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  • Azadi march in Pakistan against pm Imran Khan

    Time to get rid of PM Imran's fake govt: say Pak Opposition leaders at Azadi March

    World | Nov 01, 2019, 06:58 PM IST

    The much-hyped 'Azadi March' led by influential right-wing Pakistani cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) reached its final destination Islamabad on Thursday after it set off from the Sindh province and left Lahore on Wednesday

  • Lawyers to hold pen-down protest in West Bengal on Thursday (Representational Image)

    Lawyers to hold pen-down protest in West Bengal on Thursday

    India | Oct 30, 2019, 04:42 PM IST

    The bar council decided during a meeting in Kolkata on Wednesday to hold the protest against the killing of Mitali Ghosh, a lawyer who practised at a Burdwan court.

  • Masked men attack protesters in Iraq’s Karbala, killing 18

    Masked men attack protesters in Iraq’s Karbala, killing 18

    World | Oct 29, 2019, 05:22 PM IST

    Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on protesters since anti-government demonstrations erupted earlier this month.

  • Slain Shopian truck driver's relatives protest in Rajasthan

    Slain Shopian truck drivers' relatives protest in Rajasthan

    India | Oct 27, 2019, 04:52 PM IST

    The family members refused to accept bodies and demanded compensation of Rs 15 lakh and a government job for the kin.

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    Traffic snarls in central Delhi as differently-abled people protest

    India | Oct 24, 2019, 07:54 PM IST

    They had staged a protest at Mandi House on Wednesday, demanding that railway officials meet them. They continued their protest on Thursday, leading the police to divert the traffic on the route which caused jams. We have blocked the Mandi House roundabout area for traffic and the vehicles have been diverted to other routes," a senior traffic police official said

  • Railway unions protest privatisation of 50 stations and 150 passenger trains

    Railway unions protest privatisation of 50 stations and 150 trains

    India | Oct 23, 2019, 07:53 PM IST

    Railway employee unions held protests in various parts of the country on Wednesday against the central government's move to "privatise" 50 railway stations and 150 passenger trains.

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    No solution in sight as TSRTC employees' strike enters 18th day

    India | Oct 22, 2019, 01:32 PM IST

    More than 48,000 employees of TSRTC have been on strike since October 5 to press for their demands, which includes the merger of the TSRTC with the government so that they are treated at par with the government employees.

  • Activists arrested in New York, London climate protests

    Activists arrested in New York, London climate protests

    World | Oct 11, 2019, 01:12 PM IST

    The protesters, some of whom were wearing orange life jackets, on Thursday parked a small, lime-green sailboat at the intersection of Broadway and West 44th Street in New York City's Time Square to draw attention to the planet's rising sea levels.

  • Hong Kong: Protestors vandalise MTR station, rail service

    Hong Kong: Protesters vandalise MTR station, rail services suspended

    World | Oct 05, 2019, 08:45 AM IST

    In a statement, MTR said, "After the outbreak of violence at multiple districts, the maintenance staff has to make sure of their own safety before they could travel to the damaged stations to inspect and assess the extent of damages at our stations, and to carry out repair works."

  • Thousands protest mask ban as Hong Kong leader toughens stance

    Thousands protest mask ban as Hong Kong leader toughens stance

    World | Oct 04, 2019, 09:39 PM IST

    Violence erupted across Hong Kong as defiant masked protesters rampaged and police fired tear gas Friday, hours after the city’s embattled leader invoked rarely used emergency powers to ban masks at rallies in a hardening of her stance after four months of anti-government demonstrations.

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    Video shows moment when Hong Kong Police shot 18-yr-old protester

    World | Oct 02, 2019, 11:45 PM IST

    A video captured the terrifying moment when Hong Kong Police shot a 18-year-old protester in the chest at close range on Tuesday. Violence escalated as tens of thousands joined anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory in a challenge to Beijing's dominance as the Communist Party celebrated 70 years in power.

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    Why are CA students protesting

    India | Sep 25, 2019, 05:58 PM IST

    Several Chartered Accountant aspirants and the candidates who had appeared for the Institute of Chartered Acountants of India exams are primarily protesting against the ICAI for errors in the evaluation of papers. The protest by CA students is being staged against the alleged discrepancies and errors in the evaluation of the papers. CA students are now demanding re-checking of answer books in the Chartered Accountancy examinations.

  • Indian Youth Congress take to the streets to protest Motor Vehicle act amendments

    Indian Youth Congress take to the streets to protest Motor Vehicle act

    India | Sep 25, 2019, 07:27 PM IST

    Alleging that the registered number of vehicles caught violating traffic rules gets uploaded on a website, the protestors said the open use of the 'challan' portal was an invasion on the privacy of common citizens.

  • BHU students call off protest

    BHU students call off protest; varsity assures review of professor's reinstatement

    Education | Sep 16, 2019, 09:05 AM IST

    After assurance from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) vice-chancellor that the matter would be reconsidered and referred back to the executive council for a review, the students called off their protest, according to a press release.

  • CPI-M slams Sitharaman over state of economy, asks people to rise in protest

    CPI-M slams Sitharaman over state of economy, asks people to rise in protest

    Politics | Sep 15, 2019, 02:05 PM IST

    The CPI(M) on Sunday criticised Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying decisions taken by her ministry have resulted in the economic slowdown. 

  • BHU students protest against reinstating guilty professor S.K. Chaube (Representational image)

    BHU students protest against reinstating guilty professor S.K. Chaube

    India | Sep 15, 2019, 09:37 AM IST

    Students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have launched a protest against the alleged reinstatement of suspended Professor S.K. Chaube, who has been found guilty of body shaming some female pupils and also for making lewd comments.

  • Students protesting against Indraprastha University, demanding the dismissal of fee hike

    Indraprastha University fee hike row: Future of students at stake as IPU demands arrears

    India | Sep 14, 2019, 02:56 PM IST

    In 2013, the Delhi government formed a committee State Fee Regulatory Committee (SFRC) to check and regularise the fee structure of the various colleges of Indraprastha University. The need for such a committee came when the authorities of the colleges complained that they don't have funds to pay the salary of the faculty. The committee assigned the task of regularising the fee of all the 74 colleges of the University.

  • Plastic bucket protest by RJD against amended Motor Vehicle Act

    Plastic bucket protest by RJD against amended Motor Vehicle Act

    India | Sep 13, 2019, 05:05 PM IST

    Young leaders of the RJD put plastic buckets on their heads instead of helmets to protest against the increased fines.

  • 'Tank man' was featured in 'The most influential photos of all times'

    Tiananmen Square 'Tank Man' photographer Charlie Coli passes away

    World | Sep 13, 2019, 01:51 PM IST

    One of the famous incidents in the history of the world, the Tiananmen Square protest and its haunting memories which comes down to one picture known as 'Tank Man'. The image of one man standing in the way of a column of tanks, a day after hundreds possibly thousands of people died, has become a defining image of the 1989 pro-democracy protests.

  • Bank officers' union threatens 2-day strike from Sep 26 against mergers

    Bank officers' union threatens 2-day strike from Sep 26 against mergers

    India | Sep 12, 2019, 06:31 PM IST

    In a notice serviced to the Indian Banks' Association, the officers' unions said that they propose to go on strike to protest against mergers and amalgamations in the banking sector.

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