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Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi addresses the inaugural function of Constitution Day celebrations, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

35 people detained for protesting against CJI Gogoi at Delhi's Mandi...

They were asked to protest at Jantar Mantar but they continued to protest at Connaught place.

10 May 2019 4:00 PM IST

Students protest against hostel warden for forcing girls to strip at Akal University. (Photo: ANI)

Girls forced to strip over a sanitary pad, protests erupt in Punjab...

The hostel warden asked the girls to strip 'to check who among them had dumped a used sanitary pad in the hostel...

1 May 2019 9:51 AM IST

As soon as the ambulance came, thousands of protestors waited patiently and moved aside in an orderly manner to let it pass, before regrouping again. (Photo: Twitter | @MuhammadLila)

Watch: 2 mn strong Hong Kong protestors let ambulance pass, garners...

A protestor who had collapsed during the massive protests on Sunday, was being taken to a hospital.

19 Jun 2019 1:36 PM IST

Protesters raise placards as they march on the streets against an extradition bill in Hong Kong on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong protests marked by demonstrators' coordinated efforts to...

The extent of the opposition to the bill is such that business groups in Hong Kong, who generally are neutral, have also...

18 Jun 2019 1:51 PM IST

We want the government to condemn this police violence. We dont want Hong Kong to be ruled by fear, activist Lee Cheuk Yan was quoted as saying. (Photo: AP)

Protests still underway despite suspension of controversial bill in...

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam made a reversal on Saturday and halted the extradition law, only days after...

16 Jun 2019 4:34 PM IST

Police fired rubber bullets and beanbag rounds at the crowds, weapons that have not been widely used in recent history. Human rights groups criticised the tough tactics, while police said they were necessary against crowds of people who broke through barriers outside government headquarters and the legislature on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong police use tougher tactics against protesters

The violence left 79 people injured, Hong Kong's Hospital Authority said. Police said 22 officers were among the...

13 Jun 2019 5:58 PM IST

Protests that sparked off on Sunday after a proposed amendment to the extradition law that involves extraditions to any jurisdiction with which it does not already have a treaty, including mainland China for the first time. (Photo: AFP)

Protests grow fierce in Hong Kong over extradition law, attempt to...

Police used tear gas, pepper spray and batons to disperse crowds of black-clad demonstrators, most of them young people...

12 Jun 2019 2:54 PM IST

As huge crowds gathered in Kolkata near the police headquarters, police erected barricades to stop the protests from flaring up. (Photo: ANI)

Kolkata Police rout BJP workers protesting against TMC

They were marching towards Lal Bazar protesting against TMC government in West Bengal.

12 Jun 2019 2:38 PM IST

Supporters say the amendments are key to ensuring the city does not become a criminal refuge, but critics worry Beijing will use the law to extradite political opponents and others to China where their legal protections cannot be guaranteed. (Photo: AP)

US expresses concern about Hong Kong proposed amendments to...

Peaceful demonstration by hundreds of thousands of citizens a day earlier clearly shows public's opposition to proposed...

11 Jun 2019 1:35 PM IST

The Sudanese Professionals Association said the movement will end only after the military rulers, who took over after Bashirs ouster two months ago, transfer power to a civilian government. (Photo: AP)

Sudan police fire tear gas as civil disobedience campaign begins

Protesters gathered tyres, tree trunks, rocks to build roadblocks in Khartoum's Bahari, but riot police swiftly moved in...

9 Jun 2019 7:01 PM IST

Huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition law

Huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition law

This bill will not just affect Hong Kong's reputation as an international finance centre, but also our judicial system,'...

9 Jun 2019 3:22 PM IST

Commuters were forced to look for other alternate modes of transport which led to traffic snarls in several parts of Hong Kong. (Photo: ANI)

Chaos in Hong Kong as protesters disrupt metro services

MTR (Mass Transit Rail), city's metro system, announced delay in services due to protest, urged commuters to allow more...

30 July 2019 1:32 PM IST