Amid protests
- India
Shamli tension: Police book 47 for hate speech during protest
Muzaffarnagar: Forty-seven Hindu activists have been booked in Shamli district for allegedly making communal statements during a meeting held to demand the closure of non-vegetarian hotels and restaurants, police said on Sunday.…
- Kerala
Kerala: Protest erupt in state-run hospital after nearly 3 hour power outage
Thiruvananthapuram: Family members of patients admitted in the state-run Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital (SAT) Hospital here protested outside the gate as some blocks in the facility faced a power outage for nearly…
- India
Hindu outfits take out rally in HP demanding Waqf Board be abolished
Hamirpur: Hundreds of people took out a rally in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur on Saturday under the banner of Devbhoomi Sangharsh Samiti, demanding abolishing the Waqf Board and verifying the identification documents of…
- Telangana
BRS stages protests over installation of Rajiv Gandhi statue
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday staged protests over the installation of the statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in front of the state Secretariat by making milk offerings…
- India
BR Ambdekar statue vandalised in Rajasthan’s Deeg, triggers protest
Jaipur: A statue of BR Ambedkar was vandalised in Deeg district of Rajasthan, triggering protests in the area as additional police force was deployed to keep the situation under control, officials said…
- India
RG kar case: Thousands expected on streets to ‘Reclaim the Night’ as protest
Kolkata: Thousands of people were expected to hit the streets of West Bengal on Sunday as various demonstrations, including another ‘Reclaim the Night’ protest, were scheduled to be held seeking justice for…
- India
Shimla: Hundreds protest against ‘illegal’ construction of mosque
Shimla: Hundreds of people gathered at Sanjauli, a suburb of Shimla, on Sunday and protested against “illegal” construction of a mosque and an attack on a trader in Malyana area of the…
- Hyderabad
Students protest ‘worm’ infested food at Telangana school
Hyderabad: Students of a government school in Rangareddy district, took to the streets to protest on August 30, urging chief minister Revanth Reddy to address severe issues over food at their school.…
- Telangana
Protest erupts outside Rahul Gandhi’s home over attacks on journos in Telangana
New Delhi: A group of journalists staged a demonstration outside the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s residence in the capital on Monday, August 26, to register their…
- India
Kolkata: Young doctor raped, murdered in hospital; nationwide protest erupts
A 28-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor was found partially clothed in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College, West Bengal, on Friday morning, August 9. The autopsy report indicated the woman was sexually assaulted…
- World
Bangladesh Prez says interim govt to be formed after dissolving parliament
Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Monday that an interim government would be formed as soon as possible after dissolving the parliament as he ordered the release of former prime minister…
- World
Watch: Bangladesh protestors storm PM’s residence as Sheikh Hasina flees to India
As the Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigned, protestors stormed her official residence, ‘Ganabhaban’ which translates to ‘peoples’ house’ with youth taking over the rooms used by the ousted Prime Minister. Videos surfaced…
- Hyderabad
Telangana woman police torture: ‘We too are Dalits’, complainants protest at Shadnagar PS
Hyderabad: The Shadnagar Dalit woman police torture case took a new twist on Monday, August 5, after the family of the person who complained of theft of gold and cash held a…
- World
18 killed as protesters and ruling party supporters clash in Bangladesh
Dhaka: At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday, August 4, in fierce clashes between protestors and the ruling Awami League supporters in Bangladesh as the protests over a…
- Delhi
Coaching centre tragedy: Protest hits fifth day
New Delhi: Civil services aspirants protesting the Rajinder Nagar coaching centre deaths continued their agitation for the fifth day on Thursday, August 1, a day after the area was again submerged following…