Protesters block Louvre in support of French student movement
French students are now blockading the world’s busiest museum.
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French students are now blockading the world’s busiest museum.
Along with other CJP workers, they displayed the national flag at the site and shouted slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar before being detained and placed under preventive arrest
Rubbish littered the streets of Marseille on Sunday, one day after demonstrations against rising living costs and declining public services spiralled out of control in some of the worst violence France has witnessed for decades. On Saturday, black-clad protesters broke into Marseille's city hall and defaced the building with graffiti, while public buildings were also targeted in other French cities.
An elderly man was forcibly restrained by police during a protest against Elbit Systems in Ulm, Germany.
Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Gökçe Tuncel, Sociologist and post-doctoral researcher associated with the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. What began as a protest over missing teachers and inadequate resources at a high school in Créteil has rapidly evolved into a wider mobilization challenging structural inequalities within France’s public education system. “This is not a problem of short-term solutions. This is a structural problem that they are denouncing, and their demands are structural changes,” explains Tuncel. The movement's rapid expansion reflects more than the organizational power of social media. It reveals a growing political consciousness among young people confronting deteriorating educational infrastructure, unequal access to resources, and an increasingly uncertain future.
Kerala Muslim Jamaath claims that justice has been denied to their Sunni faction, which manages a significant portion of Waqf properties across Keralam
Addressing a protest gathering seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Kozhikode beach, the actor says the regime will be changed through votes, not like Bangladesh, Nepal or Sri Lanka
We will continue our democratic struggle against the politicisation of the Election Commission, says NSUI national president Vinod Jakhar
While the immediate trigger for the students’ protest at Jantar Mantar was the repeated paper leaks, disillusionment among the youth runs much deeper. India has a significant youth population; however, unemployment remains high. Additionally, access to quality education has become limited due to a number of factors
Officials attribute the chaos to ongoing road works along the Nilackal-Pampa stretch and an inadequate number of KSRTC buses to handle the pilgrim rush
Dhruv Rathee led a ‘Stop vote theft’ protest in London, accusing Modi's government of electoral manipulation.
Responding to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s assurances to the protesting farmers, Mr. Kumaraswamy said he had expected the Chief Minister to announce relief immediately
Bollywood actor and US citizen Imran Khan has been issued a notice by Mumbai Police directing him to leave India by October 28 for allegedly violating immigration laws. The action follows his detention after participating in an October 10 protest at August Kranti Maidan organized by the Cockroach Janata Party to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Police in Albania fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters on Saturday, the fifth day of mass student protests demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama step down. Reuters video footage showed police firing a shotgun towards crowds outside the education ministry during clashes with protesters. Reuters reporters found rubber pellets on the ground and pellets hit two Reuters journalists and several protesters, leaving round marks. The incident marks an escalation in a confrontation between...
Sugarcane farmers are undertaking the ‘Hubballi Chalo’ padayatra, putting focus again on many long-unresolved issues
The petitioners contended that protests, rallies, and dharnas were being conducted within their residential locality, denying them their rights under Article 19(1)(d) and Article 21.
Women protest in New Delhi against police brutality
A group of writers, academics, journalists and social activists has urged the Chief Minister and the Higher Education Minister to intervene
Tens of thousands of people are expected to protest across France on Saturday, as students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to demonstrate against high prices and the country's fraying social model.
Coconut farmer Sombat Chuekrod travelled more than 200km (120 miles) to join hundreds on the streets of Bangkok on Friday demanding that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank change how they deal with the developing world. Finance ministers, central bank governors and other top policymakers gathered this week in the Thai capital for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, as decision makers tackle an inflation crisis fuelled by the Iran war and other economic shocks. The message from...