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Obama condemns US govt's response to peaceful demonstrations
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (ANI): Former US President Barack Obama on Thursday (local time) took aim at the Trump administration for sending federal agents to use "tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators."
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Federal agents in Portland fire tear gas, urge protesters to disperse as v
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Federal law enforcement agents have started firing tear gas, stun grenades and pepper balls to disperse protesters as clashes resume in the US city of Portland on Thursday night, despite attempts of the "Wall of Moms" movement to keep the protest
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Kerala gold smuggling case: Youth League members demand resignation of CM,
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], July 10 (ANI): Police on Friday used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the members of Youth League, the youth wing of the Indian Union Muslim League, as they were protesting in Kozhikode to demand the resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over gold sm
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Kerala Students Union protest march turns violent; police use tear gas, wa
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 17 (ANI): A protest march taken out by Kerala Students Union (KSU), the students' wing of Congress, to Secretariat against various government policies in the education sector turned violent on Wednesday with police resorting to using of tear gas and
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Madison Beer says she was tear-gassed while protesting George Floyd's deat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): American singer Madison Beer said she was tear-gassed while protesting the death of George Floyd in Santa Monica, California, over the weekend.
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Trump criticised for St. John's photo-op amid protests
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump had to face widespread criticism after he stood outside St John church in Washington for minutes holding a Bible in his right hand on Monday -- just after police cleared his route from protesters demonstrating peacefully using te
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Hong Kong Police fire tear gas at activists protesting China's new securit
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 24 (ANI): Hong Kong police used tear gas on Sunday to disperse protesters as thousands took to the streets to express their outrage at China's plan to adopt new national security law, which the residents consider as a threat to their civil liberties.
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Police fired tear-gas shells after anti-CAA protesters pelted stones, says
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 23 (ANI): People protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here on Sunday pelted stones at the police following which security personnel fired tear gas shells, said District Magistrate (DM), Chandrabhushan Singh.
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Stone pelting in Delhi's Maujpur; police fire tear gas shells to disperse
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Stone pelting took place between two groups in Maujpur area of Delhi on Sunday due to which the police resorted to firing tear gas shells in order to disperse the mob.
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Covered faces to protect from tear gas, say Jamia students over library fo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): During the Jamia violence on December 15, those present in the university library had to cover their faces with handkerchiefs due to tear gas, claimed students on Monday.
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Police resort to lathi-charge after stone-pelting during pro-CAA rally in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Giridih (Jharkhand) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): The police here on Sunday resorted to lathi-charge and firing of tear gas after stones were pelted during a rally in favour of the amended citizenship law.
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Tear gas, flares cover skies as yellow vests, pension reform protestors ge
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 4 (ANI): Thousands of anti-government and yellow-vests protestors took to streets of the French capital on Saturday as the city headed for a chaotic weekend over President Emmanuel Macron's proposed pension reforms.
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