asked people to avoid going towards New Delhi “unless absolutely…
New Delhi: On Saturday a special judge took charge of the designated court to deal with criminal cases arising from paper leaks as well as the use of other unfair means in public examinations, court sources said.They said special Judge Anu Grover Baliga took charge of a specially designated Fast Track Court to try offences…
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Saturday ended its agitation after central govt broadly accepted its three key demands.During the third round of talks that CJP’s representatives had with two Union ministers, it emerged that two demands — of withdrawing cases filed against protesters and compensating the families of the students who died by suicide…
New Delhi: A police officer firing a tear gas shell; another swinging a baton at a woman protester; men in plain clothes wielding sticks; a protester trapped in the middle as policemen close in from all sides, raining blows; photographs of senior cops placed alongside references likening them to General Dyer, who ordered the Jallianwala…
New Delhi: Delhi Police Saturday said it had identified around 180 more social media handles allegedly involved in spreading misinformation related to the Jantar Mantar protest.Addressing a news conference, DCP Rohit Rajbir Singh said that during the weeks-long protest, police observed a surge in social media posts, many of which were manipulated, fabricated or designed…
A student died after his car plunged into a water-filled drain in Vasant Kunj NEW DELHI: An eyewitness to the fatal road accident in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Kunj has alleged that the lack of a protective safety wall at the accident site makes the stretch dangerous and urged the authorities to take corrective measures before…
CJP saw significant youth participation, unlike previous agitations. Observers note differences in issues and leadership compared to Anna Hazare’s movement. NEW DELHI: With the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) calling off its 37-day agitation following the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, comparisons have inevitably been drawn with Anna Hazare’s landmark anti-corruption movement of 2011.Political…
A poster of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) during the seventh day of a hunger strike by CJP. (PTI Photo) It began with just six words on ‘X’ on May 16, posted in frustration: “What if all cockroaches come together?” Few could have predicted that the post would ignite one of the most closely watched student-led…
