Tear Gas

Though they stayed in the stands, football fan Andi Hariyanto got separated from his wife and daughters as chaos ensued after police fired tear gas to disperse agitated fans

At least 125 people died at an Indonesian football stadium when thousands of angry home fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas that triggered a stampede, authorities said Sunday.

French police on Sunday used tear gas and employed anti-riot tactics to prevent hundreds of people protesting in Paris from marching on Tehran's embassy, AFP reporters and eyewitnesses said.

Several BJP leaders in Bengal, including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, were detained by the police when they were marching to state secretariat 'Nabanna' in Kolkata,as part of a huge protest.

A tear gas shell-dropping drone system has been developed by the Border Security Force (BSF) that can be used by police for controlling protesters and rioters.

As the Sri Lankan economic crisis persists, a 31-year-old suspect was arrested for stealing about 50 tear gas canisters from police during protests at Polduwa Junction near Parliament, media reports said.

Amid the chaos in Sri Lanka, a group of protesters helped a street dog exposed to tear gas, and a video of the same has surfaced online.

Already battered by rising prices of essentials ranging from fruits and vegetables to edible oil and electricity, record high rates of cooking gas LPG have added to the woes of the common man, especially the lower strata.

Police in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted a yoga event organised by the Indian High Commission, or embassy, in the capital Male on Tuesday morning, an organiser said.

One group opposed the shutdown call by the other group, leading to clashes involving incidents of stone-pelting. The police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd and prevent further violence.

Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of students trying to storm the Sri Lankan president's home Sunday as the government offered an olive branch to demonstrators demanding his resignation.

The kick-off of Saturday's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris was delayed by 15 minutes "due to a security issue", UEFA said on Saturday.

Iranian police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to disperse another night of protests over a deadly building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that the security would be increased in the residential areas of the government Kashmiri Pandit employees in the Valley, while also announcing an enquiry into the tear gas shelling inci

Massive protests were held in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir last night as Kashmiri Pandits demanded safety in the wake of the killing of a 36-year-old man from the community.

Though they stayed in the stands, football fan Andi Hariyanto got separated from his wife and daughters as chaos ensued after police fired tear gas to disperse agitated fans

At least 125 people died at an Indonesian football stadium when thousands of angry home fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas that triggered a stampede, authorities said Sunday.

French police on Sunday used tear gas and employed anti-riot tactics to prevent hundreds of people protesting in Paris from marching on Tehran's embassy, AFP reporters and eyewitnesses said.

Several BJP leaders in Bengal, including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, were detained by the police when they were marching to state secretariat 'Nabanna' in Kolkata,as part of a huge protest.

A tear gas shell-dropping drone system has been developed by the Border Security Force (BSF) that can be used by police for controlling protesters and rioters.

As the Sri Lankan economic crisis persists, a 31-year-old suspect was arrested for stealing about 50 tear gas canisters from police during protests at Polduwa Junction near Parliament, media reports said.

Amid the chaos in Sri Lanka, a group of protesters helped a street dog exposed to tear gas, and a video of the same has surfaced online.

Already battered by rising prices of essentials ranging from fruits and vegetables to edible oil and electricity, record high rates of cooking gas LPG have added to the woes of the common man, especially the lower strata.

Police in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted a yoga event organised by the Indian High Commission, or embassy, in the capital Male on Tuesday morning, an organiser said.

One group opposed the shutdown call by the other group, leading to clashes involving incidents of stone-pelting. The police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd and prevent further violence.

Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of students trying to storm the Sri Lankan president's home Sunday as the government offered an olive branch to demonstrators demanding his resignation.

The kick-off of Saturday's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris was delayed by 15 minutes "due to a security issue", UEFA said on Saturday.

Iranian police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to disperse another night of protests over a deadly building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that the security would be increased in the residential areas of the government Kashmiri Pandit employees in the Valley, while also announcing an enquiry into the tear gas shelling inci

Massive protests were held in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir last night as Kashmiri Pandits demanded safety in the wake of the killing of a 36-year-old man from the community.