NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday night asked the Maharashtra government to take stern action against a group of legislators who beat up a police officer inside the Vidhan Bhavan, an incident that shocked the state. "I appeal to the Maharashtra government that those who are responsible for the offence should be dealt sternly as per law so that a message goes out that there is rule of law in...
12:18 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Authorities have decided to impose curfew in Srinagar district following the death of a youth in CRPF firing in Zoonimar area of the city. "Curfew will be imposed in Srinagar district after midnight," District Magistrate Srinagar Baseer Ahmad Khan said. ...
06:46 PM, Mar 13, 2013
As many as 154 opposition activists, who were detained during a raid on their headquarters Monday night, were sent to jail Tuesday in connection with two assault cases against them. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka passed the order sending the activists to jail after they were produced before it, Xinhua reported. ...
11:40 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Several bombs exploded in Bangladesh's capital and police clashed with protesters on Tuesday as opposition leaders enforced a daylong, nationwide general strike over police intimidation. ...
11:29 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Work was paralysed at the Delhi High Court on Monday after lawyers joined a strike to protest against police action against colleagues in Jaipur and registration of a first information report (FIR) against 20 others in Chandigarh earlier in March 2013. ...
07:30 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad. ...
04:16 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Protests in Dhaka pressing for a ban on the Jamaat-e-Islaami continued after its vice president was sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes by a tribunal. The JI has scaled up its agitation and a policeman was killed in clashes with its activists on Sunday. ...
10:00 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq's wife has demanded an outside state trial and hearing by a fast track court into her husband's murder. In a letter addressed to the UP government, Parveen Azad has asked that the probe should be done by a Delhi CBI team, which report directly to the court. ...
05:15 PM, Mar 10, 2013
In spite of being named in an FIR for murder and conspiracy, why is the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) still not questioning former UP Minister Raja Bhaiya over the killing of the Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq and two others? A team of the investigative agency is in Kunda probing the killings. ...
10:37 AM, Mar 10, 2013
At least 12 people were injured in a clash between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers at New Delhi on Saturday evening after a heated argument at an official function, police said. ...
02:31 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Anti-Posco protesters clashed with the police which left 12 persons injured at a project site village in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, while no land was acquired on Thursday. The clash took place during a demonstration by anti-Posco protesters demanding withdrawal of the police force at Mangala Chak in Gobindpur village, which fell within the three kilometer radius, where prohibitory orders were clamped since the death on Saturday of three persons while...
05:50 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Lawyers who have been on a strike in Jaipur since Wednesday clashed with police for the second consecutive day on Thursday. The police had to resort to teargas shelling after lawyers pelted stones. ...
03:21 PM, Mar 07, 2013
There were violent scenes in Chandigarh and Jaipur as lawyers clashed with police in two separate incidents in the cities. While the police in Chandigarh fired water cannons at the protesting lawyers, the police in Jaipur fired teargas shells at the agitating lawyers. ...
02:49 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Lawyers and police clashed with each other outside Rajasthan Assembly on Wednesday. The lawyers were demanding better pay and cheaper homes when the clash happened. ...
02:36 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyers clashed with police in front of the Punjab governor's house, following which the police used water cannons to disperse them. The lawyers were protesting against an FIR filed against some advocates for allegedly thrashing a policeman on February 26. ...
02:16 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Twenty one more people have been killed in clashes between Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) supporters and police taking the toll to about 80 after a tribunal awarded death penalty to Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee for 1971 war crimes. A two-day strike called by JI that started on Sunday coincided with President Pranab Mukherjee's maiden visit to the country. ...
09:20 AM, Mar 04, 2013
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was killed during clashes between villagers and police in Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. A gram pradhan and his brother also died during the gunfire exchange. ...
11:17 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Bangladesh's main Opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Sunday abruptly cancelled her proposed meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee, casting a shadow on his first foreign visit. ...
04:48 PM, Mar 03, 2013
A police station was set on fire in Port Said after protesters clashed with the police. The incident took place when the protesters tried to stop a police car from passing through a blockade. ...
08:58 AM, Mar 03, 2013
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was killed during clashes between villagers and police in Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. A gram pradhan and his brother also died during the gunfire exchange. ...
08:29 AM, Mar 03, 2013
