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BJP Leaders Take Out Protest In Chennai To Seek Orator's Arrest, Detained
Several BJP leaders have been detained in Chennai for taking out a protest to demand the arrest of a Congress-affiliated orator accused of making a controversial speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier this week.
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Peaceful Protests Held Across India Against Citizenship Law: 10 Points
Peaceful protests were held across the country today, with political parties, students and the civil society coming together against the contentious citizenship law. In Delhi, the Congress held protests at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, which was attended by senior leaders of the party, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, M...
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No Protests At Chennai's Marina Beach, Says The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Madras High Court's order banning protests at the Chennai's Marina Beach. The high court had earlier said that it is a tourist place and if protests are allowed it will create law and order problems.
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Cauvery Issue: DMK's Shutdown Call Causes Massive Traffic Jams in Chennai
Normal life in Tamil Nadu was badly hit on Thursday, after opposition parties in the state, led by the DMK, called for a shutdown protesting Centre's failure to set up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) within six weeks of the Supreme Court's February 16 order. Traffic on key roads in Chennai came to a standstill. Sea of protesters of the DMK and o...
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Flash Protest At Chennai's Marina Beach On Cauvery Issue
Hundreds of people on Saturday gathered at theMarinabeachin Chennai and staged a flash protest urging the Centre to immediately set up the Cauvery Water Management Board in compliance with a February 16 Supreme Court order on the decades-old river water-sharing dispute.
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Chennai Police Warns Of Action Against Protesters On Marina Beach
Chennai's Marina Beach has been a favourite with protesters. But for more than a decade, protests, demonstrations, agitations etc have been totally banned along the shoreline. The Chennai Police yesterday reiterated its ban on protests or unlawful gathering on the Marina Beach and warned of arrests if protesters are found assembling here.
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Governor To Arrive in Chennai Today, Will Meet VK Sasikala, Supporters: 10 Points
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao is expected to arrive in Chennai at around 3.30 pm today and will immediately meet AIADMK chief VK Sasikala along with party legislators who want her to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister. On Wednesday, Ms Sasikala bundled 131 of her party's 134 legislators in buses and sequestered them in small groups in hote...
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Chennai Community That Helped Jallikattu Protesters Allege Police Brutality
The Nadukuppam fish market near the Marina Beach in Chennai is in ashes. Around 200 families now have no place to sell their fish. The community says the police themselves set the market on fire on Monday as local people from the area gave shelter to protesters after police started forcefully evicting them from the beach - the venue of the week-lon...
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No More Protest Allowed At Marina Beach, Says Chennai Police
Amid reports that people in Chennai are planning to protest against "recent police excess" at Marina beach, the police has said that the stretch is out of bounds for any kind of demonstration.
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Jallikattu Protest: Stung By Viral Videos, Chennai Police Says 'Should Have Tracked Social Media'
On a day when Chennai's hold on a massive, peaceful protest loosened suddenly, the videos tumbled out in quick succession - men and women in police uniforms setting autorickshaws on fire, vandalising property, raising their lathis or batons high above their heads and bringing them down with crashing force on parked vehicles. Within minutes, the vid...
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BJP Leaders Take Out Protest In Chennai To Seek Orator's Arrest, Detained
Several BJP leaders have been detained in Chennai for taking out a protest to demand the arrest of a Congress-affiliated orator accused of making a controversial speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier this week.
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Peaceful Protests Held Across India Against Citizenship Law: 10 Points
Peaceful protests were held across the country today, with political parties, students and the civil society coming together against the contentious citizenship law. In Delhi, the Congress held protests at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, which was attended by senior leaders of the party, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, M...
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No Protests At Chennai's Marina Beach, Says The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Madras High Court's order banning protests at the Chennai's Marina Beach. The high court had earlier said that it is a tourist place and if protests are allowed it will create law and order problems.
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Cauvery Issue: DMK's Shutdown Call Causes Massive Traffic Jams in Chennai
Normal life in Tamil Nadu was badly hit on Thursday, after opposition parties in the state, led by the DMK, called for a shutdown protesting Centre's failure to set up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) within six weeks of the Supreme Court's February 16 order. Traffic on key roads in Chennai came to a standstill. Sea of protesters of the DMK and o...
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Flash Protest At Chennai's Marina Beach On Cauvery Issue
Hundreds of people on Saturday gathered at theMarinabeachin Chennai and staged a flash protest urging the Centre to immediately set up the Cauvery Water Management Board in compliance with a February 16 Supreme Court order on the decades-old river water-sharing dispute.
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Chennai Police Warns Of Action Against Protesters On Marina Beach
Chennai's Marina Beach has been a favourite with protesters. But for more than a decade, protests, demonstrations, agitations etc have been totally banned along the shoreline. The Chennai Police yesterday reiterated its ban on protests or unlawful gathering on the Marina Beach and warned of arrests if protesters are found assembling here.
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Governor To Arrive in Chennai Today, Will Meet VK Sasikala, Supporters: 10 Points
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao is expected to arrive in Chennai at around 3.30 pm today and will immediately meet AIADMK chief VK Sasikala along with party legislators who want her to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister. On Wednesday, Ms Sasikala bundled 131 of her party's 134 legislators in buses and sequestered them in small groups in hote...
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Chennai Community That Helped Jallikattu Protesters Allege Police Brutality
The Nadukuppam fish market near the Marina Beach in Chennai is in ashes. Around 200 families now have no place to sell their fish. The community says the police themselves set the market on fire on Monday as local people from the area gave shelter to protesters after police started forcefully evicting them from the beach - the venue of the week-lon...
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No More Protest Allowed At Marina Beach, Says Chennai Police
Amid reports that people in Chennai are planning to protest against "recent police excess" at Marina beach, the police has said that the stretch is out of bounds for any kind of demonstration.
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Jallikattu Protest: Stung By Viral Videos, Chennai Police Says 'Should Have Tracked Social Media'
On a day when Chennai's hold on a massive, peaceful protest loosened suddenly, the videos tumbled out in quick succession - men and women in police uniforms setting autorickshaws on fire, vandalising property, raising their lathis or batons high above their heads and bringing them down with crashing force on parked vehicles. Within minutes, the vid...
