Jan 8, 2020
New Delhi: Thousands of members from at least ten trade unions on Wednesday protested here against the Centre and extended their support to the all-India shutdown by trade unions.
Gathered at the Shaheed Park, the members walked towards the ITO intersection and blocked a section of Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.
Holding red trade union flags and braving the winter drizzle, the protesters shouted slogans “Stop attacking students”, “Stop attacking universities”, “India belongs to us”, “Stop dividing us”, and “NRC, CAA, NPR will not be allowed”.
They extended support to the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and anti-National Register of Citizens (NRC) protests as also to protesting students, saying these issues are affecting all Indians, including labour.
The demonstration was called to support the all-India general strike called by the trade unions.
The said they are on streets across the country because they are unhappy with the “Modi-Shah government as they have destroyed the country”. IANS
BPSC examination row: Pappu Yadav calls for ‘Bihar Bandh’ on Jan 12
Patna: Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav, on Wednesday called for a state-wide bandh on January 12 to press for the demand of the Bihar Public Service...
Union Carbide waste disposal: Two protesters attempt suicide in Pithampur, CM Yadav blames Cong
Bhopal/Pithampur: Two men attempted suicide during a protest against the transportation of hazardous waste from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to Pithampur in Dhar district on Friday. However, some...
Hyderabad college students protest over alleged video recording in washrooms; 7 suspects being grilled
Hyderabad: Police have picked up seven suspects for questioning after protests by female students of a private engineering college over alleged video recording in hostel bathrooms. The mobile phones of...
Punjab shutdown: Farmers block roads, trains impacted
Chandigarh: The shutdown call by farmer organisations evoked an enormous response in Punjab on Monday over their demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for crops. However,...
Police use teargas, water cannon to disperse protesting farmers at Shambhu border
Chandigarh: Haryana security personnel on Saturday lobbed teargas shells to disperse protesting farmers who were attempting to cross multi-layered barricades erected as a preventive step at Shambhu border point between...
RG Kar issue: Day-long protests in Kolkata today on bail to Ghosh, Mondal
Kolkata: On Saturday Kolkata is all set to witness a resurrection of protests, as the medical fraternity and common people are fuming over the granting of “default bail” to two...
‘Delhi Chalo’ march temporarily suspended, farmers injured owing to teargas shelling
Chandigarh: Protesting farmers, mainly from Punjab, on Sunday again suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after some of them suffered injuries in teargas shelling by Haryana Police...
Stir intensifies as Manipur man remains untraced after 13 days; 2,000 soldiers continue search
Imphal: As at least 2,000 soldiers of the Army and Assam Rifles continued their hectic search operation to locate the 56-year-old man from the Meitei community, Joint Action Committee (JAC)...
Farmers from Punjab defer ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest march, say ready for talks with Centre
Chandigarh: Protesting farmers, mainly from Punjab, gathered at an interstate border of Haryana in support of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ foot march, on Friday deferred their march for a day as...
UP Police arrests protesting farmers in Greater Noida, takes them to Police Lines
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh): Farmers under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha once again attempted to gather at Zero Point to press for their demands. The call for the...
Last rites of 12 tribals performed in Manipur; thousands join mass burial
Impha: The last rites of 12 Kuki-Zo tribals, including ten killed in the exchange of fire with the CRPF in Manipur's Jiribam district on November 11, were performed in Churachandpur...
Manipur: Tribals hold ‘coffin rally’ in tribute to 10 slain youths
Imphal: Thousands of men and women on Tuesday took part in a 'coffin rally' in Manipur’s Churachandpur in solidarity with the 10 Kuki-Zo-Hmar tribal 'Village Volunteers', who were killed in...
