Assam Protest

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh files Rajya Sabha nomination papers amid protests

Sandeep Phukan | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today filed his nomination papers in the Assam Assembly to be re-elected as a Rajya Sabha member from the state. Dr Singh was accompanied by Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

Woman electrocuted in Guwahati

Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2013

A woman was electrocuted by a live electric wire in Guwahati during heavy rains last night triggering public protest today against the Assam State Electricity Board for its alleged negligence.

Assam poll violence: Director General of Police says situation improving, defends police firing

Alok Pandey | Thursday February 14, 2013

No fresh killings have been reported from Assam's Goalpara district where protests by the Rabha Hajong tribe during Tuesday's village council elections triggered violence. The death toll has gone up to 21 today. Director General of Police, Jayanto Na...

Modi joins netizens to protest curbs on social media

Press Trust of India | Friday August 24, 2012

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today joined a protest against the Centre's move to block certain 'hate' pages and Twitter accounts.

Assam MLA arrest: Bodoland People's Front calls for indefinite bandh; curfew in Kokrajhar

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Friday August 24, 2012

The Bodoland People's Front has called for an idefinite bandh to protest against the arrest of their MLA for his alleged role in the recent ethnic clashes in Assam that have left over 70 people dead in the last one month. In anticipation of violence...

Mumbai violence: Court extends police custody of all 23 accused

Written by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Sunday August 19, 2012

A Mumbai court has extended the police custody of all the 23 accused of violence last Saturday in Mumbai. They will remain in police custody till August 24.

Mumbai riots: The cops who fought a merciless mob

Mid-Day.com | Wednesday August 15, 2012

Bodies bruised and battered, bones broken, but spirits undaunted. At least 62 police personnel - three of them women - were injured in the violence at Azad Maidan on Saturday. The protests, which were organised by several NGOs to draw attention to th...

Mumbai riots: Footage shows armed mob riding train

Reported by Rashmi Rajput, Tejas Mehta; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday August 13, 2012

Were the riots that shook Mumbai on Saturday, spontaneous or were they part of a planned conspiracy? Top officials of the Mumbai Police have told NDTV that they are in possession of CCTV visuals that show a mob boarding a local train at the Kurla Sta...

Mumbai police allegedly warned of armed mob: 10 big developments

Rashmi Rajput | Monday August 13, 2012

The Mumbai police, sources say, was warned that a protest organised on Saturday at the city's Azad Maidan ground would draw thousands of people, and that just before the protest began, a mob of nearly 1000 people, armed with knives and swords, was he...

In Assam's relief camps, the battle for life rages on

Reported by Alok Pandey; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday August 12, 2012

The politics over ethnic clashes in Assam has spilled over to Mumbai with violent clashes between the police on one side, and protesters on the other. Thousands of kilometres away, in Assam, there is politics over the identity of those from the Musli...

Soldier memorial desecrated, police guns stolen, women cops molested, during Mumbai violence

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Monday August 13, 2012

24 people have been arrested in Mumbai for Saturday's violence near Azad Maidan. Two people were killed and 55 others were injured after a protest over ethnic clashes in Assam turned violent there. Investigation is now on to determine if the violence...

Two killed as Assam protests turned violent in Mumbai; Crime Branch probe ordered

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Sunday August 12, 2012

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has ordered the Mumbai Crime Branch to investigate last evening's violence near Azad Maidan in which two people killed. Another 50 were injured after a protest over ethnic violence in Assam turned violent.

Two people dead as Assam protests in Mumbai turn violent

Reported by Rashmi Rajput | Saturday August 11, 2012

Two people died at Mumbai's Azad Maidan after a protest over the ethnic violence in Assam turned violent. The police had to fire in the air and lathicharge the crowds after a section of them burnt vehicles, including media vans on Saturday evening. ...

Protest against Jism 2 in Assam

Press Trust of India | Friday August 3, 2012

Alleging that the film Jism 2 had objectionable scenes, protests were staged at local cinema halls today where some movie-goers were also abused.

Guwahati molestation case: Opposition protests in front of Raj Bhawan

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 19, 2012

Opposition AIUDF legislators on Wednesday staged a protest in front of Raj Bhavan over the July 9 public molestation of a girl on a main road here and other crimes that have rocked various parts of Assam in the recent past.