Protest  

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on BJP president Amit Shah. The Trinamool chief reportedly asked whether Shah is any God that no one can protest against him. 

After the Hampi express was delayed by seven hours, several students staged protests demanding a re-exam. While the re-exam was scheduled for May 20, only 110 students have registered.

The case took a turn when the principal of a private school allegedly issued a fake date of birth certificate in favour of the accused youth. The deputy commissioner of Srinagar Shahid Choudary expressed shock over the certificate that was issued for defending the rapist.

On Sunday morning (May 12), the murdered Rameshwaram fisherman’s body was handed over to the family members after the autopsy. The family members refused to take the body and staged a protest demanding action against the culprits

Priyanka Sharma, a district executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in Howrah, had shared a meme of the chief minister, transposing her face on Priyanka Chopra’s body from the MET Gala 2019

In a video that has gone viral, Sikhs can be seen raising slogans of ‘Murderer of Sikhs in 1984, Congress, murdabad’ while Congressmen tried to heckle the protesting voices down during the Congress's Chandigarh rally

Natives of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka called for a hartal on May 10 demanding the removal of Eastern Governor MLAM Hizbullah. Protests were staged over the allegation that Hizbullah was involved in propagating terrorism in the country.
 

The kin of the deceased patients staged a protest at the Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital alleging that ventilators failed due to a power cut, resulting in three deaths

The protesters were also from the All India Democratic Women's Association, the women's wing of the Communist Party of India. Various members and leaders of CPI's women wing AIDWA also participated in the protest.
 

The farmers' protest in the latter part of the last decade was against the Bengal government deciding to transfer land in Singur to the Tatas for the Nano small car factory. Their protest today is against the Bengal government for taking them for a ride. The difference is that the targets and supporters of the protest have swapped places.
 

An onion vendor, Guranna, killed a coolie, Veeresh, in order to obtain insurance amount for a car which had previously met with an accident. Police rushed to the scene of the crime as protests intensified, and arrested the accused

 

National general secretary of BJP Muralidhar Rao had threatened to intensify the protests in the coming days if chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao did not take responsibility for the suicide of students

Madurai lawyer Samy has decided to don clothes only when he thinks that police have been proactive in taking up cases. He claimed that terrorists were in India and police were oblivious to his claims

Several thinkers lodged a protest against noted Kannada litterateur SL Bhyrappa for his remarks against criminalisation of marital rape. While some protest, many are divided on the issue. Some say it is needed, while others say the sacrosanctity of marriage will be the biggest casualty
 

Though the Tamil Nadu-based (Indian) Towheed Jamaat has distanced itself from the blasts, its protestations cannot be taken at face-value considering the fact its founder P Jainulabdeen had plenty of connections in Sri Lanka. Active IS terror modules in our boundary have dangerous portents for the country.