Quota Protests

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

Bangladesh went into a tailspin after nationwide protests over job quota flared up. Following the agitation, Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's Prime Minister and fled the country.

Twenty bodies of Awami League leaders have been found across Bangladesh after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the nation, following violent protests by students over giving job quota to freedom fighters' children.

Amid chaos in Bangladesh - where violent protests over a jobs quota has seen over 400 deaths and forced Sheikh Hasina to resign Prime Minister - a video has emerged of destruction of the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre.

Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of deadly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but surged into a movement demanding her resignation.

The government is in close touch with the nearly 19,000 Indian nationals - almost half of whom are students - in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament Tuesday afternoon.

Immigration rules do not allow people to travel to that country to seek asylum or temporary refuge, the UK Home Office told NDTV Tuesday morning, amid persistent speculation ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, now in Delhi.

Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina - who resigned as Prime Minister this evening in the face of violent protests - landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad Monday evening, en route to London.

Protests in Bangladesh that began as student-led demonstrations against government hiring rules in July culminated Monday in the prime minister fleeing and the military announcing it would form an interim government

Bangladesh Violence: Amid the ongoing unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace and avoid provocation.

In the two separate terms and 20 years that she has been the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, the ongoing protests that have seen over 300 people killed, is perhaps Sheikh Hasina's biggest test.

The overall death count from fierce clashes in Bangladesh has risen to over 300, after 98 people died yesterday in the deadliest day in weeks of anti-government demonstrations. The violence-hit country is set for more protests today,

Bangladeshi student leaders on Saturday said they would carry on a planned nationwide civil disobedience campaign until Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following last month's deadly police crackdown on protesters.

A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released from custody on Sunday.

Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety after the government blamed their protests against civil service job quotas for days of deadly nationwide unrest.

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

Bangladesh went into a tailspin after nationwide protests over job quota flared up. Following the agitation, Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's Prime Minister and fled the country.

Twenty bodies of Awami League leaders have been found across Bangladesh after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the nation, following violent protests by students over giving job quota to freedom fighters' children.

Amid chaos in Bangladesh - where violent protests over a jobs quota has seen over 400 deaths and forced Sheikh Hasina to resign Prime Minister - a video has emerged of destruction of the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre.

Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of deadly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but surged into a movement demanding her resignation.

The government is in close touch with the nearly 19,000 Indian nationals - almost half of whom are students - in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament Tuesday afternoon.

Immigration rules do not allow people to travel to that country to seek asylum or temporary refuge, the UK Home Office told NDTV Tuesday morning, amid persistent speculation ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, now in Delhi.

Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina - who resigned as Prime Minister this evening in the face of violent protests - landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad Monday evening, en route to London.

Protests in Bangladesh that began as student-led demonstrations against government hiring rules in July culminated Monday in the prime minister fleeing and the military announcing it would form an interim government

Bangladesh Violence: Amid the ongoing unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace and avoid provocation.

In the two separate terms and 20 years that she has been the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, the ongoing protests that have seen over 300 people killed, is perhaps Sheikh Hasina's biggest test.

The overall death count from fierce clashes in Bangladesh has risen to over 300, after 98 people died yesterday in the deadliest day in weeks of anti-government demonstrations. The violence-hit country is set for more protests today,

Bangladeshi student leaders on Saturday said they would carry on a planned nationwide civil disobedience campaign until Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following last month's deadly police crackdown on protesters.

A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released from custody on Sunday.

Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety after the government blamed their protests against civil service job quotas for days of deadly nationwide unrest.