Tear gas
- Kolkata
BJP workers clash with cops during protest march in Bengal, several injured
Kolkata: Parts of Bengal turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as BJP activists clashed with the police during a protest march to the state secretariat. Several police officers and saffron camp members,…
- World
Sri Lanka: Man arrested for stealing 50 tear gas canisters from police
Colombo: As the Sri Lankan economic crisis persists, a 31-year-old suspect was arrested for stealing about 50 tear gas canisters from police during protests at Polduwa Junction near Parliament, media reports said.…
- World
Sri Lankan Police fire tear gas to prevent protestors from entering PM’s office
Colombo: Sri Lankan Police have fired more volleys of teargas on the protesting crowd outside the Prime Minister’s office in a bid to drive them back. The avenue is wreathed in smoke.…
- India
Agnipath scheme: Protestors set trains on fire in Bihar
Patna: Trains were set afire, window panes of buses smashed and passersby, including a ruling BJP MLA, pelted with stones on Thursday in Bihar by Army job aspirants whose protest against the…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: Police accused of using expired tear gas on women, children in protests
Islamabad: Tensions in Pakistan’s Punjab rose after police made use of tear gas and arrested several activists participating in the PTI’s Azadi March in cities across the province as the activists attempted…
- India
Probe ordered into tear gas shelling on Kashmiri Pandit protesters
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha ordered a probe on Sunday into the tear gas shelling incident on protesting Kashmiri Pandits on May 13. “Strict action will be taken against…
- Top Stories
Police lathi-charge, fire tear gas as farmers enter Delhi
New Delhi: The Delhi police resorted to lathi charge and firing of tear gas shells after groups of protesting farmers camping at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur border points of the national capital…
- World
Tear gas and molotovs as Hong Kong reels from new clashes
Hong Kong: Hong Kong was gripped by another day of petrol bombs and tear gas on Sunday as police and pro-democracy protesters clashed for hours throughout a popular tourist district. The two…
- Middle East
Police fire bullets to break up Shiite protest in Nigeria
Abuja: Nigerian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition into the air on Tuesday to disperse Shiite Muslim protesters in the capital Abuja a day after at least eight people were…
- News
Georgia: Police fire rubber bullets, water cannon to disperse protesters near Parliament
Tbilisi [Georgia]: The police resorted to firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters after they attempted to storm the Georgian Parliament over the visit of a Russian lawmaker…
- Middle East
Istanbul police fire tear gas at banned women’s day rally
Istanbul: Istanbul police fired tear gas Friday at thousands of women who took to the city’s central avenue on International Women’s Day in defiance of a protest ban to demand greater rights…
- World
US fires tear gas at Mexico border to deter migrants
Washington: US border agents have launched tear gas to deter migrants attempting to breach the US-Mexico border fence into California. According to media reports, around 150 migrants who attempted to climb over…
