Sheikh Baqir Al-Hussaini, a prominent Islamic expert living in Skardu, is reported to have sparked protests with his sacrilegious comments. He has been charged with making disparaging statements about religious and historical figures, as reported by Pamir Times.
The protests started in PoK over the rising inflation and heavy electricity taxes. According to reports, protestors burned their electricity bills publicly at Abshaar Chowk. They said that people are forced to come on the roads.
The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday staged a protest in Mandya district, demanding not to further release water from the Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu.
Wearing the traditional dress of Manipur, the women's wing of the Trinamool Congress, the Trinamool Mahila Congress, hit the streets of Siliguri on Saturday to hold a protest over atrocities against women in Manipur.
A group of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s (PoK) Gilgi-Baltistan held protest demonstrations against the “illegal detention” of their leader Shabir Mayar by the Pakistani authorities.
As the order suspending grants to Karnataka temples triggered controversy, Muzrai Department Minister Ramalinga Reddy instructed the officials to immediately withdraw the order suspending the grants. So protests against the suspension of grants by pro-Hindu organizations and BJP leaders were
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) protest planned against the alleged death of a student at Jadavpur University was interrupted and blocked by the police on Friday.
The Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Thursday that a senior naval reserve officer was suspended from duty after telling his commanding officers he would refuse to serve in protest against the government’s judicial overhaul initiative.
"BJP has no right to go Jadavpur University in this case ethically... if we see figures of ragging nationally by the UGC, most of the ragging cases are from UP and MP in medical colleges," Kunal Ghosh said.
Pakistan's local courts in Islamabad rejected nine petitions of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was seeking bail in First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against him over violent protests.