Dharna
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Roopa Ganguly arrested after overnight dharna at Bansdroni Police station
Kolkata | Oct 03, 2024, 12:31 PM ISTBJP leader Roopa Ganguly was arrested after staging a night-long dharna at the Bansdroni Police Station, raising concerns over police actions against her peaceful protest. The arrest has sparked tensions in the region, with the BJP alleging unnecessary police intervention.
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Mamata says workers will get pending wages by Feb 21 amid dispute with Centre over dues
West Bengal | Feb 03, 2024, 05:20 PM ISTThe CM claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre owes the state thousands of crores of rupees on account of various welfare schemes. She began a two-day dharna in front of the BR Ambedkar's statue in the Maidan area of Kolkata on Friday.
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Mamata Banerjee stages dharna to protest against EC's ban order
Elections | Apr 13, 2021, 04:34 PM ISTThe Election Commission has barred Mamata Banerjee from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours. Banerjee is protesting against the ECI's ban at the Gandhi Statue in Kolkata.
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Farm laws: With Prez refusing appointment, Punjab CM to lead dharna at Rajghat
India | Nov 03, 2020, 06:48 PM ISTPunjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will lead a relay 'dharna' of Congress MLAs at Delhi's Rajghat on Wednesday following President Ram Nath Kovind’s refusal to meet a delegation led by him over the Centre’s farm laws.
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Ended 'dharna' to boycott monsoon session: Congress MP
News | Sep 22, 2020, 03:55 PM ISTCongress Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain over the suspension of 8 MPs from Rajya Sabha due to their 'unruly' behaviour on September 20 said that the suspended MPs were not just protesting for the suspension to be revoked but also for the farm bill
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On dharna since 24 years, UP man made to call off protest
India | Sep 20, 2019, 10:59 AM ISTVijay Singh, a teacher, had started his sit-in at the Collectorate in Muzaffarnagar in January 1996.
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Mirzapur: BJP leader stages dharna, cries on road after police issue challan against him
News | Jul 08, 2019, 04:09 PM ISTMirzapur: BJP leader stages dharna, cries on road after police issue challan against him
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Delhi: Kejriwal chairs meeting of DJB, seeks daily report on water problems
India | Jun 21, 2018, 12:19 PM ISTIt may be recalled that on Tuesday Kejriwal broke his fast and consequently the stand-off between the AAP government and IAS officers in Delhi ended.
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Sit-in by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and team inside L-G's waiting room enters fifth day
India | Jun 15, 2018, 08:49 AM ISTIn counter-protest, AAP's rebel legislator Kapil Mishra along with BJP MP Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma and three party MLAs sat on dharna outside the chief minister's office at Delhi Secretariat.
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CM Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, urges him to end IAS officers strike in Delhi
News | Jun 14, 2018, 11:47 AM ISTCM Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, urges him to end IAS officers strike in Delhi
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40 hours on, Kejriwal and Co continue to protest at LG House
News | Jun 13, 2018, 12:45 PM ISTDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal continues his sit-in protest at lieutenant governor Anil Baijal’s office along with three senior cabinet ministers and said he would stay put until the government’s demands were met.
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Rahul Gandhi to stage 'dharna' at Rajghat tomorrow
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Judge sits on dharna outside Jabalpur High Court after being transferred 4 times in last 15 months
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Would have staged 'dharna' if MS Dhoni had retired, says Sunil Gavaskar
Cricket | Jan 05, 2017, 05:02 PM ISTVeteran Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar may be okay with MS Dhoni’s decision to quit limited-overs captaincy, he believes that the Jharkhand boy still has a lot to offer to the Indian team. Retiring from the
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Paswan to sit on dharna tomorrow in support of toddy sellers
National | Apr 24, 2016, 11:58 PM ISTPatna: LJP chief and Union minister Ramvilas Paswan today said he will sit on a dharna here tomorrow demanding rollback of the decision to ban toddy under total prohibition as he lent support to the
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Varun to lead dharna to demand compensation for farmers
India | Apr 18, 2015, 04:56 PM ISTSultanpur (UP): BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Varun Gandhi would lead a dharna on April 28 to demand adequate compensation for farmers who have suffered crop losses due to recent untimely rains and hailstorm.
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FIR against Vishwas for staging dharna inside police station
India | Apr 19, 2014, 01:49 PM ISTAmethi: A complaint has been lodged against AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas and hundred others for staging a dharna inside a police station, police sources said here today.The AAP leader and others sat in the premises
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Kejriwal protest: PM meets President
India | Jan 21, 2014, 07:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Against the backdrop of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's dharna near Raisina Hill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called on President Pranab Mukherjee and is understood to have discussed the situation. Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Kejriwal threatens to sit on dharna if police officials not suspended
India | Jan 18, 2014, 09:37 AM ISTNew Delhi: DelhioChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday and threatened to sit on dharna with his ministers outside the Home Minister's office unless the police officials involved
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Yeddyurappa calls off night-long dharna in Assembly
India | Nov 28, 2013, 08:03 AM ISTBelgaum,Karnataka: KJP President and former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who was on dharna in the Well of the Assembly for the second consecutive night on Tuesday, yesterday called off his stir demanding extension of