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230 arrested in Lahore in crackdown on government employees' sit-in
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Lahore police on Thursday launched a crackdown and arrested more than 230 protesters of the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) Punjab, many of them teachers, who were holding a sit-in outside the Civil Secretariat against the proposed privatisation of public schools, amendme
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Pakistan: Govt employees launch sit-in against pension regulations in Laho
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) have started a sit-in outside the Civil Secretariat in Lahore in protest of the proposed sale of public schools, changes to pension rules, and a halt to leave encashment.
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MP: Clash erupts between party workers and police during sit-in protest, s
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A clash broke out between workers of the Gondwana Ganatantra Party and police in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday evening.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami to begin three-day sit-in in Lahore against risi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Wednesday announced the schedule of a sit-in in Lahore against the rising inflation, Pakistan-based ARY News reported. The JI will begin its three-day sit-in in Lahore on Thursday, with the party workers gathering outside the governor's house from Al-Hamra hall.
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Farmers protest against authority's directions to Karnataka govt to contin
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Farmers in Mandya on Monday staged sit in protest and blocked road while demonstrating against the order of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), asking the Karnataka government to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for another 15 days.
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Pakistan: Protests against abductions continue in Sindh's Kashmore
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As a protest sit-in against abductions in Kashmore continued, police reported the recovery of three abductees, according to ARY News on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Thousands including minority Hindus protest against "dacoit rule
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Thousands of citizens took out a peace procession and staged a sit-in at Ghantaghar Chowk in Kandhkot town on the second consecutive day in protest against police’s failure to recover the hostages, including several members of the minority Hindu community in Pakistan’s Sukkur, Dawn reported
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Rape by Delhi govt official: DCW chief Maliwal continues 'dharna' at hospi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal continued her sit-in on Tuesday at a hospital after she was stopped from meeting the minor, who was allegedly raped by a senior official of the Delhi government.
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Randeep Surjewala calls BJP and its supporters 'Rakshas', BJP takes him on
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Surjewala, in his speech, said that “Don't give job, at least give a chance to sit in the job. People of BJP and JJP are ‘Rakshas’ (Demons) and those who vote for BJP and support them is a ‘Rakshas’ too. Today I curse from this land of Mahabharata”
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1984 riots case: Delhi court accepts Jagdish Tytler's bail bond, Sikh comm
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
While the proceeding was going on in the court, Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) staged a sit-in protest outside the Court against its decision of granting bail to Tytler and raised slogans against him.
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“Happy that a no-confidence motion…”: AAP’s Sanjay Singh rips into Centre
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday continued his indefinite sit-in protest, amid the downpour in the national capital, following his suspension from the Upper House on Monday.
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"BJP seems to have myopic problem...": Congress leader Renuka Choudhary hi
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader Renuka Choudhary hit out at the BJP for launching a sit-in protest over Telangana government's double-bedroom housing scheme when "Manipur has been burning."
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