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One dead, 84 injured in Sri Lanka protests
Colombo : One person died and 84 others injured in anti-government protests in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, media reports said.The 26-year-old man died from breathing difficulties after police lobbed teargas at protesters to disperse…
Sri Lankan Police fire tear gas to prevent protestors from entering PM’s office
Colombo : Sri Lankan Police have fired more volleys of teargas on the protesting crowd outside the Prime Minister's office in a bid to drive them back.The avenue is wreathed in smoke. People are running, trying to escape the gas.
Those…
Sri Lanka crisis : Sanath Jayasuriya joins anti-govt protest; Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene…
Colombo : Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya on Saturday joined thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital and demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid the worst economic crisis in the island nation.…
Anti-govt protesters storm SL President’s house
Colombo : Demanding the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, anti-government Sri Lankan protesters on Saturday stormed the President's House in Colombo braving several police and military barricades and tear gas shells.
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IANS-CVoter National Mood Tracker : Agnipath protests; People divided if agitations have slowed down
New Delhi : The government has issued notification for recruitment in the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy under the much debated and opposed Agnipath scheme.The country witnessed violent protests against the military…
Section-144 clamped in Jaipur, Kota and Dholpur in view of Agnipath protests
Jaipur : In view of the ongoing protests against the Agnipath scheme, Section-144 has been promulgated in Jaipur under the jurisdiction of the Police Commissionerate. As per the orders, Section 144 will remain in force till midnight of…
Narendra Modi in Karnataka: Police on high alert amid Agnipath protests
Bengaluru : The Karnataka Police are on high alert mode as the intelligence agencies have warned that protests on the Agnipath scheme might break out during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rallies in Karnataka.Modi is visiting the…
Congress protest : Police advises people to avoid some roads
New Delhi : The Delhi Traffic Police on Monday issued an advisory for the general public asking them to avoid certain stretches possibly in wake of the Congress party's continued protest against the government over its leader Rahul Gandhi's…
Congress protest at Delhi’s Rajiv Chowk over Rahul’s ED grilling
New Delhi : The Congress party workers on Monday staged a protest in the centrally located Rajiv Chowk area of the national capital over the questioning of their leader Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate.The workers could be heard…
Agnipath protest: Railways cancel over 500 trains
New Delhi : As many as 529 trains were cancelled on Monday in the wake of massive pan-India protest against the Centre's newly introduced defence recruitment scheme Agnipath.Of the 529 trains, 181 were mail/express trains and 348 were…