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- Middle East
Anti-government protests: State-run broadcaster hacked in Iran
Tehran: Anti-government protesters in Iran hacked state-run broadcaster and briefly interrupted the operations with an image of country’s President Ayatollah Ali Khamenei surrounded by flames. The 1730 IST bulletin was interrupted with…
- Telangana
Telangana: Harish Rao vows action against ‘quacks’ in meeting with doctors
Hyderabad: Medical association representatives who met with Telangana’s health minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday at Pragathi Bhavan said that they were given the assurance that the state will create “anti-quackery committees”…
- Top Stories
School girls join protests that have swept Iran
London: In an unprecedented move, schoolgirls have joined the protests that have swept Iran since the death of a woman detained for breaking the hijab law, the media reported. Videos verified by…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Strict action against PFI-banned related protests, warns police chief
Bengaluru: Following the Union government imposing a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates for their alleged terror activities, Karnataka police chief Praveen Sood on Wednesday warned…
- India
After protests, Gujarat Assembly withdraws GCCUA bill
Gandhinagar: The state Assembly on Wednesday unanimously withdrew the Gujarat Cattle Control (Keeping and Moving)In Urban Areas bill (GCCUA) which was aimed at controlling the movement of stray cattle from wandering on…
- Middle East
Pro-government rallies held in Iran amid mass protests
Dubai: Iranian counterprotesters gathered across the country on Friday in a show of support for authorities after nearly a week of anti-government protests and unrest over the death of a young woman…
- Middle East
Iran’s leadership faces most serious challenge in years
Tehran: The eruption of nationwide protests in Iran following the death in police custody of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman detained for allegedly failing to adhere to hijab (headscarf) rules is the most…
- India
NIA raid: PFI activists stage protests in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI) on Thursday staged protests across Kerala against the raids carried out in their organisation offices, houses of leaders and other premises by multi-agencies…
- India
Protests rock Chandigarh University over alleged objectionable videos of female students
Chandigarh: Protests rocked the campus of Chandigarh University in Punjab’s Mohali Saturday night over allegations that objectionable videos of several women students were recorded by a hosteller, following which Chief Minister Bhagwant…
- India
Woman hosteller detained in objectionable video case; no suicide attempt: Punjab Police
Chandigarh: A woman hosteller studying MBA in a private university in Punjab’s Mohali was detained by police on Sunday on charges of making an Objectionable video and MMS of fellow hostellers. Senior Superintendent…
- India
Karnataka: Muslim United Forum to hold protests demanding justice for Masood, Fazil
As one of the accused in Mohammed Fazil’s murder case was granted bail on Thursday, Muslim United Forum along with 50 organisations will on Friday hold a protest in Karnataka, demanding justice…
- Bangalore
Protests erupt at Bangalore University against temple construction
Bengaluru: The students of Bangalore University (BU) have alleged that the ruling BJP government was trying to saffronise the university campus by allowing the construction of a Ganesha temple inside the campus.…
- World
IMF chief pleased Sri Lanka reached staff-level deal for USD 2.9 billion
Colombo: The IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday said she is pleased the Washington-based lender and the Sri Lankan government have reached a staff-level agreement to provide about USD 2.9 billion to…
- Pakistan
Pak may face protests, instability amid high food, fuel prices: IMF
Islamabad: As Pakistan’s inflation, which just hit a 47-year-high in August at over 27 per cent, is on an upward curve, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned against protests and instability…
- Middle East
Heavy gunfire rocks Iraq’s Green Zone amid violent protests
Baghdad: Supporters of an influential Iraqi Shiite cleric fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns into Iraq’s Green Zone as security forces returned fire on Tuesday, seriously escalating a month-long political crisis gripping the…
