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  Lokpal Bill: Protests Outside Rahul Gandhi's Residence

  India | August 26, 2011 22:08 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 26: Hours after Rahul Gandhi disapproved of Anna Hazare's hunger strike, Jan Lokpal supporters protested outside his residence raising slogans for a strong anti-corruption law.The demonstration lasted for about 30 minutes before

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  Ongoing Protests An Internal Matter Of India, Says US

  India | August 19, 2011 12:30 IST

  Washington, Aug 19 : Asserting that the ongoing protests on Lok Pal bill is an internal matter of India, the US today exuded confidence that New Delhi would be able to address its current political

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  Hazare's Arrest: Sibal Faces Protests At Seminar

  India | August 17, 2011 16:57 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 16: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal was today greeted with protests from Anna Hazare supporters at a seminar on Lokpal here, hours after the arrest of the Gandhian.The students reportedly from Jawaharlal Nehru

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  Lokpal Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha, Team Anna Stages Protests

  India | August 04, 2011 22:41 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 4 : The much-debated Lokpal Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today amid objections from the BJP and its NDA partners over exclusion of the Prime Minister from the purview of

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  Delhi Police Issues New Order For Holding Rallies, Protests

  India | July 03, 2011 12:52 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 3 : Having learnt their lesson the hard way after the Ramdev fiasco, Delhi Police has laid down strict guidelines for organizers of future protests, reports Times of India.  An order, signed

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  Left Gives Call For Strikes, Protests Demanding Rollback

  India | June 25, 2011 14:03 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 25: Slamming the government for the fuel price hike, the Left parties today demanded its immediate rollback and asked their units to organise protest actions all over the country.Attacking the government for

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  Protests In Kupwara After A Man Dies In Army Firing

  India | April 16, 2011 20:28 IST

  Srinagar, Apr 16: An unidentified man was killed in Army firing in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, leading to protests by the locals, official sources said.The body of the unidentified man, bearing bullet marks, was

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  Omar Makes Fun Of Anna Hazare Protests

  India | April 09, 2011 18:29 IST

  Srinagar, Apr 9: Noting that people's power was not only about "three nights of candles and music", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was amused to see the sort of people

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  Hazare Campaign Spreads To More Cities, BSY, Nitish Extend Support

  India | April 08, 2011 18:10 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 8:  The protests against corruption spearheaded by social activist Anna Hazare spread to more cities and small towns today, as Chief Ministers of Bihar and Karnataka threw their weight behind the movement.Thousands

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  Protest Spreads In Syria As Police Move On Mosque

  World | March 23, 2011 9:49 IST

  Damascus (Syria), Mar 22: Protests spread in southern Syria today as hundreds of people marched to demand reforms in a previously peaceful village, witnesses and activists said.Troops and protesters faced off in a nearby city

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  Mayawati Craks The Whip, Akhilesh Yadav Arrested

  India | March 09, 2011 12:36 IST

  Lucknow, Mar 9 :  On the last day of Samajwadi Party's state-wide agitation against the Mayawati government, party state president Akhilesh Yadav was today arrested at the Amausi airport as soon as he landed here

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  Egypt Protests- New Coptic Christians In Demo Against Discrimination

  World | March 08, 2011 9:59 IST

  Egypt Protests- New Coptic Christians In Demo Against Discrimination Cairo, Mar 8: In a sign of simmering unrest in Egypt, thousands of Coptic Christians protested in Cairo on Monday to demand an end to the

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  Malaysia Charges 11 Indians After Race Protests

  World | March 02, 2011 12:59 IST

  Kuala Lumpur,  Mar. 2: Malaysian prosecutors charged 11 ethnic Indian activists with being members of an outlawed group linked to recent protests against racial discrimination, a lawyer said Wednesday. The charges are an apparent attempt

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  Anti-Gaddafi Protests Spread To Capital Tripoli, 61 Killed

  World | February 21, 2011 22:21 IST

  Tripoli, Feb 21: More than 60 people have been reported dead after more violence in the Libyan capital as angry protests against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 40-year rule escalate across the country, reports Al Jazeera..At

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  Mubarak's 30-Years-Rule Comes To An End

  World | February 12, 2011 8:58 IST

  Cairo, Feb 11:  He survived assassination attempts and wave after wave of Mideast crises, a solid ally of the West whose stable image reassured many Egyptians. Hosni Mubarak ended his presidency Friday as a symbol

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  Doctors, Lawyers Join Anti-Mubarak Protests In Cairo

  World | February 10, 2011 19:46 IST

  Cairo, Feb 10: Doctors in white lab coats and lawyers in black robes streamed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday as labor unrest across the country gave powerful momentum to Egypt's wave of anti-government protests.

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  Anti-Mubarak Protests In Several US Cities

  World | February 07, 2011 11:57 IST

  New Orleans, Jan 6 :  Hundreds calling for the departure of Egypt's president peacefully demonstrated in several U.S. cities on Saturday, showing solidarity with the large, anti-government throngs that have taken over a sprawling public

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  Mirwaiz Farooq Faces Protests In Kolkata

  India | November 28, 2010 18:10 IST

  Kolkata, Nov 28 (PTI) Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today faced protests by members of BJP's student wing who hurled eggs at his vehicle here and diplayed banners, prompting police to arrest 25 of

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  China Protests Nobel Peace Prize To Jailed Dissident, Internet Censored

  World | October 08, 2010 23:45 IST

  Beijing: Jailed political reformist Liu Xiaobo on Friday night became the first Chinese national to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, provoking condemnation from the authoritarian nation.The writer and university professor, 54, was honoured ''for