Following the attack on Amit Mitra and Mamata Banerjee in Delhi, the Trinamool Congress workers have come out in strong protest against the CPM and SFI leaders. TMC workers have decided to take out protest marches across the state. TMC workers in Delhi will ho...
Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heckled and manhandled in the national capital, TMC workers in her state hold violent protests. Many of the CPI(M) offices in the state are ransacked and party workers, including the leaders, are attac...
The Traders Collective president Vikramaraja had earlier announced that they would gather 10,000 traders and march towards Delhi to protest the FDI in retail move. The group has today reached Delhi's Jantar Mantar and will start protesting a few hours from now...
Jantar Mantar at Delhi witnesses a huge protest by the elderly demanding a universal pension scheme. Over 2000 workers from the unorganised sector demand increase in pension amount to Rs 2000 and the agitation may continue for the next few days.
Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan give a brief upon their Coal scam protest which they conducted on 26th January and the proceedings in the court regarding the charges against them. Bhushan says that they had conducted a peaceful mar...
Women groups in the capital are upset with the laws passed for the safety of women. They have decided to take their protests to Jantar Mantar today. They feel that the government, in its hurry to pass laws for women safety, has missed out on important suggesti...
The protest carried out by BJP workers throughout the country is gathering momentum and effigies of the Home Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde are being burnt. BJP chief, Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj came out to address the party workers. They said that the prot...
Watch Sushma Swaraj address the protesting BJP party workers at Jantar Mantar, Delhi. She said that they would continue the protest till Congress party apologizes for the comments and Sushilkumar Shinde is removed from his post. She also brought up the Hafiz S...
BJP workers in various states across India have come out onto the streets to protest against the 'Hindu Terror' comment made by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde. The top leaders in BJP have demanded apologies from both Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.
The BJP workers along with the top brass leaders will take to the streets protesting the Hindu terrorism comment by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde. The party workers plan to burn effigies of Shinde. RSS has accused Congress of talking like Pakistan.
JKLF chief Yasin Malik is all set to lay a 48-hour siege at Jantar Mantar to attract the world's attention to the plight of the Kashmiris who are on death row and are serving life sentences. He says these sentences are contrary to promises made by civil socie...
JKLF chief Yasin Malik is all set to lay a 48-hour siege of Jantar Mantar to attract world's attention to the plight of those Kashmiris who are on death row and are serving life sentences. He says these sentences are contrary to promises made by civil society ...
Even on new year, people continue their protests at Jantar Mantar. The peaceful protesters continue to register their protest despite the cold weather. A man even drew motifs on the road to express outrage.
If a BJP leader wants skirts banned in school, an SP in Jind, Haryana, now wants all women to stay indoors during new year's eve, to not invite trouble. Saurabh Singh has also said that women should stay away from alcohol to prevent getting raped.
Braving the Delhi winter chill, protesters in Jantar Mantar continue relentlessly shouting slogans demanding death penalty for the rapists of the 23-year-old medical student. Despite being a new year's eve, the students are still protesting the death of the ga...
One of the six accused in the Delhi gangrape, is a minor who turns 18 in four months. Even if he is found guilty he would be exempt from prosecution and punishment. He could get away with just three years of imprisonment and counselling at a reformation house....
The 23-year-old gang rape victim was cremated in Delhi. The anger on the streets of Delhi and the rest of the country continues to grow. People across the country were seen coming out in large numbers showing their solidarity and commitment to demand change. A...
Though Damini was given the best treatment, the scales of injuries were so huge that it proved to be a difficult task for the doctors to tackle and after 13 days of fighting she succumbed to the injuries. She told her mother that she wanted to live. Indians ac...
Speaking at a promotional event of the upcoming Bollywood film 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola', actors Anushka Sharma and Irfan Khan, the stars of the movie, came down heavily on police action at India Gate and Jantar Mantar against those protesting the Delhi gan...
Following a police clampdown on the protesters in Delhi, the protesting students keep away from the political parties who have also joined the protests against gangrape. The students made a clear demarcation, sat away from the political parties at Jantar Manta...
In a recent development, protesters gathered against the gangrape of the 23-year-old, demanding her justice and security for women, and the lack of action from the government, have staged a protest outside the residence of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shin...
The gangrape victim in Delhi has now slipped into critical condition again as her platelet count is decreasing by the day. She is back on the ventilator at the Safdarjung hospital, where the doctors have been treating her. The girl was assaulted and gangraped,...
Due to the rising protests by students and the general public in Delhi against the gangrape of a 23-year-old woman two weeks ago, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Rajpat and India Gate have been cordoned off by the police. The protesters have now been forced to take th...
For rioting, inciting and provoking the mob at Jantar Mantar, cases have been registered against Baba Ramdev and former Army chief VK Singh. The protesters led by Ramdev and Singh clashed with the police after they were refused permission to march towards Indi...
Thousands of citizens across five major cities; Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Lucknow, have come forward to be a part of the campaign started by India TV. The Campaign Damini saw huge turn out among the public who pledged that they would fight crime and...
In connections with the Delhi gangrape case, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde met the Delhi High Court Chief Justice. The latest news is that the Delhi gangrape case will be heard from 3rd January in the fast track courts. Dis...
The protesters have made it clear to the Government and police that come what may they will continue to fight for justice. In spite of closing down of metro stations, and levying Section 144 on India Gate, protesters made their way to Jantar Mantar and made su...
The doctors attending to Damini have said that they would address the media at 5 PM with updated medical reports. As of now they have said that she is awake and communicating with people around her, but her condition is still critical. She has been put back on...
Even as India unites to fight for justice for the Delhi gangrape victim, a report of another horrific rape comes in from Surat. A young girl was raped in Surat and the rapist attempted to kill the girl. The victim was brought to the hospital in a critical cond...
Massive agitations are being held in Delhi for the ninth consecutive day. India Gate which was the epicenter of the protests in the past week has been sealed this morning. The protesters have moved on to Jantar Mantar, where they are demanding immediate action...
India TV's Damin campaign was kick started by the Nawab of Lucknow, Jaffer Abdullah. The entire country was shocked as the details of the Delhi gangrape case broke on media. The common sentiment echoed by many is that they no longer trust the government and th...
India TV's campaign Damini has been welcomed by the public. People throughout the country have come out in support of the campaign. In Jaipur people from all strata of the society have came forward to show their support. The sentiment among the public was, eno...
All the roads and metro station to Central Delhi have been closed to prevent the protesters from reaching India Gate but this did not deter the protesters who have now shifted their base to Jantar Mantar. The turn out of protesters have reduced as it is a work...
In spite of the Prime Minister stepping out and addressing the public and the Home Minister promising quick action, the Delhi public is still not convinced. They say that they would continue protests till they see concrete action being taken. They have also as...
Keeping in mind the protests over the weekend, the Delhi Government decided to take steps to ensure that the same doesn't happen again. 10 major metro stations including Rajeev Chowk will remain closed until further orders. These steps were taken so that the p...
The Delhi Police, too, has urged the protesters not to resort to violence and maintain calm. The police said they are not against peaceful protests and had to use force to control the unruly crowd. However, the police asserted that they will take strict action...
After India Gate witnessed an unprecendented wave of protest for two consecutive days and skirmishes between the protesters and police, the government has appealed to the citizen of Delhi to maintain calm. The government tried to soothe rising tempers and prom...
In scenes similar to those from that from India Gate, police lathicharged at supporters of Ramdev at Jantar Mantar. Ramdev and retired army chief General VK Singh had been protesting along with other agitators at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. The reason for the lat...
As the peaceful demonstrations at India Gate turned violent when barricades at Rail Bhavan and India Gate were broken, the police resort to water cannons and tear gas shelling to control the crowd. While the women protesters demand their safety on the roads of...
As the police tries to enforce the clampdown at India Gate, all approach roads to the monument have been closed to traffic. The protests, however, continue peacefully at India Gate and Rail Bhavan separately. However, sources say that the two groups of protest...
While protesters continue to lay siege at India Gate, Delhi chief minister has appealed to the citizens to maintain calm and take out peaceful protests. At the same time, she has appealed to the Delhi Police to be more sensitive towards the matter and not reso...
While protesters continue to lay siege at India Gate, Delhi chief minister has appealed to the citizens to maintain calm and take out peaceful protests. At the same time, she has appealed to the Delhi Police to be more sensitive towards the matter and not reso...
Jantar Mantar, too, will be out of bounds for the protesters as the Delhi government enforces a complete clampdown on demonstrations. Sources say that even parts of south Delhi have been closed off to demonstrations as the Delhi Police begins to round up prote...
The government has permitted the protesters to demonstrate in front of Jantar Mantar, as the police impose Section 144 in the New Delhi district. However, the protesters have been refusing to move from India Gate, crawling underneath the buses meant to transpo...
Delhi Police have cracked down heavily on the protesters who have braved the low temperatures to agitate at India Gate. The police had invoked Section 144 in the New Delhi district to prevent the congregation of protesters, but they have defied the rule and ha...
Just ahead of the formal launch of his Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal at his Parliament Street rally presents NSG commando Naik Surender Singh who had said that he hadn't received his military pension for 13 months. Surender Singh also levels another charge ...
A day after he announced the name of his political party, Arvind Kejriwal, the national convener of the newly formed Aam Aadmi Party will hold a membership drive at Jantar Mantar on Monday at noon. He has asked the public to join his AAP as founding members. K...
Arvind Kejriwal will name his new party, which will contest in the 2014 elections, on November 26. The member of the IAC says, Anna Hazare is too dear to him and that after the launch of his party, they would no longer go with IAC as their symbol.
It has been almost 45 days since 12-year-old Navruna Chakravarty was abducted from her home in Muzzafarpur in Bihar. Despite protests by her family and friends, the police have failed to make any headway in the case so far. The case has now taken a political t...
BJP organizes several protests across the country against the price of cooking gas. Many senior BJP leaders like Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitely convened at Jantar Mantar and accused the UPA government of being heartless.
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj speaks at the party's protest at Jantar Mantar during the party's agitation against the UPA on FDI in retail and inflation. She says every time the Congress comes to power, essential commodities vanish from the shelves. She also spoke ...
The Bharatiya Janta Party conducted a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi attacking PM Manmohan Singh over price rise and FDI in retail. BJP senior leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley were present at the protest organised by the women activists of the pa...
BJP takes its battle against the UPA to the streets. Addressing a dharna at Jantar Mantar, senior BJP Rajya Sabha MP, Arun Jaitley guns for the Prime Minister. Slamming the government as the being the most corrupt thus far, Arun Jaitley accuses the Centre of n...
The Bharatiya Janata Party will be protesting at Jantar Mantar today, attacking the Congress against price rise and FDI in retail. This has been organised by the party's women activists. BJP leaders, Arun Jaitely and Sushma Swaraj will be present at the protes...
Sharad Yadav joins Mamata Banerjee's rally at Jantar Mantar which was staged to protest FDI in retail. He says it will be the small shopkeepers and farmers that will be hit hard by the retail FDI and says that these anti-people policies being implemented are u...
Mamata Banerjee is West Bengal's tigress, and her defiance of the UPA has entered the history books. These were some of the epithets used by JD(U) president Sharad Yadav to describe Mamata Banerjee and her protest rally in Delhi's jantar Mantar against the UPA...
India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal meets anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare. Kejriwal is said to make an official announcement of his political party on Tuesday. He says that there is no drift between Anna and him, but it is only that both of them ha...
AITMC Chief Mamata Banerjee has asked all her party members and supporters to participate in a rally organised by her in Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Monday against the recent reforms made by the UPA, in the past one month. Issues such as FDI in retail, LPG and fe...
Mamata Banerjee is holding a protest, against the UPA government's decision to allow retail FDI, at Jantar Mantar and wants them to reconsider their hike in the diesel price and cap on LPG cylinders. Around 1000 people from Haryana and 2000 others from Uttar P...
AITMC Chief Mamata Banerjee has organised a rally in Delhi's Jantar Mantar,on Monday, against the reforms made by the UPA. Issues such as FDI in retail, LPG and fertiliser subsidies, and price hike of petrol and diesel are being rallied against. Around 1,000 T...
After parting ways with Anna Hazare, India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal's break into the political foray seems an uphill task. The first signs of a political collapse showed in the meagre support that Kejriwal managed to garner for his first polit...
IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal along with friends Manish Sisodia and Kumar Viswas gears up to hold his first-ever protest without the support of Anna Hazare. He will be protesting in Jantar Mantar against the cap on LPG cylinders and the diesel price hike.
Arvind Kejriwal and friend Manish Sisodia protest against the cap on LPG cylinders in front of Jantar Mantar. They are also protesting against the hike in diesel prices.
Arvind Kejriwal denies reports that he had offered to give Anna Hazare Rs 2 crore, the money that was raised for the anti-graft stir. Anna Hazare had allegedly denied accepting the money. Kejriwal said that he had not offered any money and that there was only ...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, vehemently denies allegations that he tried to engineered a rift between Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal. He says that he never influenced Anna Hazare or tried to poison his ears about Kejriwal. Ramdev also refused to divulge the details...
Following the split from Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal is all set to hold his first ever protest against the cap on LPG cylinders. Manish Sisodia will also take part in the protest to be held at Jantar Mantar. Will Kejriwal still be able to strike a chord minus...
Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and AB Bardhan sharing dais with BJP's Nitin Gadkari and Murli Manohar Joshi at a demonstration against FDI in retail and hike in diesel prices is creating mixed responses among the party leaders and members.
News Night | The Bharat bandh against the FDI in retail, diesel price hike and cap of LPG cylinders has been successful, claims the BJP. Meanwhile parties unwilling to be part of the BJP have come together and staged protest at Jantar Mantar and their leaders ...
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh and Left leader Prakash Karat were among the leaders who were detained briefly. They were protesting the diesel price hike, with the FDI in retail being seen as a return to slavery. The Congress stands firm on its decision ...
Anna Hazare garnered a huge fan following when he first began his crusade against corruption. The media went ga-ga over him. Before long, he is old news. What caused the fall of brand Anna? Was it its self-righteous stand, a unilateral view of corruption, dis...
The BJP Madhya Pradesh Home Minister admits that he invited Sri Lankan President Rajapakse for a visit, minutes after senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj made a speech at Jantar Mantar claiming that the BJP had no role in inviting the Sri Lankan premier on Indian ...
After cornering the government on coal block allocations and the Washington post article, the BJP now raises the Telangana issue again in its attempt to stifle the Congress government on all fronts. Addressing a rally at Jantar Mantar, Sushma Swaraj bats for T...
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj joins the ongoing Telangana protest in Delhi's Jantar Mantar. She promises the Telangana state within three months, once BJP comes to power.
The BJP has suddenly emerged as a strong visible champion of the Telangana movement. The Telangana March of the BJP led by Kishan Reddy and supported by Nagam Janardhana Reddy, JAC and Kodandaram has has gained the spotlight. In one sense the BJP has managed t...
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadeker speaks to the press and claims the police had resorted to lathicharge and the use of water cannons without provocation. He claims eight BJP workers are in the hospital after sustaining injuries. He was arrested along with th...
Over 200 BJP workers are holding a protest against the UPA government at Jantar Mantar next to the Parliament street in Delhi. The police have set up barricades and are using water cannons to keep the protestors under control. The protest is one of the many pr...
On the second day of the BJP's Telangana March from Delhi's Jantar Mantar to the PM's residence, police struggled to stop the protesters with water cannons and tar gas. Many BJP activists tried to break the police cordon but where lathicharged. This was the se...
The Andhra Pradesh BJP leaders are on 'deeksha' at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on the issue of a separate Telangana state. State BJP chief Kishan Reddy speaks on smaller state, of how even Hindi-speaking states like Himachal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are separ...
The India Against Corruption activists have been released on condition that they would not return to 7RCR or 10 Janpath where the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi are located. Key IAC member Arvind Kejriwal has allege...
Activists from India Against Corruption including Arvind Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas and Manish Sisodia are released after being detained under Sec 144. The activists went against police orders and staged a dharna outside Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh's residenc...
India Against Corruption activists are being picked up by the police from outside Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Nitin Gadkari's residences. Five core members Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh, Kumar Vishwas, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are being taken to Man...
Team Anna's Arvind Kejriwal takes an adamant stand and says that supporters of India Against Corruption will proceed with the gherao of PM Manmohan Singh's residence over Coalgate despite the police stating firmly that it is not allowed and stern action will b...
Team Anna will gherao Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP President Nitin Gadkari's residences on Sunday. Kiran Bedi is ready to attend Arvind Kejriwal's rally at Jantar Mantar and head to the PM's house but is unwilling to join the protest outside Gakari's ...
BJP leader LK Advani says his party will oppose the FDI in retail sector. He was speaking at event in Delhi, Advani said it was the small retailers, traders, and others who owned small businesses who were their supporters and there was no question of ditching ...
BJP president Nitin Gadkari joins farmers' protest at Jantar Mantar and rallies against the UPA Government's polices. Speaking for the farmers, Nitin Gadkari accuses the Centre for wasting foodgrains and causing trouble to the farmers. He also accuses the Gove...
Following on the heels of Union Minister for Steel Beni Prasad Varma's comment that inflation can benefit farmers, BJP President Nitin Gadkari took the stage at Jantar Mantar to unleash an attack on the Congress and how it has failed the farmers. BJP wants the...
Sushma Swaraj, leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha speaks up against Congress at Jantar Mantra after the Union Minister for Steel Beni Prasad Varma made a remark endorsing inflation. Swaraj says BJP will always support farmers and questions the Congress's farm...
Joining the farmers' protest at Jantar Mantar against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the UPA Government, the BJP slams the Congress for its step-motherly treatment of farmers. BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said that the Government should increase the MSP for f...
The government has beefed up security after Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has threatened to court arrest by taking to Jantar Mantar or Parliament Street. Ramdev has said that he will sit on dharna outside the Parliament. Meanwhile, the NDA allies have rallied behind t...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has threatened the government that he, along with his supporters, will court arrest if his demands are not met soon. In the wake of this threat, the government has deployed heavy security at Jantar Mantar and Parliament Street.
In an effort to gain the attention of the government, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his anti-graft team plan to court arrest. Police sources have said that Ramdev and his supporters will be prevented from entering to Jantar Mantar or Parliament Street as they do n...
There are indications that Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his anti-graft agitation team plan to court arrest in an effort to gain the attention of the government which has been ignoring the movement. Police sources have said that Ramdev and his supporters will be p...
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has become a beacon of hope to many. He has inspired a nation and taught the people to fight against an unjust system. His latest move to actively enter into politics has instilled hopes in the people as he promises change ...
Even before the contours of Team Anna's political strategies come out in the public domain, controversies and questions have begun to arise. The anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare shocked his supporters at Jantar Mantar, saying that he is not even keen on joining...
While Team Anna's decision to join the political foray has surprised supporters, mixed reactions have come in from political quarters. The UPA has slammed Team Anna for allegedly making their 'true intentions' known, while the opposition camp led by the BJP ha...
They have finally come out into the open about their political aspirations, but that is all that Team Anna is willing to divulge for now. While speculations are rife about the formations of a fourth front, Team Anna members are choosing to keep mum about their...