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118 security personnel injured, 70 protesters detained: What Delhi police said on CJP march to Parliament on Monday

New Delhi, July 21 -- More than 118 police personnel, including several senior officers, were injured and around 70 protesters were detained on Monday, during Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Sansad Cha... Read More


FTII students association backs CJP, Sonam Wangchuk-led protests against paper leaks; says govt 'lacks spine'

India, July 21 -- The ongoing protests over alleged irregularities in the education sector and exam paper leaks, led by the Cockroach Janta Party and activist Sonam Wangchuk, have received support fro... Read More


Rebuilding Nepal's judiciary means spreading power to the provinces

Nepal, July 21 -- The fallout from the Gen Z protests of last September has reduced Nepal's courtrooms to administrative and architectural ruin, exposing their fundamental fragility. The scale of the ... Read More


Supreme Court upholds removal of commercial activity from elephant corridor

India, July 21 -- The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Madras high court order directing the removal of all commercial activity from a designated elephant corridor in Tamil Nadu's Western Ghats, while... Read More


Disappointment and disillusionment for Dalits under the RSP leadership

Nepal, July 21 -- What has the Balendra Shah-led government delivered to the traditionally suppressed and marginalised groups, especially Dalits, in its first 100 days in office? Has it raised any hop... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Monsoon session of Parliament: let's have more light that heat please

New Delhi, July 21 -- Going by how the monsoon session of Parliament kicked off, India may be in for yet another season of stormy protests and adjournments. Monday's proceedings offered a fore-taste, ... Read More


New rules outlaw forced haircuts at schools, but schools aren't convinced

Kathmandu, July 21 -- Sambriddha Karki, 18, had barely finished six months of his grade 11 when he experienced the forced haircut. Every three to four weeks, teachers and discipline in-charges at his ... Read More


'Police have been absolutely brutal': Capital turns battlefield as cops use tear gas, batons in clash with protesters

India, July 21 -- Tens of thousands of protesters swarmed central Delhi on Monday morning as part of a planned but unauthorised march to Parliament that quickly descended into pandemonium as the polic... Read More


After CJP's Parliament march, govt opens talks, seeks end to stir, but offers no assurances

India, July 21 -- The Union government on Monday told representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to call off the ongoing stir against irregularities in the conduct of examinations but gave no ... Read More


Chaos on Parliament streets amid CJP protest echoes in House on opening day of monsoon session

India, July 21 -- Massive protests inside and outside Parliament rocked the first day of the monsoon session on Monday as a phalanx of agitators marched in central Delhi demanding the resignation of U... Read More