Smriti Irani Protest Case

The local MP-MLA court in Sultanpur granted bail on Monday to five individuals, including former Congress MLC Deepak Singh, in connection with charges related to a protest against former Union minister Smriti Irani and road blockade in Gauriganj.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday virtually addressed the Ambassadors Conference of Austrian Foreign Ministry at the invitation of Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.

She said the protests are an attempt to pressurise investigating agencies and that never before has a political family attempted to hold investigative agencies to ransom to protect "ill-gotten wealth".

In her first comments on two rape cases -- Kathua and Unnao -- that have jolted India, Union Minister Smriti Irani condemned "attempts to politicise" the incidents and said: "As a woman, I request victim-shaming to be stopped."

JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar who is out on bail in a sedition case today led a march to Parliament demanding release of two varsity students and resignation of Union Minister Smriti Irani for alleged attack on academic institutions.

The local MP-MLA court in Sultanpur granted bail on Monday to five individuals, including former Congress MLC Deepak Singh, in connection with charges related to a protest against former Union minister Smriti Irani and road blockade in Gauriganj.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday virtually addressed the Ambassadors Conference of Austrian Foreign Ministry at the invitation of Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.

She said the protests are an attempt to pressurise investigating agencies and that never before has a political family attempted to hold investigative agencies to ransom to protect "ill-gotten wealth".

In her first comments on two rape cases -- Kathua and Unnao -- that have jolted India, Union Minister Smriti Irani condemned "attempts to politicise" the incidents and said: "As a woman, I request victim-shaming to be stopped."

JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar who is out on bail in a sedition case today led a march to Parliament demanding release of two varsity students and resignation of Union Minister Smriti Irani for alleged attack on academic institutions.