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"There is no democracy here": Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar attacks Mama
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In West Bengal, BJP called for a '12-hour Bengal Bandh' after Kolkata police resorted to lathi-charge, the use of water cannons and tear gas against the protestors in the 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally.
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Congress leader Pawan Khera calls for more strict laws on rape amid growin
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
On August 27, chaos broke out in the streets of Kolkata. Security personnel lobbed tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse protestors on the Howrah Bridge marching towards the West Bengal State Secretariat Nabanna, amidst the growing protests over the
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"What's happening in Nabbana clearly shows what dictatorship looks like" s
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia on Tuesday hit out at TMC led West Bengal government over the Kolkata police's crackdown on the protestors taking part in Nabanna Abhijaan Rally amidst the row over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case. Security personnel on Tuesday lobbed tear ga
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"Chaos orchestrated by BJP," says TMC after Police clash with protestors d
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Hitting out at the Nabanna Abhijan protest march, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh on Tuesday called the protestors "goons" and said that the protests look more like a picnic with the protestors taking a "cool shower" under water cannons.
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Kolkata: People break, drag away police barricades during protest rally
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Ahead of the protest, called amid the ongoing row over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, police had thrown a ring of security around the West Bengal state secretariat.
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Water cannons, Barricades: Kolkata police puts in high-security ring at se
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally over RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, the West Bengal police has tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat "Nabanna".
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Mahila Congress members stage protest in Thiruvananthapuram over death of
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Mahila Congress workers on Saturday held a protest march to Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation over the death of sanitation worker Christopher Joy, who died while cleaning the Amayizhanjan canal in Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram.
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Kerala: BJP holds protest over death of sanitation worker who drowned in A
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The police also used water cannons on the BJP workers who were protesting against the death of Joy.
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Kerala: CPI-M youth wing DYFI holds protest over NEET issue in Ernakulam
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Protesters broke through the barricades and police had to use water cannon to disperse the crowd. Later, the protesters were allowed to conduct a peaceful march.
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Delhi water crisis: BJP workers hold protest outside Jal Board office; pol
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla attacked the AAP, saying that Haryana is sending enough water and the Supreme Court has also acknowledged this.
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Pak: Baloch rights body condemns brutal violence against nine-month peacef
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) condemned the use of state machinery against the use of brutal violence against the nine-month peaceful sit-in protest at Chaman. The authorities in Islamabad used excessive force, including tear gas, batons and water cannons against peaceful protesters. Read More
China warns Philippines over explusion of its diplomats amid South China S
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Following the Philippines' call for the expulsion of Beijing's diplomats, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned Manila government and said that "any hasty action" could "potentially harm" the Philippines amid territorial tensions in the South-China Sea, reported by The Manila Times.
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