MUMBAI: Shiv Sena(UBT) workers, led by party spokesperson Anand Dubey, staged a protest on Sunday against the India-Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup 2025, smashing television sets and raising slogans against both the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Centre. 

KATHMANDU: Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday said that criminal acts must be thoroughly investigated, the truth made public, and those responsible held accountable, local media reported. 

KATHMANDU: In focus over the upheavals in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka in recent times is the use of social media as a megaphone – reflecting societal fissures while amplifying calls for accountability.

KATHMANDU: Nepal's President Ram Chandra Poudel said on Thursday that efforts are being made to find a solution within the set framework as concerns are being raised about potential deviation from the constitutional course to settle the tense political situation in the country post Gen-Z revolution.

NEW DELHI: In the wake of violent protests that have gripped Nepal over the past two days, central agencies have issued a major security alert along the India-Nepal border, cautioning that miscreants could exploit the unrest to trigger violence in adjoining Indian states.

KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned amid mass protests sweeping across the country, the announcement on Tuesday was met with mixed emotions - from anger to relief - as citizens accused him of leading a "corrupt" and "oppressive" government and some declared that "Oli’s ego has turned into ashes".

MYSURU: Several BJP leaders and Hindu activists were detained on Tuesday as they gathered for the "Mysuru Chalo" procession to protest the Congress-led government's invitation to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for inaugurating the Dussehra festivities.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of at least 19 people after a Gen-Z led protest against corruption and the ongoing ban on social media platforms spiraled into violence across Kathmandu and other cities.

KATHMANDU: At least 19 people have lost their lives as the Gen Z-led demonstrations against alleged corruption and the government's decision to ban social media escalated into violent clashes in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Monday, local media reported.

KATHMANDU: Youths belonging to Gen Z held protests in Nepal on Monday against alleged corruption and the government's decision to ban social media platforms, leading to curfew, local media reported. Protesters gathered at Maitighar in Kathmandu on Monday to express their anger against the government's decision, while Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli continued to defend his decision to impose ban on social media sites.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Disciplinary action is set to be taken against four Kerala police personnel accused in a custodial assault case at Kunnamkulam, following widespread protests from the Congress.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday granted bail to Naresh Meena, who was arrested for protesting after the Jhalawar school accident in which seven children lost their lives.

REWA: Protesting farmers in Rewa in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday locked up several government officials, including a Tehsildar, for hours over an alleged shortage of fertilizer, forcing the police to intervene and use mild force to rescue them after dispersing the agitators.

CHENNAI: A protest by migrant workers demanding justice for a deceased colleague turned violent on Tuesday at Kattupalli, in Chennai’s northern suburb, after the workers clashed with police personnel.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Centre has refused to grant prosecution sanction under aviation laws in the sensational case alleging an ‘attempt to murder’ Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inside an Indigo flight by Youth Congress workers.

PALAKKAD: BJP workers marched to Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil's office in Kerala's Palakkad on Friday to protest against the leader who is facing sexual misconduct allegations.

PUNE: Deputy Chief Minister and NCP President Ajit Pawar on Saturday said that the Mahayuti government is positive about the demand for Maratha reservation made by activist Manoj Jarange-Patil and is working to find a solution to it.

RANCHI: A woman and her school-going daughter were killed in a horrific road accident in Ranchi on Friday morning after a speeding truck ran over their scooter near Joda bridge in Kanke police station area, officials said.

KAITHAL: The work in Kaithal's courts today remained closed in protest against the police registering false FIR against two lawyers in Ambala. Today the lawyers did not do any work, which caused a lot of trouble to the clients coming for courts related works from far away. The court campus remained deserted. A Proxy Council was fixed for every court on behalf of the association, which was taking further date in today's cases.

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday strongly condemned the Delhi Police’s lathi charge on SSC aspirants and teachers who were protesting at Ramlila Maidan, calling it a “hallmark of a cowardly government.”

NEW DELHI: Amid the bitter tussle between the ruling NDA and the Congress-led Opposition in Parliament, a picture recently presented a much-needed pleasant scene between the politicians of the two fronts.

PHAGWARA: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday staged a protest march in Phagwara against what it termed the Punjab government’s attempts to obstruct its awareness campaigns on central welfare schemes. The demonstration, led by former Union minister Som Parkash, Anita Som Parkash, BJP Punjab general secretary Rajiv Pahwa, former mayor Arun Khosla, and party leader Pankaj Chawla, began at the Rest House Phagwara and concluded at Hargobind Nagar Chowk.

KARACHI: Protests were held in various neighbourhoods of Pakistan's Karachi after several areas faced power outage for over 50 hours after heavy rains recently, local media reported on Friday.

RANCHI: The Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, turned into a flashpoint on Thursday after a girl student was allegedly molested and attacked with a blade by unidentified assailants near the campus gate.

JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated, demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secure a deal with Hamas to end the Gaza war and release the remaining hostages.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Thursday approached a single-judge Bench of Calcutta High Court seeking permission to register an FIR against Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, over the latter’s participation in the 'Nabanna Avijan (march to state secretariat)' on August 9 that was marred by violence, on the first anniversary of the rape and murder of a woman doctor at R.G. Kar Hospital.

KOLKATA: Kolkata and its adjoining areas are all set to witness another round of rallies and a protest march on August 14 midnight to demand justice for the RG Kar rape and murder victim.

KOLKATA: The RG Kar victim’s father has sent an email to Kolkata Police requesting the filing of an FIR against the city police over the assault on his wife during the August 9 'Navanna Avjijan' march.

KHATKAR KALAN: The Veterinary doctors from Punjab's Animal Husbandry Department across the State, assembled in large numbers at the birthplace of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, here today, for a major 'state-level protest and march'. Veterinary Officers, Senior Veterinary Officers, Assistant and Deputy Directors from nearly every district of the state converged here to register their protest, especially to remind the government that it was disregarding the 'youth icon Bhagat Singh' who was a protagonist of social justice, by denying justice to the Veterinarians of the State.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Government has withdrawn its controversial land pooling policy following state wide protests by farmers and political parties. The policy was also challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court where government failed to satisfy the judicial quaries about the policy. 

PATIALA: The Shiromani Akali Dal staged a massive protest outside the PUDA office in Patiala against the AAP government’s land pooling policy. A large number of farmers, party workers, and office-bearers participated under the leadership of Youth Akali Dal President Sarabjit Singh Jhinjar.

PHAGWARA: Despite the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s interim stay on the state’s Land Pooling Scheme, hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a protest in Phagwara on Sunday, voicing strong opposition to the policy introduced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab Government. The demonstration, led by former Union Minister Som Prakash Kainth, began with a sit-in at the Rest House before moving in a march towards the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will lead a protest march of around 300 MPs from the INDIA bloc to the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in New Delhi on Monday.

KAPURTHALA: Kapurthala, August 5 – A major safety incident occurred at the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Kapurthala on Tuesday morning, when an under-construction rail coach fell from a crane while being shifted from one line to another inside the Shell Shop. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police have made tight security arrangements and have imposed traffic restrictions since early Saturday morning amid the 'Nabanna Avijan (march to the state secretariat)' later in the day, on the first anniversary of the R.G. Kar rape and murder tragedy.

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.