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The delegation requested Indian High Commissioner to the UK to convey their concerns to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee. (Photo: File)

Citizenship bill: Mizoram body calls for Republic Day boycott

According to press statement, all govt employees, students and general public would stay away from functions organised...

22 Jan 2019 11:29 AM IST

Proponents say the new rules will help ensure authors, artists and journalists are paid. (Photo: AP)

Thousands protest planned internet reforms

The most controversial section would require companies such as YouTube and Facebook to take responsibility for...

25 March 2019 11:14 AM IST

Other gatherings were planned on Saturday in several French cities such as Bordeaux and Toulouse. (Photo:AP)

Protests of the 'yellow vests' escalates in Paris

Hundreds of 'yellow vest' protesters began marches in Paris on Saturday.

11 March 2019 8:54 AM IST

$\We must work more, Ive said it before. France works much less than its neighbours. (Photo:AP)$ World

Emmanuel Macron offers additional tax cuts to calm 'yellow vests'...

Macron is under pressure to quell nearly six months of 'yellow vest' demonstrations that have brought weekly havoc to...

26 April 2019 10:31 AM IST

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi addresses the inaugural function of Constitution Day celebrations, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

35 people detained for protesting against CJI Gogoi at Delhi's Mandi...

They were asked to protest at Jantar Mantar but they continued to protest at Connaught place.

10 May 2019 4:00 PM IST

Students protest against hostel warden for forcing girls to strip at Akal University. (Photo: ANI)

Girls forced to strip over a sanitary pad, protests erupt in Punjab...

The hostel warden asked the girls to strip 'to check who among them had dumped a used sanitary pad in the hostel...

1 May 2019 9:51 AM IST

As soon as the ambulance came, thousands of protestors waited patiently and moved aside in an orderly manner to let it pass, before regrouping again. (Photo: Twitter | @MuhammadLila)

Watch: 2 mn strong Hong Kong protestors let ambulance pass, garners...

A protestor who had collapsed during the massive protests on Sunday, was being taken to a hospital.

19 Jun 2019 1:36 PM IST

Protesters raise placards as they march on the streets against an extradition bill in Hong Kong on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong protests marked by demonstrators' coordinated efforts to...

The extent of the opposition to the bill is such that business groups in Hong Kong, who generally are neutral, have also...

18 Jun 2019 1:51 PM IST

We want the government to condemn this police violence. We dont want Hong Kong to be ruled by fear, activist Lee Cheuk Yan was quoted as saying. (Photo: AP)

Protests still underway despite suspension of controversial bill in...

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam made a reversal on Saturday and halted the extradition law, only days after...

16 Jun 2019 4:34 PM IST

Police fired rubber bullets and beanbag rounds at the crowds, weapons that have not been widely used in recent history. Human rights groups criticised the tough tactics, while police said they were necessary against crowds of people who broke through barriers outside government headquarters and the legislature on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong police use tougher tactics against protesters

The violence left 79 people injured, Hong Kong's Hospital Authority said. Police said 22 officers were among the...

13 Jun 2019 5:58 PM IST

Protests that sparked off on Sunday after a proposed amendment to the extradition law that involves extraditions to any jurisdiction with which it does not already have a treaty, including mainland China for the first time. (Photo: AFP)

Protests grow fierce in Hong Kong over extradition law, attempt to...

Police used tear gas, pepper spray and batons to disperse crowds of black-clad demonstrators, most of them young people...

12 Jun 2019 2:54 PM IST

As huge crowds gathered in Kolkata near the police headquarters, police erected barricades to stop the protests from flaring up. (Photo: ANI)

Kolkata Police rout BJP workers protesting against TMC

They were marching towards Lal Bazar protesting against TMC government in West Bengal.

12 Jun 2019 2:38 PM IST