Protest
- India
Lucknow University bans protests on campus ahead of NAAC visit
Lucknow: The Lucknow University (LU) administration has banned all protests, ‘dharnas’ and processions inside the university’s premises. Proctor Rakesh Dwivedi has issued a circular, saying that since district administration has imposed section 144,…
- Telangana
CPI to stage country-wide protest on August 15 against BJP policies
Hyderabad: The National Council of CPI on Sunday held its meeting in New Delhi where it is decided to hold the 24th Congress convention between 14 to 18 October at Vijayawada. The party…
- Chennai
TN: Students torch police vehicle during clash in Kallakurichi
Chennai: On-strike students of Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu set a police vehicle on fire during clashes after the police fired in the air. The students owing allegiance to the Left parties and…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Cong to mark Sonia Gandhi’s deposition before ED on July 21, with protest
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka will hold a protest on July 21, as party national President Sonia Gandhi is likely to depose before Enforcement Directorate (ED) that day for questioning in the…
- India
Protest in Karnataka district in support of wearing hijab in schools, colleges
Dakshina Kannada: Hundreds of women took out a massive rally in Mangaluru city of Dakshina Kannada district in support of wearing hijab in educational institutions under the banner of the Campus Front…
- Pakistan
Pak police arrest over 160 people as protests triggered by youth’s killing erupt in Sindh
Karachi: Over 160 people have been arrested in Pakistan’s Sindh province where clashes have erupted between Sindhis and Pakhtuns after the killing of a Sindhi man at a hotel in Hyderabad. The…
- India
Lucknow: Hindu group demands to pray at Lulu Mall after Muslims offer namaz
Lucknow: A controversy broke out after a video purportedly showing a group of people offering namaz at Lulu Mall here surfaced on social media, leading to a protest by a right-wing Hindu…
- World
Protests near Maldives Prez’s house urging to send Gotabaya Rajapaksa back
Colombo: Maldivians and Sri Lankan expatriates are protesting near Maldives President Ibrahim Solih’s house urging the authorities to send ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out from their country’s soil, the Head…
- Mumbai
Kids in protest: Child rights panel wants FIR against Aditya Thackeray
Mumbai: In a big jolt, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked the Mumbai Police to lodge a first information report against Shiv Sena’s ex-Minister Aditya Thackeray for…
- World
Sri Lankan PM residence now a ‘picnic spot’
Colombo: After intruding in Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s residence in Colombo became a picnic spot for the protestors, as they take over the place — playing…
- World
Ready to accept party leaders’ decision: Sri Lanka President
Colombo: Making his stance clear for the first time amid massive public pressure to step down, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that he would respect any decision taken at the party…
- World
Sri Lanka IOC suspends fuel distribution for 2 days over mass protest fears
Colombo: Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation in Sri Lanka, on Friday announced that it was suspending fuel distribution for two days in view of the mass public protest demanding…
- World
Massive crowd to march to Colombo demanding Sri Lankan Prez, govt to step-down
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s opposition parties, religious groups, civil rights activists have planned a massive march to capital Colombo on Saturday demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the government to step down amidst unprecedented…
- Middle East
Chlorine gas leak in Iraq’s south injures at least 300
Baghdad: A chlorine gas leak at a water purification plant in southern Iraq injured at least 300 people, officials said Monday. The incident happened Sunday night when the potentially fatal gas leaked…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Protestors release black balloons near PM’s chopper
Protestors in Andhra Pradesh released black balloons into the air, very close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter as it left for Bhimavaram from Gannavaram airport. Congress workers reportedly broke protocol of…
