HT Morning News Brief October 13: Cops bar all protests at Jantar Mantar; 2 US professors get Nobel recognition
Here's the latest protest news from across India:
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Adding to this, The Delhi Police rolled out the order on denotifying Jantar Mantar as a site of protest on Monday. (HT_PRINT) After 33 years, cops bar all protests at Jantar Mantar; 3 new venues designated amid anti-CEC stirs For 33 years, an 18th-century astronomical observatory in the heart of Delhi functioned as a lighthouse for causes big and small – former soldiers demanding parity in pensions, a woman on hunger strike spotlighting army excesses, sexual violence victims hoping for justice, queer people dreaming of dignity, and a generation imagining a future free of corruption. In the aftermath of the sprawling NEET agitation this summer that forced the education minister’s resignation and the ongoing stir against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, police have denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site, ending its standing as the country’s most iconic site for dissent, all within a stone’s throw of the corridors of power in Lutyens Delhi. Read more here .
Meanwhile, Mallika Srinivasan has challenged her husband Venu Srinivasan’s assertion that all family matters have been settled, saying no economic settlement has been reached within the family and that their daughter, Lakshmi Venu, has the same rights as her brother, Sudarshan Venu. “No economic settlement has taken place within the Venu Srinivasan family,” shared Mallika, chairperson and managing director of Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd, on the ownership dispute within the family behind TVS Motor Co., one of India’s largest two-wheeler makers. “I do believe that the legitimate economic interests of both children must be recognised fairly and equitably,” she shared. Read more here .
Notably, The Tom Cruise eco-satire "Digger," a movie that was supposed to herald the action hero's return to serious acting, has bombed at the ticket-window, with industry insiders predicting it could lose a quarter of a billion dollars. The Alejandro Inarritu comedy, featuring Cruise as an eccentric oil baron who must fix the problem he has helped create, was panned by critics and has left audiences cold, leaving studio Warner Bros. with a big balance sheet hole just as a merger with Paramount Skydance closes. Read more here .
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