Hyderabad Police detained BJP leader Madhavi Latha and other leaders and workers of the party while they were protesting over alleged vandalism of Muthyalamma temple in Secunderabad's Mondal division on Monday.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday lashed out at the Centre and the Delhi Police for detaining protesters gathered outside the Ladakh Bhawan to hold a silent fast.
The workers were detained in Zhengzhou, the home of Foxconn's largest iPhone factory, by the local public security bureau for the equivalent of "breach of trust", Al Jazeera reported.
Former Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique has died on Saturday after being shot in Mumbai, said officials of Lilavati Hospital.
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) also adopted a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Ilham Tohti, the 2019 Sakharov Prize laureate, and Gulshan Abbas, as well as all those arbitrarily detained in China.
On Wednesday, Pakistani security forces and intelligence agencies conducted raids on the hostels of Punjab University and the University of Lahore, reportedly detaining three students and transferring them to unknown locations.
Samsung workers affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) continued with their strike at the company's plant in Sriperumbudur on Wednesday. As the protest entered its 31st day, there was a heavy police presence at the protest site.
A major altercation took place in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar when some miscreants pelted stones at the idol of the Goddess Durga, which was being taken for installation on Monday.
The demonstration was ignited by the alarming arrest of prominent youth activist Wazir Hasnain Raza, whose family has reported being denied access to him since his detention.
Wangchuk said that he and his team were denied a suitable location for their peaceful protest, forcing them to begin their hunger strike at Ladakh Bhavan, where they felt "virtually detained".
Bharadwaj along with other AAP leaders were also detained by police on Thursday while protesting at Chandgiram Akhara in Delhi, demanding the reinstatement of marshals in buses.