Army and paramilitary troops have been deployed across Khartoum, the city’s airport is closed and international flights are suspended. The internet is also down. At least three people have been killed and 80 injured, the Sudan Central Doctor’s Committee wrote on its Facebook page.
October 27, 2021Hundreds of people also gathered at the Costanera Center shopping mall - next to South America's tallest skyscraper Gran Torre Santago - with dozens of protesters entering the premises.
December 7, 2019On Friday, thousands of protesters gathered again in Plaza Italia, the centre of the demonstrations in Santiago and the site of weekly rallies that have seen massive turnout since the social upheaval broke out.
November 23, 2019The Plaza Italia, the ground zero of the protests and renamed by the protesters as "Plaza Dignidad" (Square of Dignity), once again became the epicentre of a large gathering.
November 19, 2019Thousands of protesters --- many banging pots and pans in the traditional Latin American manner -- gathered peacefully in the main Plaza Italia square in the capital on Monday, chanting "Pinera Out!" and "Get out military!"
October 22, 2019The demonstrations began in Baghdad on Tuesday and quickly grew and spread to other cities, mainly in Iraq’s south. Police have fired live rounds, tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters.
October 4, 2019Several policemen were injured in a clash with protesters at the historic Jagannath Temple at Puri on Wednesday.
October 3, 2018At least nine people lost their lives in police firing as protests against the Sterlite expansion plans turned violent in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. A girl was among those who died.
May 22, 2018Protests against ‘Padmaavat’ intensified in Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh as fringe groups went on a rampage torching buses, damaging vehicles and destroying property. The fringe groups are demanding that the film should not be screened despite the Supreme Court’s order lifting the bans imposed by some states and instructing others not to ban …
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January 24, 2018One person was killed and two injured as police opened fire on a group of people protesting the killing of a local shopkeeper in Bihar’s Samastipur district, an official said on Friday. Hundreds of angry protesters surrounded Tajpur police station and set ablaze five vehicles on Friday after shopkeeper Janardhan Thakur was shot dead by …
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October 20, 2017No, that caption does not suggest another essay of the finance ministry to promote a “minimal cash” economy, but draws attention to an experiment by another wing of North Block to find an alternative to the much-condemned pellet-guns used by the paramilitary and police to quell violent protests in Kashmir. Since the experiment with plastic …
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April 19, 2017