Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Singh died allegedly after a lathicharge by Bihar Police during a protest by the party’s workers in Patna on the issue of teachers’ postings. BJP national president JP Nadda condemned the lathicharge on BJP leaders and workers in Patna and said that it is a result of the failure and indignation of the state government.Sushil Kumar Modi announced his death on twitter. The BJP workers were holding a “Vidhan Sabha march” on Thursday when the police used water cannons, tear gas shells and lathicharged to disperse the crowd. Earlier, videos emerged showing police using water cannons to disperse the crowd.
13 July,2023 05:45 PM IST | Mumbai
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday denied reports of lathi-charge on warkaris by police in Alandi town in Pune district. He said a minor scuffle broke out between warkaris- devotees of Lord Vitthal- and the police. Opposition parties, however, claimed police lathi-charged warkaris and demanded a high-level probe and strict action. Nationalist Congress Party working president Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole claimed warkaris were lathi-charged by the police and condemned the incident. The incident occurred when devotees were scrambling to gain entry into Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Samadhi Mandir in Alandi town, 22 km from Pune city, during the ceremonial procession which is part of the annual Ashadhi Ekadashi pilgrimage to Pandharpur.
12 June,2023 12:42 PM IST | Mumbai
Tension gripped in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur after some youth allegedly posted objectionable posts on social media with a reference to Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan. Section 144 has been imposed in Kolhapur on June 08 following the reports of violence in the city. The internet services have also been suspended. A day after the incident, Kolhapur SP Mahendra Pandit held a press conference. He informed that the situation in Kolhapur city and the district became normal has become normal. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena UBT leader questioned the Hindutva that gets threatened by a social media post.
08 June,2023 04:47 PM IST | Mumbai
Lathicharge on women in Akola Video courtesy: NDTV
05 January,2012 03:55 PM IST
Lathicharge on medical students in Ranchi even ladies were not spared. Video courtesy: NDTV
01 May,2012 04:09 PM IST
There was mild lathicharge outside the Eden Gardens in Kolkata where over one lakh fans had gathered to celebrate Kolkata Knight Riders' IPL win and felicitation of the players. Video courtesy: NDTV
29 May,2012 03:02 PM IST
In Patna, police lathicharges protesting power board employees, fires in the air The police in Patna had to resort to firing in the air and lathicharge to disperse the protesting employees of the power board today. The employees of the Bihar Power Board were protesting against the government move to privatise the power distribution in the city. Video courtesy: NDTV
25 June,2012 08:37 PM IST
Protests in Mumbai's Azad Maidan over the situation in Assam, got out of control with the police having to lathi charge the people gathered there. Video courtesy: NDTV
12 August,2012 12:41 PM IST
There is tension in West Bengal after police lathicharged and used tear gas on a mob in Bandel in Hooghly district of the state today. According to reports, the mob had blocked a road to protest the murder of local Congress leader Dilip Paswan and also set fire to a police van. Video courtesy: NDTV
15 August,2012 08:02 PM IST
Police in Patna resorted to lathicharge, used water cannons and fired teargas shells to disperse around 5000 protesting teachers who attempted to enter the Bihar Assembly today. Video courtesy: NDTV
05 March,2013 06:00 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
