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Sri Lankan protesters reject PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's offer for talks

Social media posts from the participants said they were unwilling to have any talks unless the Rajapaksas quit from all positions in the government

US federal labour board nudges Amazon to reinstate worker who led protest

A federal labour board is seeking to reinstate an Amazon employee fired in the early days of the pandemic after leading a protest calling for the company to do more to protect workers against Covid

After Kazakhstan unrest, relatives await detainees' release: Report

The demonstrations began January 2 in the western part of Kazakhstan over a sharp rise in fuel prices and spread throughout the country

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev vows to crush resistance

Orders shoot-to-kill to quell protests

MSRTC employees' strike enters 34th day; under 10% of 16,000 buses running

The strike by employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation continued for the 34th day on Tuesday

Metalworkers, police clash in Spain amid inflation protest: Report

Police used rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to erect barricades

Cuban FM calls fizzled protests attempt by activists a US failure

The foreign minister argued that the activists aren't representative of most Cubans and called on the U.S. government to loosen restrictions on visiting the island.

Congress to launch 'massive agitation' against fuel price hike from Nov 14

The party will organise a massive agitation against the rise in petrol and diesel prices

Aggrieved over pay revision, government doctors to protest from Oct 4

Government doctors in Kerala would be boycotting trainings, online meetings and e-Sanjeevani, from October 4 in protest against a cut in their pay and allowances, an association representing them.

Traders protest; Reliance says no plan to set up 100 retail stores in Jammu

Traders and Apni Party activists on Tuesday staged separate protests against the proposed opening of 100 Reliance retail stores in Jammu, a claim which the company said is completely untrue

Traffic jams in parts of Delhi amid Akali Dal's anti-farm law protest march

Massive traffic jams hit parts of the national capital, including Lutyens' Delhi and ITO, on Friday amid a protest march organised by members of the SAD against the Centre's farm laws.

Congress leaders hold symbolic protests against fuel price hike

Congress leaders and party workers on Friday held symbolic protests at petrol pumps in several parts of the city, demanding a complete rollback of fuel price hike.

Congress to stage 'symbolic protest' on June 11 against fuel price hike

The opposition party has decided to hit the streets after the fuel prices have crossed the hundred rupees mark in several states

Students at AMU seek arrest of religious leader Narsinghanand

Students at Aligarh Muslim University held a protest march on Sunday, demanding the arrest of religious leader Narsinghanand Saraswati for his remarks against the Prophet

Protestors shut down roads as Lebanese pound plummets to new low

Protesters blocked roads with burning tyres and dumpsters across Lebanon on Tuesday

Myanmar coup: Police cracks down on demonstrators defying protest ban

Water cannons were used in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, where witnesses said at least two warning shots were fired to try to break up the crowd

More than 100 arrested at Paris protest over proposed security bill

Police targeted protesters they suspected might coalesce together into violent groups like those who vandalized stores and vehicles and attacked officers at previous demonstrations

German leaders condemn far-right attempt to storm Parliament building

Senior German officials on Sunday condemned attempts by far-right protesters and others to storm the parliament building following a protest against the country's pandemic restrictions. Hundreds of people, some waving the flag of the German Reich of 1871-1918 and other far-right banners, breached a security barrier outside the Reichstag late Saturday but were intercepted by police and forcibly removed. Reich flags and right-wing extremist provocations in front of the German Bundestag are an unbearable attack on the heart of our democracy, Germany's president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said Sunday. We will never accept this. Steinmer said people had the right to express their anger about the coronavirus restrictions and to question them publicly, including with demonstrations. My sympathy ends where protesters allow themselves to be used by enemies of democracy and political agitators, he added. Police used pepper spray to drive back the protesters, who earlier in the day had ...

UP BJP MLA protest at police station over action against 'innocent' people

Gupta has alleged that police harassed people who were building the temple at Indiranagar locality

Contractual staff protest disrupts BSNL's restoration works post-Amphan

Agitators have kept about 10 small and four large exchanges under lock and key, and they are also threatening permanent BSNL employees at several locations in eight of its clusters