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JD(U) defends decision of denying govt jobs to protesters, slams oppositio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], February 3 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad on Wednesday asserted that there was nothing unusual with the new circular of the Nitish-led government of denying government jobs and tenders to protesters.
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600 firebombs, 16 grenades used during Tripoli riots
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters in Tripoli have used 16 grenades and 600 petrol bombs against police this week, the Lebanese Interior Ministry reported Sunday.
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US condemns 'harsh tactics' used against pro-Navalny demonstrators in Russ
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 1 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the "harsh tactics" deployed "against peaceful protesters and journalists" during recent protests in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin's government on Sunday.
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Police continue detention of protesters at unauthorised rallies in Russian
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Police continue detaining protesters at unauthorised rallies across Russia in support of jailed opposition activist Alexey Navalny.
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Paris Police face internal probe after officer filmed beating protester
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Paris prefect has ordered an internal probe into the beating of a protester by an officer at Saturday's rally, a French news channel cited a police source as saying.
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Sibal alleges conspiracy to derail farmers' protest, asks how protesters r
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday raised questions over the manner in which protestors reached Red Fort during tractor march by farmer unions on Republic Day and also alleged that "conspiracy is being hatched" to derail the farmers' movement.
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PM Modi will win if agitation does not go peacefully: BKU president
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (R) president Balbir Singh Rajewal accused the central government of maligning the image of farmers and warned protesters to be peaceful or else "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win".
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Some Delhi borders closed, security heightened in wake of farmers' agitati
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Some Delhi borders, where farmers have been protesting against the recently enacted three new farm laws, have been closed, announced Delhi Traffic Police on Friday morning.
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No bullet injury, protester died after tractor overturned: UP Police
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 28 (ANI): The postmortem of the protester who died during the tractor march in central Delhi shows that he died of injuries sustained when his vehicle overturned, Uttar Pradesh Police said on Wednesday. Delhi had witnessed violence and chaotic scenes
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Tripura: Police used water cannon, tear gas to disperse teachers protestin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 27 (ANI): Several protesters were injured on Wednesday after the Tripura police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) used tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesting teachers who blocked roads in front of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Dev
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Police fire tear gas shells, lathicharge at protesters break barricades in
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Delhi Police on Tuesday used tear gas shells and resorted to baton charging to disperse farmers, at Nangloi area in West Delhi, who entered the city as part of their Republic Day 'tractor rally' protest against the Centre's new agricultural laws.
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'Can't condone lawlessness': Shashi Tharoor says farmers' flag atop Red Fo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): As protesters agitating against the new farm laws entered the premises of Red Fort here on Tuesday and hoisted from its ramparts flags they were carrying, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor condemned the act and said although he supports the farmers' protest, he
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