Agnipath Scheme was launched by the government, on June 14, in an effort to bring a change in the recruitment process of the Armed Forces.
The Patiala House Court on Wednesday granted bail to former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, who was arrested in connection with anti-Muslim slogans allegedly raised during a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashwini Upadhyay and five others have been arrested by the Delhi Police. The remaining five have been identified as Vinod Sharma, Deepak Singh, Vinit Kranti, Preet Singh and Deepak.
According to police, they have been arrested for allegedly raising inflammatory and anti-Muslim slogans at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. On Monday, police registered a case against them in connection with the communal sloganeering. Police had summoned Ashwini and asked him to appear at the Connaught Place police station for questioning. Besides, others were too summoned and grilled by police.
5 men including BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay have been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly raising inflammatory and anti-Muslim slogans at Jantar Mantar.
Leaders of the opposition parties, which have virtually stalled all proceedings in both Houses of Parliament over the Pegasus controversy and the agitating farmers' demand for repeal of three contentious farm laws, will meet on Friday to finalise details of their protest, the sources said.
The collective of over 40 protesting farmer unions said in a statement that several convoys of women farmers were reaching the Delhi borders to join the 'Mahila Kisan Sansad'.
Leading the protest against Lekhi, Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B V said "the comments towards the food givers of the country are highly condemnable".
The cameraperson has been identified as Nagendra Gosain, police said. A senior police officer said Gosain was attacked by Prabhjot Singh, a freelance journalist. Singh has been detained, the officer said.
Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh participated in a peaceful protest against three farm laws at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and held their Kisan Parliament simultaneously while the monsoon session was taking place in the Parliament.
Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said the phone numbers of farmer leaders will figure in the data of the year 2020-21.
A day earlier, farmers' unions said they will hold a 'Kisan Parliament' at Jantar Mantar during the monsoon session and 200 protesters from the Singhu border will attend it every day from July 22.
Hundreds of protesters, including students and civil society members, poured onto the streets in central Delhi on Monday protesting against the amended citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens.
"Nirbhaya's rapists are still in jail and have not been hanged. Those in jail are living their life, getting food and sleep but what about the families of the victims, whose lives are ruined forever," she said.
Former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has been remanded to CBI custody till Monday, August 26. The CBI court passed the order on Thursday. In a dramatic sequence of events, former finance minister P Chidambaram was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday night from his residence in the high-end Jor Bagh locality in New Delhi. Here are the Live Updates.
New Delhi, Dec 29: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has asked Home Minister SushilKumar Shinde to lift restrictions on holding peaceful demonstration in memory of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim in and around India Gate. Anticipating
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