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Kerala's film industry protests CBFC's demand for a title change of 'Janaki vs The State of Kerala' highlighting censorship issues. Industry leaders emphasize the importance of creative freedom despite religious censorship pressures.

Kerala Film Industry Protests CBFC Censorship

Industry leaders from Kerala's film sector protest against CBFC censorship demands for 'Janaki vs The State of Kerala,' emphasizing the need for creative freedom amidst religious pressures and censorship threats.

Kerala's film industry protests CBFC's title change demand for 'Janaki vs The State of Kerala' over censorship concerns.

Various associations from the Kerala film industry staged a protest on Monday in front of the regional office of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), opposing the board's demand to rename the Suresh Gopi-starrer Janaki vs The State of Kerala.
Producers, directors, actors, and technicians came together for the day-long protest, alleging that the CBFC chairman's (Prasoon Joshi) directive to change the film's title to secure censorship clearance was a serious infringement on freedom of expression and amounted to unnecessary religious censorship.
B Unnikrishnan, director, producer, and General Secretary of the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA), told PTI Videos that while the decision to change a film's title rests with the producer, the protest was aimed at the larger issue of censorship and the violation of filmmakers' creative rights.
"They are raising objections based on the use of certain names and are refusing to issue censorship certificates. Cinema transcends religious or caste considerations, and we cannot allow this to continue," he added.
Unnikrishnan said that although the Malayalam film industry is not very large in terms of numbers, it "will not remain silent in the face of such attacks on creative freedom." CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam, who joined the protest in solidarity, said that Suresh Gopi&mdash;who is also a Minister of State in the Central Government&mdash;should reflect on how his government is "stifling freedom of expression".
Indrans, a National Award-winning actor, expressed his concern over the developments.
"I am scared. I do not know what awaits us when we bring out new films. It is frightening," he claimed.
Leading actors, directors, and producers from the Malayalam film fraternity participated in the day-long protest.
The Pravin Narayanan-directed film, also starring Anupama Parameswaran in the lead role, reportedly revolves around the legal battle of an assaulted woman named Janaki against the state.
According to sources, the film was denied screening clearance because &lsquo;Janaki&rsquo;, an alternative name for Goddess Sita, cannot be used for such a character.

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait claims government collusion with industrialists is putting farmers at risk of losing land, prompting urgent investigations.

Rakesh Tikait Govt-Industrial Collusion Alleged

BKU's Rakesh Tikait accuses the government of working with industrialists to seize farmers' lands, launching calls for investigation and aid for impacted families.

BKU's Rakesh Tikait accuses the government of aiding industrialists to take over farmers' lands. This has triggered a call for investigation and promises of government aid for affected families.

Capitalism is rapidly gaining ground in the country and small farmers' lands are being handed over to industrialists, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said.
He warned that if such a handing over, according to him done with the collusion of the government officers, is not stopped, his outfit will launch an agitation.
Tikait made the remarks while he was visiting the family of a farmer, Manohar Kushwaha, who succumbed on Monday due to injuries he sustained after jumping from an electric tower.
His family members have alleged that Manohar had climbed the tower on Sunday in protest against measurement of his land.
"Now, cheap labourers and homeless farmers are being created in the country," Tikait told reporters after meeting the family.
The BKU leader alleged that land measurement was conducted despite a high court stay, and Kushwaha was driven to suicide.
Tikait termed it a "conspiracy &hellip; to grab the land of poor farmers in connivance with the administration and traders." According to BKU district president Anurag Chaudhary, the farmers have met Divisional Commissioner Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod seeking an investigation into the matter.
Yashod has since ordered the formation of an inquiry committee, headed by Additional Divisional Commissioner Amit Kumar, assuring a report within a month.
Tikait also met District Magistrate Dr VK Singh at the Collectorate, demanding immediate financial assistance and government schemes benefits for Manohar Kushwaha's family.

A protest in New Delhi against Israeli detentions of Gaza-bound activists drew attention to Gaza's humanitarian crisis. Greta Thunberg's detention sparked calls for urgent international scrutiny, as Indian student bodies demand a reassessment of India-Israel relations.

Student Protest Over Activist Detentions in Delhi

Protests erupted at the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi over the detention of Gaza-bound aid activists. Greta Thunberg's involvement intensified calls for scrutiny of Israel's blockade. Indian student groups demand activist freedom and reassessment of ties with Israel.

Students protested Israeli Embassy detentions in New Delhi, spotlighting Gaza's crisis. Police detained protestors, sparking demands for activist release and a reassessment of India's Israel ties.

Students from various organisations protested outside the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday, expressing dissent over the detention of activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid boat.
The protesters were detained by the Delhi Police during the demonstration.
The protests were sparked by the recent detention of the aid boat, which was carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, and was intercepted by the Israeli forces as part of the enforcement of a blockade that has intensified amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, exacerbating humanitarian crises in Gaza.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition organised this initiative to draw attention to the dire situation in the region. The Students' Federation of India (SFI) issued a statement condemning the police's actions, characterising the detentions as brutal and emphasising their commitment to demanding the immediate release of the activists.
"Our resolve is to demand the immediate release of the abducted activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla and our steadfastness in urging for a free Palestine. Numerous students and activists have been detained only for seeking the release of activists who were delivering life-saving aid to Gaza, in complete concurrence with international law. This is a grave blot to democracy," the statement said.
The All India Students' Association (AISA) activists, including the JNU Students' Union President Nitish Kumar, also protested and were detained.
"AISA condemns the brutal detention of students and demands boycott and divestment from Israel and end to the joint ventures, weapons deals and business exchange from the genocidal state of Israel by the Indian government," a statement said.

Karnataka's minister presses for central funds due to project delays while urging MPs to apply pressure to expedite support.

Karnataka Urges Central Funds Allocation

Minister Parameshwara seeks central disbursement to avoid protests and push development, stressing on harmonious Centre-state ties.

Parameshwara warns against fund protest necessity

Karnataka urges the central government to release overdue funds to prevent further protests, emphasizing development.

Alleging delay by the union government in releasing funds for the centrally-sponsored schemes and grants to Karnataka, Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that a situation should not come for the state government to once again hold a protest for this in New Delhi.
He said that the timely release of central funds would help in taking up development works.
"For the last two years, we have been asking the Centre to give the grants that are supposed to come to the state government. For various reasons, it is getting delayed. Sometimes they don't come at all. So the chief minister held a review yesterday," Parameshwara said in response to a question.
Speaking to reporters here, he said the CM had requested the Members of Parliament from the state to put pressure on the Centre and get funds released to the state.
"It is said that about Rs 5,500 crore should be released to the state immediately. We should demand under the Centre and state relationship that is there. Last time a situation had come for the state government to go and stage a protest in Delhi as repeated attempts to get funds by putting pressure on the Centre failed. Such a situation should not come again...if funds are released on time it can be used for development," he added.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had led a protest in New Delhi in February last year against the Centre's "injustice" to the state in devolution of taxes.
The CM on Wednesday had chaired a District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting here, and had alleged that development projects were being delayed in the state due to the union government's "apathy" towards Karnataka, and that the Centre has failed to release its share of funds for various centrally sponsored schemes.
To a question about a number of MPs skipping Wednesday's meeting, the home minister said, "Not sure what the reason is. They, too, will have work to perform and hence wouldn't have attended the meeting." "State government and the CM have ensured that due respect is given to MPs that they are entitled to," he said, responding to a question about whether MPs were miffed with the state government.

Bengali advocates in East Singhbhum demand more language resources and oppose Dr Mukherjee University's renaming.

Protests in East Singhbhum Over Bengali Education

Jharkhand Banglabhashi Unanyan Samity protested in East Singhbhum for more Bengali educational resources, opposing university renaming.

Protests erupt over shortage of Bengali teachers in Jharkhand schools

Jharkhand Banglabhashi Unanyan Samity protested in East Singhbhum over scarce Bengali language resources in schools.

The Jharkhand Banglabhashi Unanyan Samity on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the East Singhbhum district collectorate protesting the alleged lack of Bengali language teachers and textbooks in schools in the state.
Activists of the Samity, which is the central committee of over 100 organisations of the Bengali community of Jharkhand, also opposed the proposed renaming of Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee University in Ranchi.
A memorandum addressed to Chief Minister Hemant Soren was handed over to the deputy commissioner demanding that Bengali be taught in schools and adequate textbooks in the language be made available.
Juran Mukherjee, general secretary of the Samity's East Singhbhum unit, criticised Education Minister Ramdas Soren for his alleged misleading remarks about Bengali-speaking students in the state.
A delegation of the Samity had recently met the education minister to apprise him about the problems faced by Bengali language students across Jharkhand.
During the meeting, Soren had said there were no Bengali-speaking students and asked the Samity to bring such students to schools, then the government would provide textbooks and teachers, Mukherjee said in a statement.
"It is completely incorrect and misleading. His remark has sparked widespread opposition in the society," the statement said.
Mukherjee claimed that out of 24 districts of the state, 16 were predominantly Bengali-speaking, while Bengali-speaking students were present in every school.
The Samity alleged that a deliberate conspiracy was being hatched to marginalise the Bengali language since a separate Jharkhand state was formed two-and-a-half decades ago.
Mukherjee strongly demanded that appropriate measures be taken to preserve the Bengali language in the state.
He said the Samity opposes the state government's decision to rename the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University in Ranchi, hailing the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder as a great nationalist and educationist.

BJP's Jharkhand rallies target Pakistani nationals amid heightened Indo-Pak tensions, demanding their expulsion citing security risks.

BJP Rallies in Jharkhand Target Pakistanis

BJP protests across Jharkhand focus on expelling Pakistani nationals amidst growing Indo-Pak tensions, following the Pahalgam attack.

BJP protests in Jharkhand target Pakistanis amid tensions

BJP protests target Pakistanis in Jharkhand amid Indo-Pak tensions. Actions backed by central government policies.

Protests by BJP workers are underway across Jharkhand on Monday against Pakistani citizens who are living in the state and other parts of India.
The agitations come amid increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed the lives of 26 people, mostly tourists.
After the terror incident, the Center had announced a slew of measures, including suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, downgrading diplomatic relations with Islamabad, and ordering all Pakistanis on short-term visas to leave India by April 27 or face action.
Party workers led by Jharkhand BJP president Babulal Marandi took out a march in the state's capital, Ranchi. Local MLA CP Singh, Hatia legislator Naveen Jaiswal, and former leader of the opposition Amar Bauri were among the party leaders who participated in the rally that was taken out from the city's Zila School Ground.
They raised the slogan 'Pakistani Bharat Chhodo' during the rally, which will culminate at the district collectorate office, where the party leaders will hand over a memorandum to the Ranchi deputy commissioner.
Protests are also underway in various parts of Jharkhand, a BJP leader said.
Bauri said BJP workers demand that the Hemant Soren-led government identify and drive out Pakistanis from Jharkhand, as they are "not only a threat to the state but also to national security."
The Ranchi MLA said Pakistanis do not have any right to live in India.
"After the Pahalgam incident, the center is taking strict action. Now, all Pakistanis who are living in India have to leave our country," BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo added.

CITU's Tapan Sen slams new labour codes, urging nationwide strike to defend workers' rights. The codes threaten hard-won protections.

Nationwide Strike Looms Over Labour Code Protests

CITU leader Tapan Sen rebukes new labour codes as harmful to workers' rights. Announcing a nationwide strike on May 20, Sen highlights threats to established work laws, calling for robust resistance.

CITU calls May 20 strike over labour codes

Tapan Sen condemns new labor codes, calling them an assault on workers' rights, with CITU planning a nationwide strike on May 20.

The new labor codes are an assault on the rights of the workers, and the Joint Platform for Trade Unions will continue to protest against them, CITU general secretary Tapan Sen said on Thursday.
As Labour Day was observed on Thursday, the leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) expressed concern that several states were incorporating the new codes into their laws.
He said the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU), a central trade union affiliated with the CPI(M), has called for a strike on May 20 to protest the labor codes and other issues. He asserted that this would be the beginning of a new resistance to the new codes.
&ldquo;We could stall the implementation of the new labor codes for the last five years; there were numerous strikes, general strikes, and sectoral actions, and they could not notify the code. Now, they are processing it with different state governments, and they had planned to notify them on the 1st of April. Somehow, they could not notify them,&rdquo; Sen told PTI.
The four labor codes passed by Parliament replace 29 existing labor laws. These codes regulate wages, industrial relations, social security, occupational safety, health, and working conditions.
Sen said numerous mechanisms have been designed by the government to surpass labor laws.
"They are making numerous administrative mechanisms by which they are curbing even the rights which are available to the worker. They are incentivizing the employers to violate the laws by way of decriminalizing those offenses. They will pay some fine and get out of this,&rdquo; he said.
He said representatives of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) met with trade unions on April 29 to discuss a proposal to reduce the penalty charges applicable to defaulters of employee provident fund contributions.
&ldquo;The defaulters are being promoted this way... All the trade unions have opposed it, saying it is legalizing the violation of the law. They are decriminalizing the offenses and reducing the penalty, thereby legalizing or legitimizing the violations. So, in that kind of situation, the workers have no other right,&rdquo; he said.
"The struggle was unleashed throughout the globe, and for defined working hours, sacrifices were made. Ultimately, the eight-hour workday was internationally recognized. So, when those rights are being thought to be taken away, the workers' strategy is to defy that, resist that process, and assert those rights,&rdquo; he said.
He also alleged that laws are being misused to target those involved in protests and agitations against the union government.
&ldquo;The collective rights of workers are being sought to be curtailed. Now, collective agitation is being charged as organized crime under the Bharatiya Naya Samhita section 111, and leaders have been put in jail,&rdquo; he said.
According to CPI(M) leaders, two trade union leaders in Uttar Pradesh and one in Jammu and Kashmir were arrested under this section.

West Bengal teachers protest SC's temporary service extension post-2016 recruitment fiasco, seeking long-term solutions.

West Bengal Teachers Protest Supreme Court Ruling

West Bengal educators protest SC's ruling on 2016 WBSSC recruitment, seeking permanent service solutions beyond Dec 31.

WB Teachers protest Supreme Court's decision on WBSSC 2016 recruitment

West Bengal teachers protest SC's decision on 2016 recruitment, seeking permanent positions post-December. Demands rise.

The teachers of state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal-&nbsp; whose services were temporarily extended by the Supreme Court on Thursday- expressed dissatisfaction over what they termed as a "short-term relief." They asserted that only permanent reinstatement would bring them justice.
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the state government to initiate a fresh recruitment process by May 31 and complete it by December 31.
It also instructed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) and the state government to file a compliance affidavit detailing the initiation of the recruitment process by the deadline.
Pankaj Roy, one of the nearly 26,000 teaching and non-teaching staff whose appointments through the 2016 SSC recruitment drive were annulled, told PTI, "With all respect to the Honourable Supreme Court, let&rsquo;s voice our dissatisfaction over the order which has allowed us to attend classes only till December 31.
What happens after that? The SC has asked the state to issue a fresh notification. We&rsquo;ve already made it clear that we will not sit for fresh exams after clearing the 2016 recruitment test as eligible candidates."
Roy, a political science teacher at a secondary school in North Bengal, had observed a three-day hunger strike last week outside the WBSSC office in Acharya Bhavan, demanding the publication of a list distinguishing &lsquo;tainted&rsquo; from &lsquo;untainted&rsquo; candidates from the 2016 recruitment batch.
He also urged the WBSSC to clarify to the apex court that eligible teachers should not be dismissed.
"The SC order doesn&rsquo;t even address the case of non-teaching candidates," he added.
"This omission, in our view, results from the state government and SSC&rsquo;s attempt to create division among protesting sacked staff," he added.
Dhritish Mondal of Jogyo Sikshak Manch (Eligible Teachers&rsquo; Platform) echoed the sentiment, saying, "We are not tainted candidates. This is even acknowledged in the SC order. Then why should our services be extended only till December 31? As per service rules, we should serve till we reach the superannuation age of 60. If the WBSSC knows who is tainted and who is not, why can&rsquo;t they tell the SC clearly?" Mondal emphasised that the teachers, who had qualified through the 2016 recruitment process and served diligently, were unwilling to sit for fresh exams.
"This short-term extension means little after all our hard work and years of service. We will continue our protests until we get justice in the truest sense," he said.
While 70 members of the Manch launched a sit-in protest in Delhi on April 16, over 100 others have been staging an indefinite demonstration at Esplanade in Kolkata since April 3.
Asked whether the teachers would resume classes from Saturday, the protesters said, "We will decide soon. If we do return to school, it will be solely in the interest of the students, who are suffering."
A member of the managing committee of Bishnupur High School in Bankura district said the institution faced serious academic disruptions after the dismissal of eight teachers.
"With today&rsquo;s development, we are trying to reach out to the affected teachers and request them to resume classes from Saturday," the member said.
Attempts to reach West Bengal Board of Secondary Education President Ramanuj Ganguly were unsuccessful, as he did not respond to calls.
On Thursday, in a significant relief to West Bengal, the Supreme Court extended the services of teachers found "untainted" by the CBI probe into the 2016 SSC recruitment scam.
A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar observed that school education had been severely impacted following mass terminations and acknowledged that new recruitment would require time.
However, the relief was not extended to Group &lsquo;C&rsquo; and &lsquo;D&rsquo; non-teaching staff.
Earlier, on April 3, the apex court had invalidated the appointments of 25,753 teachers and staff in state-run and aided schools, calling the recruitment process "vitiated and tainted," and ordered the recovery of salaries from those deemed to have obtained appointments improperly.

CM Mamata Banerjee announces TMC-led protests on April 4-5 against medicine price hike, urging public support and communal peace during Ram Navami.

Mamata Leads Protests Against Medicine Price Hike

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announces statewide protests on April 4-5 against medicine price hike, urging peace during Ram Navami celebrations.

CM Mamata Banerjee announces TMC-led protests on April 4-5 against medicine price hike

Mamata Banerjee announces TMC-led protests on April 4-5 against Central Government's medicine price hike, urging communal peace during Ram Navami.

In response to the Central Government's decision to raise medicine prices, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday that her party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), will organize statewide protests on April 4-5.&nbsp;
Expressing her dismay, Banerjee urged an immediate reversal of the decision, stating, "I am shocked at the decision to hike prices of medicines. It cannot be accepted. I call for immediate withdrawal of the price rise." Her remarks came as she addressed reporters at the state secretariat.
The Chief Minister emphasized that the TMC's demonstrations will cover "every block and ward" across the state, aiming to voice strong opposition to the medicine price increase.
In addition, Banerjee appealed for communal harmony, urging people from all communities to ensure peace during the upcoming Ram Navami celebrations and to disregard any circulating rumors.&nbsp;
The protests highlight the TMC's stance against the Centre's policy changes as they seek to rally public support in opposition to the recent price hike.

As pro-Palestine protests continue to rage across the US colleges, an Indian-origin student was arrested from Princeton University on April 25. 

Indian-origin student arrested and banned for pro-Palestine protest in Princeton University

As pro-Palestine protests continue to rage across the US colleges, an Indian-origin student was arrested from Princeton University on April 25.&nbsp;

An Indian-origin student was arrested on Thursday for participating in a pro-Palestine protest at Princeton University. Achinthya Sivalingan was one of the two students who were arrested at the protest site.&nbsp;
Sivalingam has been banned from the university for participating in the agitation within the campus premises, pending a disciplinary process.&nbsp;
According to the Princeton Alumni Weekly, Coimbatore-born Achinthya and Hassan Sayed were arrested when the student protesters were setting up the tents in the university courtyard on the morning of April 25.&nbsp;
The college alumni magazine wrote about the arrests. It read, "A document shared by protesters identified the arrested students as Achinthya Sivalingan and Hassan Sayed. Urvi, a first-year Ph.D. student who asked to be identified only by her first name, called the arrest violent and said zip ties were put around their wrists."
Jennifer Morrill, a spokesperson for the University, released a statement about the arrest. Jennifer said, "Pitching tents violated University policy, leading to the arrest of the two students for trespassing after repeated warnings from the Department of Public Safety to cease the activity and leave the area.&rdquo;
Achinthya Sivalingan is pursuing a Master&rsquo;s in Public Affairs (MPA) in International Development at Princeton. Sayed is a fifth-year PhD student in the economics department at Princeton.&nbsp;
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The home ministry has said that the new law on hit-and-run cases will be implemented only after discussions with All India Motor Transport Congress.

Truckers call off stir after govt says new law not in force, final decision after talks

The home ministry has said that the new law on hit-and-run cases will be implemented only after discussions with All India Motor Transport Congress.

Amid country-wide protests over new law on hit-and-run cases, the Centre on January 2 said that the rule has not come into force yet.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the law, which carries a punishment of up to 10 years imprisonment, will be implemented only after a discussion with All India Motor Transport Congress representatives.
Ministry spokesperson Ajay Bhalla said that the government and All India Motor Transport Congress have appealed to drivers to return to work.
President of All India Motor Transport Congress Amrit Lal Madan said speaking to reporters, &ldquo;You are not just our drivers you are our soldiers. Like soldiers work on the country's borders, you guys work. We do not want you to face any inconvenience. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has kept the ten years of punishment &amp; fine that was imposed, on hold. Until the next meeting of the All India Motor Transport Congress is held no laws will be imposed.&rdquo;

A viral video showed girls pelting stones at an SUV belonging to the education officer.

On camera: students throw stones at govt officer's car over lack of facilities at Bihar school

A viral video showed girls pelting stones at an SUV belonging to the education officer.

The students of a government girls' high school in Bihar's Vaishali vandalised a car while protesting against alleging poor seating arrangement and lack of facilities.&nbsp;
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, which showed girls pelting stones at an SUV.
As per the reports, the students blocked the National Highway 122 B in protest. The police reached the site to control the situation.&nbsp;
The police were accused of slapping the students after which they starting pelting stones at SUV of the education officer. However, the police said that they requested students to settle the matter, but they turned violent.
"There are more student admissions than the capacity of school classrooms here. The students who did not find a place to sit inside started protesting and blocked a road. We are trying to run the school in two shifts. A probe is on," said Neeraj Kumar, SDO, Mahnar, Vaishali.
The school administration said that the students were influenced by external elements.
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Jairam Ramesh said the BJP is rattled with the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which, he said, became a movement.
 
 

Congress to launch nationwide protests against Rahul's 'deliberate' disqualification from Monday

Congress to launch nationwide protests against Rahul's disqualification, welcome opposition's support

Jairam Ramesh said the BJP is rattled with the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which, he said, became a movement.
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The Congress on Friday announced a nationwide agitation against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, alleging that the government has acted with lightning speed to "gag" him, and called for taking forward opposition unity in a systematic manner.
Soon after Gandhi's disqualification by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the Congress leadership got into a huddle at the party headquarters and deliberated on the way forward.
Congress general secretary Ramesh said, "We will go all over country as Rahul Gandhi was deliberately disqualified for raising his voice against the Modi government on the Adani issue, on the government's foreign policy and the clean chit given to China for incursions at the border." Ramesh said the BJP is rattled with the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which, he said, became a movement.
The Congress leadership has welcomed the statements of support of all opposition leaders, he said and asserted that "we should now take the issue of opposition unity forward in a systematic way".
It was noted today that many opposition parties have condemned the action taken unilaterally with such lightning speed to disqualify Rahul Gandhi, he said.

Hush money case: Trump expects to be arrested Tuesday as DA eyes charges

Law enforcement officials in New York have been making security preparations for the possibility that Trump could be indicted.

Donald Trump said in a social media post that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.
Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network early on Saturday that &ldquo;illegal leaks&rdquo; from the Manhattan district attorney's office indicate that &ldquo;The far &amp; away leading republican candidate &amp; former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week.&rdquo; Messages left on Saturday with the district attorney's office were not immediately returned. Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to calls for comment.
Trump did not provide any details on social media about how he knew about the expected arrest. In his postings, he repeated his lies that the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden was stolen and he urged his followers to &ldquo;Protest, take our nation back!&rdquo; That language evoked the message from the then-president that preceded the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Law enforcement officials in New York have been making security preparations for the possibility that Trump could be indicted.

Maharashtra: Farmers call off long march to Mumbai against onion price

Maharashtra: farmers call off long march to Mumbai against onion price

On Friday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told the Assembly that onion cultivators will be given a financial relief of Rs 350 a quintal and appealed to them to call off the protest.

Protesting farmers and tribals, who were on their way to Mumbai from Nashik district of Maharashtra, called off their long march on Saturday with their demands being taken into consideration in the state legislature and ground-level officials receiving orders to execute the government's orders, a CPI(M) MLA said. The march had started from Dindori town, located around 195 km away from Mumbai, on March 12 demanding relief of Rs 600 per quintal to onion growers hit by price crash, 12-hour uninterrupted power supply to farmers, and waiver of farm loans. They had reached Thane district's Vasind town, around 80 km from Mumbai.
On Friday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told the Assembly that onion cultivators will be given a financial relief of Rs 350 a quintal and appealed to them to call off the protest.
"Our demands have been met. All the demands by the farmers were taken into consideration in the state legislature and collectors and tehsildars have been issued orders. We received calls from our activists that work (implementation of the government order) has begun. So we have decided to call off the march," Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA Vinod Nikole said.
He said the participants have started heading back to their homes, and the remaining people will leave by Saturday evening or Sunday.

The farmers said that they are burdened by the increase in the cost of cow feed and alleged that the payment for procured milk is often delayed.

Watch: TN dairy farmers spill milk on the road in protest against the state government

The farmers said that they are burdened by the increase in the cost of cow feed and alleged that the payment for procured milk is often delayed.

As a section of dairy farmers in Erode on Friday emptied containers of milk on the road in a dramatic gesture commencing agitations for a better procurement price, the Tamil Nadu government denied that the protests had caused a shortage of milk anywhere in the State.
The dairy farmers are demanding a raise of Rs 7 per litre of milk.
Their counterparts in Madurai and other parts of the state too brought along their cows and demonstrated similarly on the roads.
Demanding a hike in milk procurement prices, the agitating farmers said that they are burdened by the increase in the cost of cow feed and alleged that the payment for procured milk is often delayed, as per a report by ANI.
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Concern over Iranian women in viral 'Calm Down' video

Activists raise concerns over whereabouts of Iranian women from viral dance video

Concern over Iranian women in viral 'Calm Down' video


The footage showed the women dancing with bare midriffs beneath highrises in the Tehran residential district of Ekbatan to the song "Calm Down" by Nigerian Afrobeats singer and rapper Remaa

Concern grew on Tuesday over the well-being of five young Iranian women who filmed themselves dancing without headscarves in a viral video, after allegations they had been arrested and forced into confessing.
The footage showed the women dancing with bare midriffs beneath highrises in the Tehran residential district of Ekbatan to the song "Calm Down" by Nigerian Afrobeats singer and rapper Rema.
It spread widely on TikTok and other social media channels last week around International Women's Day on March 8.
Activists, apparently from the Ekbatan area, first posted the video on Telegram and Twitter. They said authorities had been asking residents in the area if they knew the women, based on the footage.
On Tuesday the activists alleged the women had been detained and forced into making a video in which they expressed regret.
In the Islamic republic it is illegal for women to dance in public as well as to not wear the Islamic headscarf.
Abolition of the obligatory headscarf rule has been one of the chief demands of the protest movement that erupted in September after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested for allegedly violating the dress code.
After the initial viral footage of the five, another video emerged on social media of four women, their heads fully covered, stepping forward one by one to express regret.
It appeared to have been filmed in a similar Ekbatan area, but neither the video nor the circumstances in which it was made could be verified.
Whether the women had been released was also not immediately clear.
Ekbatan, a middle-income area popular with young professionals and families, saw repeated anti-regime actions in the past few months.
Rema retweeted video of the women dancing with their long hair uncovered and commented: "To all the beautiful women who are fighting for a better world, I'm inspired by you, I sing for you and I dream with you."
The song "Calm Down" became a global hit after Rema issued a remix with superstar Selena Gomez.
The video also caught the attention of German Member of the European Parliament Hannah Neumann.
"On Women's day, they published this video. Wouldn't be worth news, but they danced in Iran," Neumann tweeted.
"The regime investigated, put them in prison, forced them into confessions and to wear hijab," she alleged.
During the protests hundreds of people have been killed, including dozens of security force personnel.
Thousands were arrested for participating in what Iranian officials described as "riots" and blamed on hostile forces linked to the United States, Israel and their allies.
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Iran government pardons 22,000 protesters months after arrest

Iran: Khameini pardoned 22,000 arrested protesters


An official said a total of 82,656 prisoners and those facing charges had been pardoned. Of those, some 22,000 had been arrested amid the demonstrations.
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Iran announced on Monday that the country's supreme leader has pardoned around 22,000 people arrested in the recent anti-government protests that swept the Islamic Republic.
The statement by Iran's judiciary head, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi, offered for the first time a glimpse of the full scope of the government's crackdown that followed the demonstrations over the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by the country's morality police.
It also suggests that Iran's theocracy now feels secure enough to admit the scale of the unrest, which represented one of the most-serious challenges to the establishment since the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Tens of thousands also were detained in the purges that followed the revolution.
However, anger still remains in the country as it struggles through the collapse of the nation&rsquo;s currency, the rial, economic woes, and uncertainty over its ties to the wider world after the collapse of Tehran&rsquo;s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Ejehi said a total of 82,656 prisoners and those facing charges had been pardoned. Of those, some 22,000 had been arrested amid the demonstrations, he said.
Those pardoned had not committed theft or violent crimes, he added.
His comments suggest that the true total of those detained in the demonstrations is even greater.
In February, Iran had acknowledged &ldquo;tens of thousands&rdquo; had been detained in the protests.
Monday's acknowledgement from Ejehi offered an even higher than what activists had previously cited.
However, there's been no mass release of prisoners documented in recent days by Iranian media reports or activists.
More than 19,700 people have been arrested during the protests, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that&rsquo;s been tracking the crackdown.
At least 530 people have been killed as authorities violently suppressed demonstrations, the group said.
Iran has not offered a death toll for months.
The announcement also came ahead of next week's celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
On Tuesday, some in Iran also mark nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition known as the Festival of Fire that's linked to the Zoroastrian religion.
Hard-liners discourage such celebrations, viewing them as pagan holdovers.
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Maharashtra farmer sets onion crop on fire in protest against govt as prices tumble

The price per kilogram of onion came down to Rs 2 to Rs 4, which angered the growers, who had stopped the auction at the APMC last week for a day.

Distressed by the crash in prices of onions, a farmer in Nashik district of Maharashtra lit a bonfire of the crop in protest against the government's policies and to highlight the plight of growers.
The protest was held on the day of the Holika festival which is marked by the burning of bonfires in Maharashtra.
Onion cultivators are battling a crisis as the prices of the kitchen staple have taken a hit at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Lasalgaon, the largest wholesale onion market in Asia, in Nashik.
The price per kilogram of onion came down to Rs 2 to Rs 4, which angered the growers, who had stopped the auction at the APMC last week for a day.
Krishna Dongre, a farmer from Mathulthan village in Yeola taluka who burnt the onion crop cultivated on one-and-half acres of land, had printed an invitation card announcing the agitation which had gone viral on social media.
"The Union and state governments have left the farmers to their fate. In their power struggle, they do not pay attention to whether the farmer survives or dies. This is a black day not only for Maharashtra but also for the nation as a farmer has been forced to light the bonfire of onions," he said and blamed the policies of the government.
Farmers from nearby villages were present at the protest.
The drop in onion prices has angered farmers in Nashik district as well as in the rest of the state and they are staging agitations.

Sisodia's arrest: AAP workers protests across several states, observes 'Black Day'

Party workers in Chandigarh, Delhi, Bhopal and other cities are holding protests amid tight security.&nbsp;

Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers on Monday held protests in several states against the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
He was arrested on Sunday evening in connection with alleged corruption in the now-scrapped excise policy relating to the sale of alcohol.
Party workers in Chandigarh, Delhi, Bhopal and other cities are holding protests amid tight security.&nbsp;
Security on Monday morning was beefed up around the BJP headquarters in Delhi where the AAP has called for a &ldquo;big protest&rdquo;.
An AAP functionary said in Delhi that all MLAs have been asked to gather 200 people from their respective constituencies for the protest.
Delhi Police has erected barricades on several roads leading to DDU Marg where both the BJP headquarters and the AAP office are located.
Paramilitary forces have also been deployed to maintain law and order.
The Aam Aadmi Party is observing the day as a "black day".
The party alleged that 80 per cent of its leaders have been &ldquo;arrested&rdquo; by police, and questioned whether anyone can be in &ldquo;police detention&rdquo; for 24 hours.
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