Tear gas
- India
Farmers protest: 8 injured, march halted after tear gas shelling
Shambhu: Farmers on a ‘Dilli Chalo’ march demanding a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Prices (MSP) and other nearly five-year-old issues, were forced to halt temporarily after police fired tear gas shells…
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Farmers protest: Patiala DIG lodges complaint against Haryana police
The Patiala deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, on Wednesday, February 21, lodged a complaint against the Haryana Police for using tear gas shells against the protesting farmers without any provocation. Farmers…
- India
Delhi Chalo: Farmers use kites against drones dropping tear gas shells
A few young farmers taking part in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, on Thursday, February 15, took to flying kites to crash government-deployed drones. Farmers are flying kites to stop the drones being…
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Farmers’ March: Tear gas hurled at farmers
Patiala: A famer leader addresses during the second day of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border, near Patiala, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (PTI Photo) Patiala: Farmers face tear gas…
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Delhi Chalo: Haryana Police use tear gas to disperse protesting farmers
Chandigarh: As hundreds of protesting farmers, mainly from Punjab, were stopped on Tuesday, February 13, at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border to prevent them from reaching Delhi, Haryana Police fired tear gas to…
- India
Cops use water cannon, tear gas shells on AAP workers protesting Sanjay’s arrest
Chandigarh: Police on Thursday used a water cannon and hurled tear gas shells to disperse AAP workers who were trying to force their way through barricades to ‘gherao’ the office of Punjab…
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Jammu: Rohingya couple brought to attend infant’s funeral in chains
Mohammed Saleem and Numina, a Rohingya Muslim couple, were brought handcuffed and chained to bid a tearful adieu to their to their five-month-old baby. The infant had allegedly died during a recent…
- 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…
