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Police detained Indian opposition leaders during a protest outside the Election Commission in New Delhi where lawmakers

After police appeared to have broken up the Opposition’s march against the Election Commission of India, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi improvised by turning the All India Radio campus in the national capital into the unlikely centre of an all-day sit-in that lasted well past sunset

Party demands allotment of two-cent plots to eligible poor families; Municipal Commissioner says applications are being verified and land availability examined

Indian police detained several opposition lawmakers in the capital of New Delhi on Tuesday for trying to breach barricades during a protest march to demand the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists. The march presents a fresh political challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi midway into his ‌third term, just months after similar protests forced the resignation of his education minister over exam paper leaks. Parties opposing Modi’s government along with...

Agitators blackened the official name board of the Election Commission after being stopped from entering the premises, as leaders demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar

Protesters are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Students allege that police assaulted them during confrontation and tore their clothes while trying to control protesters

Heavy security deployment and barricading had been put in place in and around Parliament and the Election Commission headquarters ahead of the march

The principal Opposition party is also likely to reach out to other parties outside the INDIA bloc, like the DMK and AAP, and invite them to join the planned protest march in Delhi

On October 7, Bihar leaders of the INDIA bloc will launch an Aakrosh March against the CEC, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the block level.

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--Okinawa Governor Genta Koja summoned Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, head of U.S. forces in Japan, to the prefectural government office to protest the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of murdering a woman in the southern Japan prefecture. Koja said that the incident caused "great anxiety" among local residents and was "absolutely unacceptable," and demande...

The union staged a demonstration outside the TDB headquarters, demanding that the traditional appointment procedure be followed.

Education Minister Edouard Geffray said on Sunday about 500 schools likely to be fully or partially closed on Monday.

“I have just spoken to Vivekanand Patil. October 6, I will go and sit with the students participating in the MPSC agitation in Pune,” Aaditya Thackeray

“Thousands of students from different parts of Maharashtra have been taking to the streets and are even prepared to face arrest to press for their demands linked to the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC),” says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut

Annamayya district Collector, who organised the event, calls reports of a protest “meaningless and ridiculous”; the I&PR officer who faced the crowd says a camera zooming in on the youngsters set them off

The party of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan began a march toward Islamabad from the country’s northwest after talks with the government broke down over demands including access to the jailed leader.

"The batch is divided into two parts, one is the northeast Delhi riots, and another is for Jamia Millia riots," the bench said while pronouncing the verdict

On Sunday, October 4, confrontations took place in New Delhi between protesters who were trying to reach Jantar Mantar seeking removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, and the Delhi Police, who had heavily barricaded the area

Supporters of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan have launched a long march towards Islamabad.

They hoist black flags to mark their opposition to the proposal. They demand that the govt. return the lands belonging to Srinivasapuram, build new houses for 15,000 fishermen along the Marina Loop Road, and discuss the matter with them

Police in Moscow detained about 60 people at a rally on Sunday held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party said. The party said in a statement that the detentions happened as the rally was ending and that its Moscow branch was working to get those who were detained – mostly young people – released. The rally marked the anniversary of the Kremlin’s 1993 crushing of a parliamentary uprising. The Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti said protesters chanted slogans including...

The allegations were made after police detained dozens of protesters demanding the resignation of the election chief over changes to voter rolls.

A march protesting against the imprisonment of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan kicked off in northwest Pakistan on Sunday after talks to avoid the demonstration stalled. Authorities have been preparing for weeks for the possible arrival of demonstrators in Islamabad, with the march planned by supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party originally slated for September 27 and then postponed until Sunday. Videos posted on PTI’s official social media showed supporters...

Aditi Subramanian joined protests after the alleged gang rape of a teenager in New Delhi, calling for women’s safety.

The march added to the campaign that Opposition parties have run against the Election Commission over the SIR and the working of the panel

Sidharth Ravindran was working temporarily at the Kanhangad District Hospital under the National Health Mission. He was dismissed after authorities concluded that his participation in the protest violated the terms of the agreement he had signed while joining the service