Tag: Jantar Mantar Protest
Photo: IANSSupreme Court Hears Plea Against Metallic Pellet Guns, Directs Medical Aid for Injured Student Protesters
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the petitioners seeking a ban on the use of metallic pellet guns for dispersing civilian assemblies to amend their plea to specifically challenge the police regulations permitting the use of such weapons in exceptional circumstances, while directing the Delhi government to ensure medical treatment for those injured…
Photo: IANS‘Win for Democracy’: Cockroach Janta Party Celebrates Dharmendra Pradhan’s Resignation
New Delhi: Following Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, one of the key demands of the Cockroach Janta Party-led students’ agitation, the outfit called it a “win for democracy”. A post on CJP’s official X handle read, “Democracy Wins!”. It accompanied a video which showed the protesters celebrating Pradhan’s resignation. Addressing reporters and the demonstrators…
Photo: IANS/Deepak KumarRahul Gandhi Backs Students at Jantar Mantar, Calls for Dharmendra Pradhan’s Resignation
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday said he met students who observed a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar during the ongoing protest over paper leaks and examination irregularities, asserting that they would not withdraw from the agitation despite “detentions or threats” from the government. Addressing reporters after…
Photo: IANS/X/@Wangchuk66Sonam Wangchuk Ends Fast after Govt Intervention; Agitation Over NEET Row to Continue
New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his indefinite hunger strike after the government assured him that his demands would be met. He announced the end of his fast after Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh met him at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram around Thursday midnight and conveyed the government’s Intervention. “Just now, in…
Photo: IANSSonam Wangchuk Sets 3 Conditions To End Hunger Strike
New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for more than three weeks, said he would end his fast on Monday only if the three conditions outlined in a handwritten letter from Safdarjung Hospital are fulfilled. Wangchuk, who is on the 23rd day of his fast, has been admitted to…
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