Protest

Congress gears up for mega show on economic slowdown

New Delhi: The Congress party is leaving no stone unturned to put up a mega show for its December 14 protest rally against economic slowdown, unemployment and soaring prices. All the Congress…

Hyderabad: Protest erupts in City by Students

Colombia government ‘ready to meet’ with protest leaders

Bogota:The Colombian government said Monday it is prepared to meet with leaders of the anti-government protest movement but asked they cancel a national demonstration scheduled for Wednesday. The protests, which are entering…

Iraq parties in talks over new PM amid unrelenting protests

Baghdad: Iraq’s rival parties were negotiating the contours of a new government on Monday, after the previous cabinet was brought down by a two-month protest movement insisting on even more deep-rooted change.…

Hyderabad: Students protest against rape-murder of vet

Hyderabad: The students of Sultan-ul-Uloom educational institutions on Monday staged a protest march here condemning the brutal rape and murder of the veterinary doctor. Scores of students raised slogans demanding justice for…

Govt bewildered with girl student’s protest

New Delhi: Women’s Commission issued a notice to Delhi Police for misbehaving and physically assaulting the girl protester who had staged Dharna in front of Parliament yesterday. Ms. Swati Malival, Chairpersons of…

Tension in Shadnagar, Protest & demanding to handover accused

Hyderabad: The activists of various civil society organizations on Saturday held a massive protest in front of Shadnagar police station where the four accused of rape and murder of a veterinary doctor Priyanka Reddy…

Protest over rape, murder of Vet doctor

Hyderabad: Locals on Friday staged a protest outside the Shadnagar Police Station here against the alleged rape and murder of a woman veterinary doctor on Thursday. Scores of locals gathered outside the…

Gaza protests cancelled for third week: statement

Gaza City: Palestinian protests along the Gaza-Israel border have been cancelled for the third week, organisers said on Thursday, amid declining turnout and fears of a fresh conflict in the Gaza Strip.…

Iraqi crackdown kills 28 protesters after Iran mission torched

Nasiriyah: Southern Iraq was in bloody upheaval Thursday after a government crackdown killed 28 protesters and thousands defied a curfew to join funeral marches, following the dramatic torching of an Iranian consulate.…

Block Friday’: French activists bar access to Amazon depot

Brétigny: Dozens of activists blocked an Amazon distribution centre outside Paris on Thursday to protest the environmental damage they say is caused by rampant consumerism during “Black Friday” sales. Between 50 and…

Hong Kong police enter ransacked campus after protest siege

Hong Kong : Hong Kong police on Thursday entered a ransacked university campus where authorities faced off for days with barricaded pro-democracy protesters, looking for petrol bombs and other dangerous materials left…

Colombia expels 59 Venezuelans who took part in protests

Bogota: Colombia said Monday it is expelling 59 Venezuelans for taking part in street protests, as conservative President Ivan Duque gathered with business and labor leaders in a bid to quell violent…

Lebanon protesters defiant despite Hezbollah attack

Beirut: Protesters remained defiant Monday after supporters of main Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal attacked demonstrators overnight, sparking a UN call to keep protests peaceful. Demonstrators demanding a complete government overhaul have…

Bolivia gets back to normal after weeks of unrest

La Paz: Bolivia slowly resumed normal activities on Monday, with schools and businesses reopening after weeks of disruptive protests, as the country prepares for new elections without ex-president Evo Morales. Traffic was…

At least 143 killed in Iran protests: Amnesty

London: At least 146 demonstrators were killed across Iran since leaders ordered security forces to stamp out protests that followed fuel price rises on November 15, Amnesty International said Monday. “According to…

6 killed, 158 wounded in anti-gov’t protests in southern Iraq

Baghdad: At least six people were killed and some 158 others sustained injuries in anti-government protests in southern provinces of Basra and Dhi Qar on Sunday, the Iraqi Independent High Commission for…

23 dead as violent unrest in Chile enters fifth week

Santiago: The death toll from violent unrest in Chile rose to 23 on Friday as the country entered its fifth week of social unrest. Looting and demonstrations took place in cities across…

Kerala: Protests break out after schoolgirl dies of snakebite

Wayanad: With a school teacher and a doctor already suspended over the callous manner in which authorities at the school and hospital reacted when a young schoolgirl died after being bitten by…

Iran’s Guards praise ‘timely’ action against protesters

Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday praised the armed forces for taking “timely” action against “rioters” and said calm had returned after days of unrest sparked by a hike in petrol prices.…

Aayush college students strike demanding fee rollback

Dehradun: The students of different Aayush colleges here continued their strike for the 53rd day on Thursday while reiterating that it will not end till demands are met including a rollback of…

Pakistan students announce countrywide protest on Nov 29

Islamabad: In the midst of fee hikes, harassment scandals and arrests from campuses, students in Pakistan will come together for a Student Solidarity March on November 29 to demand better education and a…

JNU students agitation takes political colour

New Delhi: The agitation by the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the issue of hike in hostel fees took political colour on Sunday when Left MPs and leaders used the…

Iraq ‘will never be the same’ after protests: top Shiite cleric

Karbala (Iraq): Iraq will be deeply marked by weeks of demonstrations demanding sweeping reform, its top Shiite cleric said on Friday in some of his strongest remarks yet on the protest movement.…

Lebanon protesters angered by new PM pick

Beirut: Lebanese protesters demanding radical reform have reacted with anger to the reported designation of a new prime minister they regard as emblematic of a failed political system. According to senior officials…

Lebanon protests flare after president shuns demands

BEIRUT: Lebanese protesters blocked main roads Wednesday, angered by what they viewed as the president ignoring their demands in nearly a month of rallies, and after a man was shot dead. Hundreds…

Hong Kong protest: Universities, schools shut down amid unrest

Hong Kong: As the law and order situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated, some universities and schools in the semi-autonomous territory were shut down on Tuesday. The financial hub of Asia is…

Thousands march against ‘Islamophobia’ in France

Paris: Thousands marched through the streets of Paris on November 10 condemning Islamophobia following a mosque attack in Bayonne last month. Bayonne is a small town 700 kilometres south of the French…

Media manhandled at JNU students’ protest

New Delhi:The protest on Monday by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), against the draft hostel manual and a proposed fee hike by the administration, also made the media its target. While…

TSRTC protest: Seven policemen injured in stone-pelting

Hyderabad: As many as seven policemen were injured after the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) employees on Saturday pelted stones at the cops while staging a protest march near Tank Bund…