DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Monday issued arrest warrants for 26 people, including Begum Rokeya University's former Vice Chancellor Hasibur Rashid, in connection with a murder case during last year's July protests in the country.

THAILAND: After a phone call between Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen was leaked, thousands of protestors gathered in the Thai capital, Bangkok and demanded the Prime Minister's resignation.

NEW DELHI: Amid plans to hold two protests against imposition of Hindi in schools in Maharashtra, senior Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday announced that there would be only one demonstration and the two Thackeray brothers would participate in it together.

PHAGWARA: A protest was staged outside the Superintendent of Police (SP) office in Phagwara today in response to alleged police high-handedness in handling an assault case involving a local youth from Beedpuad village.

PHAGWARA: Members of the Yuva Vikas Morcha staged a protest outside the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Phagwara on Thursday, condemning alleged derogatory remarks made by BJP leader Swami Sabdesh against Baba Jiwan Singh, a revered figure in the Rangreta community. The protest was led by Anu Sahota, President of the Yuva Vikas Morcha, Phagwara unit.

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineers’ Association (JKEEGA) today held a one-day protest in Jammu and Srinagar flaying the state government for over delayed regularisation and demanded immediate action on the regularisation of engineers in the Power Development Department (PDD).

WASHINGTON: Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir's high-stakes official visit to the United States has been overshadowed by widespread protests led by members of the Pakistani diaspora and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

NEW DELHI: Amidst demonstrations and calls for protests by Khalistani supporters and sympathizers during G7 Summit in Canada, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday brushed them aside as unwarranted and unjust and said that such deplorable acts deserve no attention.

NEW DELHI: In response to pro-Khalistan protests in Canada, where demonstrators, including children, took to the streets to express their discontent with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attendance at the G7 Summit, several prominent Sikh leaders from India have strongly condemned these actions, labeling them as reflective of a Taliban mindset.

KOLKATA: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal has removed the name of Newton Das from the voter list, officials said on Friday. He was seen participating in the 2024 student movement in Bangladesh.

LOS ANGELES: A limited curfew will come into effect from Tuesday in several areas of downtown Los Angeles, California, following several nights of unrest triggered by the Trump administration's immigration raids.

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump warned protesters to stay away from the military parade he has planned for Saturday in Washington, to mark the Army's 250th birthday, asserting that any demonstrators who "hate our country" would be met with "very heavy force."

MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged the US authorities to follow the law on deportation proceedings and respect human dignity, following recent mass roundups of migrants and resulting protests in Los Angeles, California.

MEHTA CHOWK: The protest dharna to be held from June 11 at Badal village and chanting Gurbani at the residence of Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal under the leadership of Sant Giani Harnam Singh Khalsa, head of Damdami Taksal and president of Sant Samaj, for the restoration of the removed Jathedars of three Takht Sahibans, has been postponed.

SAMANA: The tragic death of six schoolchildren in a road accident near Samana has become a flashpoint of public anger and a litmus test for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. Nearly a month after the fatal collision, key accused remain at large, allegedly due to their political connections, sparking widespread protests and raising questions about the rule of law under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s leadership.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), banning strikes, strikes as power employee protest continues for the 191 days continuously.

PATNA: Hundreds of students protested on Thursday in the state capital, demanding the implementation of a domicile policy in Bihar's government recruitment process.

PHAGWARA: Tensions simmered in the Phillaur and Goraya areas of Punjab on Tuesday after police briefly detained Harjinder Singh Jakhu, state vice-president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), along with a group of party supporters. The group had gathered near the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in village Nangal, Phillaur, to pay tribute and hold a protest rally condemning the recent desecration of the revered social reformer’s statue.

HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha on Wednesday led a protest against the notices issued to party president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao by P. C. Ghose Commission, which is probing the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project.

BENGALURU: Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Railways, V. Somanna, on Wednesday wrote a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging him to withdraw the cases filed against protestors, elected representatives, and seers who agitated against the Hemavati Express Link Canal Project.

BENGALURU: After massive protests by farmers and the BJP opposing the Hemavathi Express Link Canal Project, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara will be visiting Tumakuru on Monday to meet the project officials and police officers to review the situation.

CHANDIGARH: Sharmistha Panoli, a 22-year-old Indian social media activist known for her affiliation with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was detained by West Bengal police from Gurgaon on charges of posting derogatory remarks against Muslims and Islam. She targeted the Prophet Muhammad.

CHANDIGARH: Lakhs of power sector engineers and employees led by the All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF ) and National Coordination Committee of electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) held nationwide lunch hour demonstrations at power utility head offices, thermal plants and other workplaces places today against power privatisation policies of the UP government and in solidarity with power engineers and employees of UP.

CHANDIGARH: Power sector workers will hold nationwide lunch hour demonstrations at work places tomorrow on May 29 against privatisation policies of the UP government proposal to hand over 42 districts electricity supply distribution to the private sector., said All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) .

DHAKA: As the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus approaches the end of its tenth month in office, protests -- ranging from student demonstrations to factory workers' strikes, as well as movements from women's rights organisations and radical Islamist parties -- continue to escalate in Bangladesh.

KOLKATA: Teachers who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court order in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment case have given a deadline to state Education Minister Bratya Basu to meet them and address their concerns.

KOLKATA: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, barred the Bidhannagar Police from taking any coercive action, including arrest, against “untainted” or “genuine” teachers who have been named in FIRs for protesting in front of the state education department headquarters.

DEOGHAR: The alleged custodial death of a man in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district triggered massive public anger on Thursday, as hundreds of residents poured onto the streets demanding justice and action against the police personnel involved.

KOLKATA: Tension prevailed at the West Bengal education department at Salt Lake on Thursday afternoon after secondary and higher secondary government schoolteachers, who lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order last month, gheraoed the main office.

JHARKHAND: Tension flared in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Wednesday after the death of 55-year-old Dukhi Sao, allegedly due to police assault in the Herhanj police station area.

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Congress has threatened to stage a large-scale protest against the state’s Tribal Affairs Minister Vijay Shah following his alleged derogatory remarks about Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, a distinguished Indian Army officer.

KATHMANDU: Nepal Teachers' Federation has threatened to launch fresh protests due to its doubts about the government's recent policies and programmes and suspects that their concern will not be addressed in the School Education Bill.

NEW DELHI: The protest of the Indian diaspora across the world condemning the heinous Pahalgam terrorist attack continues as they take out peaceful rallies in solidarity with the victims.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers in Punjab, angered over their forceful eviction from the two border points, started their march on Tuesday amid high security to surround the police station in Shambhu in Sangrur district.

CHANDIGARH: UP Power Corporation Chairman has called Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, UP for table talks on 07th May with UPPCL Management ending the five month long stalemate.

THIRUVANANTHAPUR: For the second successive day, angry protesters in Kannur were seen engaging in a war of words with police and K-Rail officials, when they tried to lay the marking stone for the social impact assessment study of the project.

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) has said that it will intensify protest marches against state Governor R.N. Ravi for not forwarding the bill seeking exemption from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) passed by the state Assembly to the President.

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish Ambassador in protest over Turkey's cross-border offensive against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.

CHENNAI: The opposition AIADMK staged a walkout from the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, alleging breach in security of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi due to the black flag demonstration against him at Myladuthurai.

DUBAI: Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister of state for International Cooperation (MoFAIC), has summoned Amir Hayek, Israeli ambassador to the UAE, to "strongly protest and denounce the events taking place in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque," according to a MoFAIC statement on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: The protests against Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi over the anti-NEET Bill issue has turned murkier. The Dalit outfit Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Dravida Kazhagam (DK) activists along with the CPI and CPI-M workers on Tuesday staged a black flag demonstration against Ravi at Myladuthurai.

COLOMBO: Amid the growing public agitation with protest continuing for the ninth day occupying the entrance to his office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a new cabinet on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Admi Took Serious Action against party workers who were protesting Outside Cabinet Minister Baljit Kaur’s residence in Malout

LOS ANGELES: Rock band Pink Floyd has reunited to record their first new material in 28 years, a protest song against the Ukraine war.

PHAGWARA: Various farmers unions thanked and honoured Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP from Slough, UK at an event in village Mauli, Phagwara on Friday for raising the farmers issue so vociferously on the floor of the British Parliament during debates and questions during 'Kisan Andolan'.

VISAKHAPATNAM: With 'noose' around their neck, some tribal women farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli district staged a protest over the plans to hand over their cashew plantations to a mining company

HYDERABAD: Stepping up pressure on the Centre for procurement of paddy from Telangana, the state's ruling party TRS on Thursday staged protests across the state.

COLOMBO: Amidst growing public protests all the over Sri Lanka and ahead of a massive street march on Sunday, President Gotabaya Rajapaska has declared a state of emergency.

NEW DELHI: The Congress MPs on Thursday staged a protest outside Parliament against the rising prices of fuel and demanded its roll back.

CHANDIGARH: Lakhs of power sector employees staged a nationwide protest and work boycott on Monday against the privatization policies of the central government ,,which are against the interest of the consumers and employees. said V K Gupta a spokesperson of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) .

CHANDIGARH: Power sector employees of the Haryana will hold protest gate meetings on March 28 and 29 in protest against the privatisation policies of the central government, K K Malik General Secretary of Haryana Power Engineers Association said.

NEW DELHI: As the early counting trends showed the Congress trailing in all the five states which went to the polls, its party workers protested outside the party's Delhi office against the electronic voting machines on Thursday.

NANGAL: Congress workers led by Punjab assembly speaker Rana KP Singh staged a dharna in front of the office of the chief engineer Bhakra dam at Nangal on Monday to protest against the amendment to the Bhakra Beas Management Board(BBMB) against rights of Punjab by the centre.

CHANDIGARH:Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday described the Centre's decision to tweak the appointment norms for members of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) as "a frighteningly grave development fraught with serious consequences for Punjab".

CHANDIGARH: Many areas of Chandigarh are facing power outages as the Electricity Department employees went on a three-day strike,which can be extended, in protest against the privatization of the department after the talks failed.

BENGALURU:Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said on Monday that the police have arrested three persons in connection with the killing of Harsha (26), a Bajrang Dal activist who was stabbed to death in Shivamogga on Sunday night.

OTTAWA: With 191 people arrested and 79 vehicles towed, the police have reclaimed Ottawa's downtown from its occupiers 24 days after the trucker convoy rolled into the Canadian capital's core.

OTTAWA: Ottawa Police have arrested and laid charges against two organisers of the "Freedom Convoy" truckers' protest which has occupied the Canadian capital city's downtown for three weeks in opposition to Covid-19 vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions.

OTTAWA: Two-thirds, or 66 per cent, of Canadians support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for invoking the Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle the truckers' protests across the country, according to a new survey.

OTTAWA: One day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a public order emergency, the government has outlined further steps to end the truckers protests and blockades.

KABUL: Several Afghan women took to the streets of Kabul calling for the release of female activists after one of them was freed.Parwana Ibrahimkhil, who went missing last month, was released and she claimed that she was held detained by Taliban forces, TOLO News reported.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged all protesters to go home, saying "everything is on the table" when it comes to ending the blockades paralysing cross-border trade at multiple locations.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up Uttar Pradesh for taking action on the recovery notices issued to the alleged anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protestors in December 2019.

OTTAWA: A group of protesters moved to the Ottawa airport on Thursday morning as the protest reaches the end of its second week, according to local media.

NEW DELHI: Jagmeet Singh, the Sikh-origin leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) who is now condemning a truckers strike in Ottawa, had staunchly supported the farmers protests in India last year.

DHARAMSALA: Five major Tibetan NGOs, namely Students for Free Tibet (SFT), Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT) and Gu Chu Sum Association of former political prisoners of Tibet jointly organize a-daylong hunger strike campaign in north Indian hill town Dharamshala to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 which is beginning todayand to protest against the flagrant human rights violations of Tibetans inside Tibet.

AMARAVATI:A day after the roaring success of Andhra Pradesh government employees' 'Chalo Vijayawada' despite police denying them permission, Director General of Police Gautam Sawang on Friday met Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

OTTAWA: Hundreds of trucks and thousands of protesters blocked the streets toward downtown Ottawa on Saturday to protest the government's vaccine mandates required to cross the Canada-US border.

OTTAWA: Hundreds of trucks and thousands of protesters blocked the streets toward downtown Ottawa on Saturday to protest the government's vaccine mandates required to cross the Canada-US border.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain an application seeking clarification on its judgement of October 7, 2020, in which the top court had said that public roads can't be blocked indefinitely. The apex court had passed the order in connection with a road blockade by protesters at Shaheen Bagh, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

ANKARA: Turkish women held protests in cities across the country to denounce the country's withdrawal from an international treaty designated to combat gender violence.

KOLKATA: Amid protests by BJP MLAs, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday had to cut short his much-speculated maiden address in the Assembly after the state elections on the opening day of Budget Session, completing it in just four minutes.

PANAJI: The state government has taken up the issue of poor internet connectivity with BSNL officials in Goa, a day after students in Valpoi village in North Goa marched to the local BSNL office claiming that their online classes were being hampered due to poor and inconsistent net connectivity.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers across Punjab continue to protest against the short supply for agricultural feeders as Punjab has been maintaining a power supply between 11956 MW to 12695 MW after restricting the power supply to rural consumers, agriculture pump sets and unannounced cuts in cities.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers across Punjab continue to protest against the short supply for agricultural feeders as Punjab has been maintaining a power supply between 11956 MW to 12695 MW after restricting the power supply to rural consumers,agriculture pump sets and unannounced cuts in cities.

NAWANSHAHR:Farmers under the banner of Kirti Kisan Union today strongly protested with black flags before Congress MP Munish Tewari from Shri Anandpur Sahib on his arrival here. On learning about Tewari's visit to Nawanshahr, the workers of Kirti Kisan Union marched towards the Civil Hospital carrying the party flags and black flags.

LUDHIANA: Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) teachers joined protest in the University campus against recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission during a protest call given by various Punjab veterinary and medical associations.

CHANDIGARH: A day after tens of thousands of protesting farmers entered Chandigarh after breaking barricades and facing water cannons, the local police on Sunday booked gangster-turned-activist Lakhvir Singh, alias Lakha Sidhana, and Rajinder Singh Deep Singh Wala, vice president of the Kirti Kissan Union.

AMRITSAR: Mahesh Behal , Member of Jallianwala Bagh Shaheed Parivaar Samiti said, “We will intensify our protest if the garden is not reopened in near future.

GURDASPUR:On the call of the Joint Punjab Government Doctors Coordination Committee organised a oritest rally against the reduction of 25 percent NPA to doctors, after protesting, different organizations have sent a demand letter to the Punjab government through DC.

AMRITSAR: Jallianwala Bagh Shaheed Parivaar Samiti has organised a protest dharna outside Jallianwala Bagh against the closure of Bagh since long time.

CHANDIGARH: Perturbed over the fate of the agitation of farmers against three contentious farm laws, a 55-year-old marginal farmer on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance at a protest site in Jind district of Haryana.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in a Delhi Riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

NEW DELHI:As the protest continues on the borders of the national capital against the three contentious farm laws passed by the Central government, the farmers, taking a note of the extreme weather conditions, and to guard themselves against the rain and storm, have set up a concrete wall around the tent.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar, opposition leader Siddaramaiah and party's state unit leaders courted arrest on Friday for protesting against fuel price hike.

NEW DELHI: The protest by the farmers against the new farm laws introduced by the Central government has been nearing 200 days and in order to intensify their agitation, the farmers have announced a sit-in at Raj Bhavans across the country on June 26.

NEW DELHI: Congress Treasurer Pawan Bansal, General Secretaries KC Venugopal, Harish Rawat and Ajay Maken will lead the protests on Friday at various locations in the national capital against the fuel hike.

AMRITSAR: Residents of local Swiss colonies (Swiss Green, Switzerland) today staged a protest against the colonizers and administration over regularization of colonies and development issues.

NEW DELHI: After easing of curbs, the principal opposition party, the Congress, has decided to take on the government on the issue of petrol price hike, after cornering the government on the shortage of vaccine, medical equipment and drugs. The regular petrol is already selling at more than Rs 100 per litre in Mumbai and some other parts of the country.

JERUSALEM: A correspondent for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel was arrested during a protest in the Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem.

NEW DELHI: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Saturday staged a protest over the rising prices of petrol and diesel, saying the government has thrown the country's economy into disaster.

CHANDIGARH: PSEB Engineers Association, a body of engineers of PSPCL / PSTCL today issued a notice to the management for protest action against the anti engineer Stance of the management,, nonresolution of agreed issues, and non-formation of wage formulation committee.

NEW DELHI: People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the turn of events at Silanger village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh over the past two weeks.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws across Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday observed as a 'Black Day' to mark six months of the agitation.

CHENNAI: Farmers in Central Tamil Nadu districts including Trichy held protests, raising black flags atop their homes in solidarity with the protesting farmers of North India who are demanding the repeal of the controversial farm laws.

CHANDIGARH: The failure of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to constitute a wage formulation committee (WFC) to recommend payscale to its employees has forced the PSEB Engineers Association to launch the protest at thermal plants with immediate effect.

CHANDIGARH: Joining the farmers to raise black flags to lodge protest against the three controversial farm laws enacted by the Central government, Punjab Congress legislator Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday hoisted the black flag at his ancestral residence in Patiala town.

LUDHIANA: Due to lodging of false FIR against a senior professor Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University teachers continued their protest for the third consecutive day.

NEW DELHI: Twelve opposition parties, led by the Congress, have extended their support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) for a countrywide protest on May 26 to mark the completion of six months of their agitation against the the Centre's three farm laws.

NEW DELHI: After a brief hiatus, farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws have started gathering again at Delhi borders to strengthen their agitation.

CHANDIGARH: A group of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) activists staged a protest while following Covid-19 protocol at namdev chownk (near Eat well) on Thursday against rising prices of petrol & diesel and demanded that the government should roll back the hike with an immediate effect.

A group of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) activists staged a protest while following Covid-19 protocol at namdev chownk (near Eat well) on Thursday against rising prices of petrol & diesel and demanded that the government should roll back the hike with an immediate effect.

CHANDIGARH: Farmers on Sunday held a protest against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Hisar, and were baton-charged by the police.

WASHINGTON: Demonstrators took to streets across a number of major US cities, demanding an end to the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

CHANDIGARH: A Ludhiana-based NGO Atam Pargas has taken an initiative to provide succour and support to the families of the martyrs from the Farmers’ Protest. Their 25 teams have already started reaching out to these families to make an on-ground assessment of their situation.