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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicWrestlers protest

Topic: wrestlers protest

Will end probe into Brij Bhushan charges by 15 June, govt asks wrestlers to suspend protests

Top wrestlers met Sports Minister Anurag Thakur for six hours Wednesday and were assured of a resolution to several demands, but there was no word on Singh’s arrest.

Wrestlers’ protest is no 2012 for Delhi’s urban class. Sexual violence now a partisan issue

While the rhetoric from nationalist ramparts has been about ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, Modi govt's silence has shown that gender equity and safety in India are not universal concerns.

‘Rejoined work, not ended protest’ — Wrestlers Sakshee Malikkh, Bajrang Punia trash fake news

Their clarification came after news circulated that the two wrestlers had withdrawn from the agitation against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan SIngh. Both wrestlers tweeted to deny the reports.

A look at India’s Olympic medal wins, Paris to Tokyo. Wrestlers account for one fifth

Making its debut at the 1900 Paris Olympics, India has won a total of 35 medals across 24 Games. Kolkata-born Norman Pritchard is viewed as country's first medallist.

Meet the protesters standing for their wrestling heroes—barefoot, jobless, homeless in Delhi

From ensuring there were enough mattresses, to making sure no rabble rousers entered the temporary den of wrestlers, these people are key to the protest ecosystem.

‘People’s sentiments with protesting wrestlers’ — Haryana BJP leader ‘warned Nadda against inaction’

Former Union minister Choudhary Birendra Singh said he met BJP chief J.P. Nadda around Karnataka assembly polls and the latter told him he would speak to home and sports ministries.

‘Arrest Brij Bhushan Singh by 9 June or else…,’ Farmers’ give ultimatum to govt

Khap sources said the government was ready to accept any demand except that of the wrestling body chief's arrest.

Rahul Gandhi’s employment challenges & NCERT sounding more like CBFC

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Wrestler protest morphs into farmers’, Jat anger against Modi govt. Women not at forefront

The raucous and angry crowd in Muzaffarnagar was a sea of turbaned men who came to emergency mahapanchayat. They are new custodians of sporting honour.

Brij Bhushan postpones Ayodhya rally — ‘political rivals have made false allegations against me’

Proposed rally was seen as the WFI chief and BJP MP's attempt to consolidate support of a section of seers in wake of several women wrestlers accusing him of sexual harassment.

On Camera

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.