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‘We are not Chinese’—Northeast students protest against killing of Anjel Chakma in Delhi

Northeast students demanded justice for Anjel Chakma, killed in a Dehradun racial attack, at Jantar Mantar—‘We don’t feel safe in Delhi.’

‘Bring my brother back alive, not in a body bag’—Indian men still trapped in Russia’s war

At least 100 people and 27 families from all over the country gathered at the protest site in Jantar Mantar on 2 November asking for their sons and brothers to be brought back.

Jamia students protest at Jantar Mantar against suspensions, academic ‘crackdown’

Students, professors lament decreasing democratic space in universities; police action in the past.

Poems, keffiyehs & a skit at Jantar Mantar as Left leaders, activists protest Israel’s war in Gaza

New Delhi: Wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh and shouting pro-Palestine slogans, activists, political leaders and residents from across Delhi gathered at Jantar Mantar on the...

After Siddaramaiah invites him to Jantar Mantar stir, Deve Gowda slams Congress, heaps praise on Modi

JD(S) chief’s words of adulation for Modi come at a time when BJP and JD(S) are working out a seat-sharing deal for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Late-night scuffle between protesting wrestlers & Delhi Police at Jantar Mantar

Demonstrators claim policemen attacked them after argument over occupying vacant spots at protest site.

Myanmar refugees demand permission to migrate. Mizo group leads from front

‘Blood doesn’t have a boundary. High time the world’s largest democracy starts fighting for Democracy,’ says Mizo student union president Samuel Zoramthanpuia.

Opposition to khaps, Haryana rallies behind wrestlers on dharna against WFI chief Brij Bhushan

Protesters have accused BJP MP & Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexually harassing women wrestlers. Dharna at Jantar Mantar on since Wednesday.

Wrestlers continue protest against BJP MP WFI chief Brij Bhushan — ‘want to meet Modi or Shah’

Protesting wrestlers upset with Brij Bhushan Singh's monopoly over the sport. He is currently in his 3rd tenure as president of Wrestling Federation of India — elected unopposed.

Jantar Mantar ‘anti-Muslim’ event was planned for 2020, Covid delayed it: Hindu Army chief

Sushil Tiwari, head of Hindu Army, one of the Right-wing groups that took part in Jantar Mantar event, says over 30 WhatsApp groups were involved, accuses BJP member & SC lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay of 'betrayal'.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.