Somaiya Protest

The Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) youth wing on Wednesday afternoon staged a protest outside the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in south Mumbai when former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya reached there.

The roads leading to Mumbai turned into a sea of red as thousands of farmers marched around 180 kilometres - from Nashik to Mumbai - over the last six days. Tribals and farmers joined the protest in large numbers along the way, and according to the organisers, their numbers have increased from around 20,000 when they started six days ago to 50,000 ...

After walking with blistered feet for about 180 km in the blazing sun over the last five days, at least 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik district have entered the capital city. They camped at the Thane-Mumbai border this morning before heading for the KJ Somaiya Ground in Sion.

Eight more Shiv Sena activists have been arrested in connection with the assault on BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and party workers at suburban Mulund in Mumbai, police said today.

BJP members have submitted a privilege motion against Youth Congress leaders for "attacking" the office of Speaker by demonstrating outside her residence in protest against her decision to suspend 25 Congress members from the Lok Sabha.

Raj Thackeray, who set out with his convoy to agitate at Vashi against toll, was halted at Somaiya ground, Chunabhatti and taken to the RCF police station in Chembur. The MNS chief was detained for two hours and later released. Here's a look at the timeline

The online group Anonymous said Wednesday that it had paralyzed the Egyptian government's Web sites in support of the anti-government protests.Anonymous, a loosely defined group of hackers from all over the world, gathered about 500 supporters in online forums and used software tools to bring down the sites of the Ministry of Information and Presid...

The Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) youth wing on Wednesday afternoon staged a protest outside the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in south Mumbai when former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya reached there.

The roads leading to Mumbai turned into a sea of red as thousands of farmers marched around 180 kilometres - from Nashik to Mumbai - over the last six days. Tribals and farmers joined the protest in large numbers along the way, and according to the organisers, their numbers have increased from around 20,000 when they started six days ago to 50,000 ...

After walking with blistered feet for about 180 km in the blazing sun over the last five days, at least 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik district have entered the capital city. They camped at the Thane-Mumbai border this morning before heading for the KJ Somaiya Ground in Sion.

Eight more Shiv Sena activists have been arrested in connection with the assault on BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and party workers at suburban Mulund in Mumbai, police said today.

BJP members have submitted a privilege motion against Youth Congress leaders for "attacking" the office of Speaker by demonstrating outside her residence in protest against her decision to suspend 25 Congress members from the Lok Sabha.

Raj Thackeray, who set out with his convoy to agitate at Vashi against toll, was halted at Somaiya ground, Chunabhatti and taken to the RCF police station in Chembur. The MNS chief was detained for two hours and later released. Here's a look at the timeline

The online group Anonymous said Wednesday that it had paralyzed the Egyptian government's Web sites in support of the anti-government protests.Anonymous, a loosely defined group of hackers from all over the world, gathered about 500 supporters in online forums and used software tools to bring down the sites of the Ministry of Information and Presid...