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- Middle East
“Enough of the mumbling”, EU lawmaker cuts off her hair in support of Iran protests
Brussels: A European lawmaker cut off her hair during a debate in the Parliament to express solidarity with Iranian women amid the ongoing protest in the country, following the death of Mahsa…
- Pakistan
Farmers in Pak call off their protest after federal govt agrees to their demands
Islamabad: Farmers from Pakistan’s Punjab province on Tuesday called off their week-long protest after the federal government gave them assurances that their demands will be accepted. The farmers have been protesting since…
- Chennai
MDMK to hold protest march at Valluvar Kottam, TN against ‘Imposing’ Hindi
Chennai: The Madumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko will lead a protest march of the party at Valluvar Kottam near Chennai on October 6 against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: Hindu community stage protest over alleged desecration of woman’s remains
Karachi: Members of the Hindu community, accompanied by Muslims, staged a protest in Kalat town in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province over the alleged desecration of the remains of a woman from the…
- India
Farmers protest on anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Chandigarh: Farmers under the aegis of Kisan Mazdur Sangarash Committee (KMSC) held protest and rail roko prorgramme at 17 different places in Punjab on Monday to mark the anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri…
- Pakistan
Balochistan: Hindu community protests desecration of remains of Hindu woman’s body
Kalat: Hundreds of people belonging to the Hindu community marched on the roads of Kalat town in Balochistan to register their protest against what they said is desecration of the remains of…
- Business
Protest intensifies in TN’s Kancheepuram against airport project at Parandur
Chennai: Protests against the proposed airport at Parandur have intensified in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district with the grama sabha meeting passing a resolution against it. The resolution was passed by Ekanpuram villagers…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: ‘Repeal UAPA & free political prisoners’, demands Lawyers Association
All India Lawyers Association for Justice organised a protest on 28 September at Freedom park, Bangalore, backed by the All India students association (AISA) Karnataka demanding the repeal of the ‘draconian’ Unlawful…
- News
Allahabad University protest: Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur extend support to students
Prayagraj: Former UP cadre IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on Monday extended his support to the students of Allahabad University protesting against the 400 percent fee hike, calling the move unfair and undemocratic.…
- India
Maha: PFI activists detained while protesting in Pune against Thursday’s NIA action
Pune: More than 35 members of the Popular Front of India were detained on Friday while protesting outside the Pune district collectorate against nationwide raids on the outfit by the National Investigation…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Unani doctors protest discriminatory hiring practices
Hyderabad: Medical professionals from government Nizamia Unani Medical College and Hospital protested against the Telangana government over its discriminatory hiring practices for medical fertility practitioners. According to media reports, while protesting the…
- Middle East
Watch: Iranian women remove headscarves in protest at Mahsa Amini’s funeral
Tehran: Several Iranian women on Saturday took off their headscarves as a mark of protest against the mandatory hijab during the funeral of Mahsa Amini, who died after being arrested by the…
- India
Punjab: Ruckus in university over porn videos of women hostellers
Chandigarh: A woman hosteller of a private university in Punjab’s Mohali was arrested on Sunday for making porn videos on her phone of at least eight fellow hosteller while taking bath. She…
- India
NSUI members protest against unemployment, police use water cannon
Chandigarh: The police used water cannons to stop NSUI’s Punjab unit members from heading towards Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence during their protest here on Saturday, officials said. The NSUI members were…
- Kolkata
Queer activists hit the streets protesting Kunal Ghosh’s homosexual jibe
Kolkata: The LGBTQ (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer) rights activists on Friday staged a peaceful demonstration in Kolkata’s Kalighat area, barely 200m away from the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, protesting against Trinamool…
