Protesters

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CAB protesters pelted stones, police fired tear gas in Delhi's Seelampur

Police said two bikes of traffic cops were burnt by the demonstrators, adding a police booth in the area was damaged.

17 Dec 2019 4:36 PM

Hundreds of thousands of protesters carrying umbrellas poured across the heart of Hong Kong island defying torrential rain and a police order not to march from a park where they had gathered earlier for a rally. (Photo: AFP/ video screengrab)

Watch: Largest rally in weeks, 1.7 million protesters throng Hong Kong streets

The unprecedented political crisis was sparked by opposition to a plan to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland.

19 Aug 2019 8:17 AM

Violence erupted on Monday after the military stormed the main camp of the protesters here in a bid to break up the agitation. (Photo: ANI)

Death toll climbs to 113 after crackdown on protesters in Sudan

The country's health ministry, however, maintained that only 61 people had lost their lives in the crackdown.

07 Jun 2019 6:07 PM

Following the deadly crackdown, the military council announced it was abandoning all previous agreements reached with protest leaders on a transition to civilian rule. (Photo: AFP)

Sudan violence: '60 people killed in two-day crackdown,' says doctors' group

The protest movement, in turn, dismissed the generals' promise of elections within nine months instead.

05 Jun 2019 3:10 PM

Prohibitory orders imposed to rein in BKU protesters

The protesters are proceeding towards Delhi alongwith hundreds of tractor-trolleys and private vehicles, according to the order.

02 Oct 2018 1:46 AM

Local trains on all three lines- Western, Central and Harbour – ran without any change in slated timings and routes. (Photo: PTI/File)

Mumbai’s railway line remains unaffected

while chanting slogans against the Prime Minister and rising fuel prices, got down on the railways tracks at Dadar and Andheri stations.

11 Sep 2018 4:38 AM

MNS and Congress workers blocked roads, including the Western Express Highway, on Monday. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

Protesters damage 17 BEST buses, 882 detained in city

8 were arrested for stone pelting from Kalachowkie, Kurar, Goregaon and surrounding areas.

11 Sep 2018 3:52 AM

Akalis burn effigies of Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler during a protest against 1984 anti-Sikh riots outside the Congress head office in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Sikhs protest near AICC office, seek removal of Kumar, Tytler

The police stopped the protesters from reaching the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Akbar Road.

11 Apr 2018 6:01 AM

Many commuters were stranded at the station. “It was so crowded that I felt suffocated and had to return home,” said Tukaram Salunkhe (64) who has left home at 9 am to reach Thane.

Commuters’ train ride to hell and back

Travellers were greeted by overcrowded stations, had to alight from halted trains.

21 Mar 2018 5:26 AM

Bhima-koregaon culprits won’t be spared, says CM Fadnavis

He also announced that state government would itself pay compensation for all the property damaged in the incident.

14 Mar 2018 6:12 AM

Members of the Sikh community served food and water to the farmers. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

Protesters get warm welcome in Mumbai

Protesters, who have been walking from March 6, did not expect the warm welcome from the people in the city.

12 Mar 2018 1:39 AM

The march began in Nashik on March 6 and will reach Vidhan Bhavan on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

40,000 protesting farmers set to enter Mumbai today

Raj Thackeray likely to welcome them at Mulund.

11 Mar 2018 2:08 AM

Sena’s cadre protested in Nashik on Saturday.

Shiv Sena protests against price rise, taunt government

The protesters raised slogans during the roablockade taunting the government.

28 Jan 2018 5:31 AM

'Padmaavat' is based on the epic poem Padmavat written by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

Advanced ticket booking gets lukewarm response

The movie is not faring well in its advanced booking stage.

24 Jan 2018 4:56 AM

Policemen accompany the Dalits protestors as they stage a protest against the violence in Bhima Koregaon area of Pune, in Mumbai. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

locals provide water, snacks to commuters

The protestors had stopped railway services at several points like Thane, Dombivli, Kanjurmarg, Ambernath, Dadar and Malad-Goregaon.

04 Jan 2018 6:10 AM

Security Forces in action during encounter in Futlipora village of Pakharpora in central Kashmir's Budgam district. (Photo: H U Naqash)

J&K: 4 militants dead in 2 separate encounters; over 200 killed in 2017

According to police official, all four terrorists killed belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

30 Nov 2017 5:48 PM

A police official said a security forces vehicle passing through the area was stopped by the protesters, who tried to deflate its tyres. (Photo: Deccan Chronicle/Representational)

J&K: 4 hurt as security forces fire at mob protesting braid chopping in Anantnag

Residents of a village in Pahalgam area of Anantnag district staged a protest after they caught an alleged braid chopper.

18 Oct 2017 11:31 AM

A number of demonstrators with their faces covered were escorted out of the park by police, who reported 14 arrests, mostly for violating a ban on masks, sticks and other potential weapons. (Photo: AFP)

Violence breaks out at Berkeley political protest

The counter-demonstrators surrounded their outnumbered rivals, chanting: 'No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA' and 'Go home Nazi'.

28 Aug 2017 12:55 PM

Supporters of the Dera Sacha Sauda vandalised vehicles in Panchkula. Police used water cannon in an attempt to disperse the crowd. More than 15,000 paramilitary troops and police officers, some on horseback, were deployed in the town of Panchkula. (Photo: AP)

Ram Rahim jailed: Uneasy calm in Panchkula after Friday’s mayhem

31 dead so far, curfew relaxed, officials say situation is under control.

25 Aug 2017 4:19 PM

The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. (Photo: AP)

'Many sides' to blame for Virginia violence: Trump

Trump also contends that the 'hatred and bigotry' broadcast across the country had taken root long before his political ascendancy.

13 Aug 2017 12:41 PM

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