May Day Rallies

Addressing a May Day rally organised by his party in Polonnaruwa, former Sri Lanka President and the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for fresh elections in the country.

Amid rising COVID-19 cases, the Assam government on Friday banned victory rallies across the state on May 2, when Assembly election results will be declared. The government has also extended the night curfew across the state till May 7.

The Election Commission of India has banned all victory processions on the day of counting of votes (May 2) polled -- or even after -- to the five states in the past few weeks after amid COVID-19 surge.

A day after the Supreme Court left it up to the police to decide if protesting farmers could enter Delhi on Republic Day for a tractor rally, farmer leader Dr Darshanpal told NDTV they may not be allowed to use the Outer Ring Road. He added that they have no plan of backing down.

The Supreme Court on Monday is scheduled to hear the central government's application seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor rally or any other kind of protest, which may disrupt the gathering and celebration of the Republic Day on January 26.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address a virtual rally on July 21 to mark the martyrs' day, something the Trinamool Congress party has been doing every year since it came into being in 1998.

Domestic equities rebounded 9 per cent on the first day of the three-day trading week tracking a rally in global peers, as India entered the fourteenth day of a 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P BSE Sensex index ended 2,566.7 points - or 8.97 per cent - higher at 30,067.21 and the broader NSE Nifty b...

On Sunday, the students' wing of Trinamool Congress will observe its foundation day with a rally in Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee is always the main speaker at the rally. This time, there are concerns she may have a tough message for the students.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been at the forefront of the opposition's attack on the BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, may have to keep away from campaigning for a while due to damage to his vocal cords. "Mr Sidhu has been placed on steroid medication and injections. He is under medication at the moment, and is hoping to make a...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally in Jharkhand's Chaibasa on May 5 was shifted by a day over the impending impact of the approaching cyclone Fani, expected to hit neighbouring Odisha on Friday morning, a BJP leader said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's revelation that "Mamata-Didi" sends him sweets every year has provoked a very sour response from the Bengal Chief Minister, who took a second swipe in two days at PM Modi over the comment. At a rally in Asansol today to campaign for the national election, Mamata Banerjee threatened to send him "sweets made of soil and...

The Delhi Police is likely to recommend capping the duration of protest at the Jantar Mantar at maximum one day and limit the number of protestors at 5,000, after the Supreme Court revoked the ban on holding rallies and dharnas at the iconic site.

Two days before panchayat polls in West Bengal, a 30-year-old man was shot dead when some gunmen opened fire on a poll rally at Bhangar, 25 km from Kolkata. The death comes a day after courts gave 14 May polls the nod despite multiple complaints by the opposition of poor security.

With less than 10 days to go for the high-stakes elections in Karnataka, the BJP and the Congress have upped their campaign blitzkrieg. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team of star campaigners are holding rallies and campaigns across the state which will go to polls on May 12. PM Modi, who officially launched his Karnataka campaign on Tuesday,...

Organized labor activists led May Day rallies in several U.S. cities on Tuesday, though in smaller numbers than last year, decrying President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown as an assault on vulnerable workers in some of America's lowest-paying jobs.

Addressing a May Day rally organised by his party in Polonnaruwa, former Sri Lanka President and the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for fresh elections in the country.

Amid rising COVID-19 cases, the Assam government on Friday banned victory rallies across the state on May 2, when Assembly election results will be declared. The government has also extended the night curfew across the state till May 7.

The Election Commission of India has banned all victory processions on the day of counting of votes (May 2) polled -- or even after -- to the five states in the past few weeks after amid COVID-19 surge.

A day after the Supreme Court left it up to the police to decide if protesting farmers could enter Delhi on Republic Day for a tractor rally, farmer leader Dr Darshanpal told NDTV they may not be allowed to use the Outer Ring Road. He added that they have no plan of backing down.

The Supreme Court on Monday is scheduled to hear the central government's application seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor rally or any other kind of protest, which may disrupt the gathering and celebration of the Republic Day on January 26.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address a virtual rally on July 21 to mark the martyrs' day, something the Trinamool Congress party has been doing every year since it came into being in 1998.

Domestic equities rebounded 9 per cent on the first day of the three-day trading week tracking a rally in global peers, as India entered the fourteenth day of a 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P BSE Sensex index ended 2,566.7 points - or 8.97 per cent - higher at 30,067.21 and the broader NSE Nifty b...

On Sunday, the students' wing of Trinamool Congress will observe its foundation day with a rally in Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee is always the main speaker at the rally. This time, there are concerns she may have a tough message for the students.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been at the forefront of the opposition's attack on the BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, may have to keep away from campaigning for a while due to damage to his vocal cords. "Mr Sidhu has been placed on steroid medication and injections. He is under medication at the moment, and is hoping to make a...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally in Jharkhand's Chaibasa on May 5 was shifted by a day over the impending impact of the approaching cyclone Fani, expected to hit neighbouring Odisha on Friday morning, a BJP leader said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's revelation that "Mamata-Didi" sends him sweets every year has provoked a very sour response from the Bengal Chief Minister, who took a second swipe in two days at PM Modi over the comment. At a rally in Asansol today to campaign for the national election, Mamata Banerjee threatened to send him "sweets made of soil and...

The Delhi Police is likely to recommend capping the duration of protest at the Jantar Mantar at maximum one day and limit the number of protestors at 5,000, after the Supreme Court revoked the ban on holding rallies and dharnas at the iconic site.

Two days before panchayat polls in West Bengal, a 30-year-old man was shot dead when some gunmen opened fire on a poll rally at Bhangar, 25 km from Kolkata. The death comes a day after courts gave 14 May polls the nod despite multiple complaints by the opposition of poor security.

With less than 10 days to go for the high-stakes elections in Karnataka, the BJP and the Congress have upped their campaign blitzkrieg. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team of star campaigners are holding rallies and campaigns across the state which will go to polls on May 12. PM Modi, who officially launched his Karnataka campaign on Tuesday,...

Organized labor activists led May Day rallies in several U.S. cities on Tuesday, though in smaller numbers than last year, decrying President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown as an assault on vulnerable workers in some of America's lowest-paying jobs.