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Police use tear gas, water cannons to disperse farmers at Shambhu border
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Security forces used tear gas and water cannons on the 'Jathha' of farmers who were marching for 'Delhi Kooch' from the Shambhu border after they remained firm in their resolve to press forward with their demonstration on Saturday afternoon.
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Georgian opposition leader Zurab Japaridze arrested as pro-EU protest esca
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Georgian police arrested opposition leader Zurab Japaridze after using water cannons and tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of protesters demanding the government resume talks on joining the European Union, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
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Sanjauli Mosque Row: As protests intensify, police use water canons, lathi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
As the protest over the alleged illegal construction of a mosque in the Sanjauli area intensified, police personnel on Wednesday used water cannons and resorted to lathicharge to disperse protestors heading towards the Sanjauli area of Shimla.
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Local leaders protest against provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of elected representatives who were protesting against the provincial government for not releasing development funds since the establishment of local government in the province about three years
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Kerala: Mahila Congress workers hold protest demanding CPI(M) MLA Mukesh's
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Protesters raised slogans against the Left Democratic Front government in the State and the actor. The police used water cannons to disperse the protesters as they attempted to climb the barricades.
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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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