Surat Protest

Smarting from the Rahul Gandhi conviction in a defamation case, the Congress has called a conferral of opposition leaders today.

Hundreds of migrant workers came onto the streets and clashed with the police at a village in Surat district of Gujarat today to demand that they either be sent back to their home states or allowed to resume work at local industrial units to earn money, police said.

Nearly 60 migrant workers were arrested on Saturday for protesting at the Hazira industrial area in Surat today demanding they be sent back to their respective states, among other issues.

A group of migrant labourers clashed with the police in Gujarat's Surat today. The workers have been demanding that they be sent home. This was the fourth instance of protest by migrants in Surat, where a huge number of labourers come from other states to work in the diamond and textile industries.

Hundreds of labourers held a protest outside the offices of the Diamond Bourse in Surat, alleging that they were made to work amid the countrywide lockdown over coronavirus.

Hundreds of migrant workers gathered in Surat on Tuesday evening, demanding that they be sent to their native places despite lockdown, police said.

Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Goods and Services Tax -- the flagship reform of the Modi 1.0 government which completes two years today -- has been both consumer and assessee friendly. The transformation has proved "one of the smoothest". That it was "politically safe" was proved by the BJP's performance in Gujarat, particularly ...

Tension gripped Gujarat city with mobs setting ablaze a BRTS bus and vandalising a bus stand tonight, apparently in protest against the arrest of Patidar quota agitation leader Alpesh Kathiriya, a close aide of Hardik Patel, by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in an old sedition case.

The identification of the little girl -- whose horrific rape and murder in Surat fuelled nationwide protests over the weekend -- has hit a roadblock. It now appears that she might not be the daughter of the man who came from Andhra Pradesh yesterday, responding to a tweet by the Surat police, sources said.

A family from Andhra Pradesh has come forward to identify the child who was raped, horribly tortured and murdered in Surat earlier this month. The shocking case was one of the several that sparked nationwide protests over the weekend.

After no one came forward for 10 days to claim the body of a child raped and murdered in Gujarat's Surat, the city police issued an appeal on social media, asking for help in identifying her. The murder of the girl, who the police said was held captive and tortured, is the latest in a string of cases that sparked protests across the country.

An 11-year-old girl found dead in Gujarat's Surat city was possibly held captive, tortured and raped before being killed, the police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of cases that have sparked protests across the country.

Demonstrations were held in several cities across India, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa and Bhopal on Sunday as public outrage over a spate of rape and murder of children spiral. Over the last two weeks, two cases have shaken the nation. Last Sunday, a 16-year-old, who was allegedly raped by a BJP lawmaker in Unnao,...

As anger and grief surge through India over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, industrialist Anand Mahindra reflected that sentiment in an unusually sharp tweet.

Members of the Hardik Patel-led PAAS or Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti attacked Congress offices in Surat, alleging that the two leaders of the movement had been included in the Congress candidates' list without their consent.

Smarting from the Rahul Gandhi conviction in a defamation case, the Congress has called a conferral of opposition leaders today.

Hundreds of migrant workers came onto the streets and clashed with the police at a village in Surat district of Gujarat today to demand that they either be sent back to their home states or allowed to resume work at local industrial units to earn money, police said.

Nearly 60 migrant workers were arrested on Saturday for protesting at the Hazira industrial area in Surat today demanding they be sent back to their respective states, among other issues.

A group of migrant labourers clashed with the police in Gujarat's Surat today. The workers have been demanding that they be sent home. This was the fourth instance of protest by migrants in Surat, where a huge number of labourers come from other states to work in the diamond and textile industries.

Hundreds of labourers held a protest outside the offices of the Diamond Bourse in Surat, alleging that they were made to work amid the countrywide lockdown over coronavirus.

Hundreds of migrant workers gathered in Surat on Tuesday evening, demanding that they be sent to their native places despite lockdown, police said.

Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Goods and Services Tax -- the flagship reform of the Modi 1.0 government which completes two years today -- has been both consumer and assessee friendly. The transformation has proved "one of the smoothest". That it was "politically safe" was proved by the BJP's performance in Gujarat, particularly ...

Tension gripped Gujarat city with mobs setting ablaze a BRTS bus and vandalising a bus stand tonight, apparently in protest against the arrest of Patidar quota agitation leader Alpesh Kathiriya, a close aide of Hardik Patel, by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in an old sedition case.

The identification of the little girl -- whose horrific rape and murder in Surat fuelled nationwide protests over the weekend -- has hit a roadblock. It now appears that she might not be the daughter of the man who came from Andhra Pradesh yesterday, responding to a tweet by the Surat police, sources said.

A family from Andhra Pradesh has come forward to identify the child who was raped, horribly tortured and murdered in Surat earlier this month. The shocking case was one of the several that sparked nationwide protests over the weekend.

After no one came forward for 10 days to claim the body of a child raped and murdered in Gujarat's Surat, the city police issued an appeal on social media, asking for help in identifying her. The murder of the girl, who the police said was held captive and tortured, is the latest in a string of cases that sparked protests across the country.

An 11-year-old girl found dead in Gujarat's Surat city was possibly held captive, tortured and raped before being killed, the police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of cases that have sparked protests across the country.

Demonstrations were held in several cities across India, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa and Bhopal on Sunday as public outrage over a spate of rape and murder of children spiral. Over the last two weeks, two cases have shaken the nation. Last Sunday, a 16-year-old, who was allegedly raped by a BJP lawmaker in Unnao,...

As anger and grief surge through India over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, industrialist Anand Mahindra reflected that sentiment in an unusually sharp tweet.

Members of the Hardik Patel-led PAAS or Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti attacked Congress offices in Surat, alleging that the two leaders of the movement had been included in the Congress candidates' list without their consent.