According to protesting students the government plans to introduce a recruitment policy in which 60 per cent of seats will be reserved for various underprivileged categories.
The lack of public convenience booths in the locality has also resulted in people relieving themselves in the open, causing a foul smell in the entire area, local residents said.
Nationwide, protests were reported in about 13% of Peru's provinces, with many of them consisting of roadblocks making it impossible for truckers to deliver produce to market.
Jains' protests: This is perhaps, the first time members of the Jain community in huge numbers took to the streets to protest against the government for their demands.
China Covid: Some protestors claimed that the police contacted them with the purpose of seeking information on their whereabouts.
Indian diaspora demonstrates against 26/11 attacks: Demonstrations also took place in front of the Pakistan Consulate in Houston, Chicago and the Pakistan Community Centre in New Jersey.
China protests: Recalling the incident one of the protesters said that one of his friends had been beaten by the police while two other friends were pepper sprayed.
The decision by Elnaz Rekabi, a multiple medalist in competitions, to forgo the headscarf, or hijab, came as protests sparked by the Sept. 16 death in custody of a 22-year-old woman have entered the fifth week.
Iran protests: The protests, which enter their fourth week on Saturday, were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.
Police detained 41 of these protesters during their agitation held outside the Pune district collectorate on Friday.
Iran protest: A young Kurdish woman's death in police custody has sparked sharp condemnation from Western countries and the United Nations and touched a national nerve.
Delhi Assembly protests: The AAP MLAs set up beneath the monument of Mahatma Gandhi, while the BJP MLAs began their sit-in near the sculptures of legendary freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru, and Sukhdev inside the Delhi assembly grounds.
Tamil Nadu news: The 30-minute blockade caused hardship to the people with the vehicular traffic being affected as this is the main road connecting Tamil Nadu to Kerala.
Iraq Parliament Protest: Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi called for calm and restraint, and for protesters to “immediately withdraw” from the area.
NEET 2022: Protests that began on July 18 intensified on Tuesday and a section of agitators, who took out protest marches, vandalised a private education institution at Ayur in Kollam District.
Congress party's Mahila wing President, Netta D'Souza was caught on camera spitting at the police personnel while she was being detained during a protest against the Enforcement Directorate over the questioning of Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.
Agitators set ablaze Taregana railway station in Bihar during a bandh on Saturday and vandalised Ludhiana railway station in Punjab, as protesters continued to target railway properties on the fourth day of the stir and blocked roads and rail tracks in several states
Let us see how the Centre and states plan to assure the youth about their future when their time in the armed forces comes to an end.
Among those arrested, 316 were held in eight districts in Uttar Pradesh and 100 in West Bengal, while the Ranchi police registered 25 FIRs against "thousands" of people for the violence that erupted against two suspended BJP functionaries over Prophet Mohammad remarks after Friday prayers.
The row over the alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad escalated last week with protests from countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran, prompting the BJP to take action against its functionaries and assert that it respects all religions.
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