Tag: Riots
Indian court hands rare death sentence over deadly 1984 anti-Sikh riots
NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Tuesday handed down a rare death sentence over anti-Sikh riots in 1984 that left nearly 3,000 dead following...
300 policemen deployed for ‘crowd management’ in Karachi
Police in Karachi have decided to deploy 1,300 policemen for "crowd management", a local media outlet reported on Sunday.
According to Karachi police chief, 300...
Indian guru, 14 followers handed life terms for deaths of four...
HARYANA: A court in northern India sentenced a Hindu guru and 14 followers to life imprisonment on Tuesday in the deaths of four women...
French cop charged with manslaughter as shooting sparks riots
NANTES: A French policeman who shot dead a young black man in western France, sparking four nights of rioting, has been charged with manslaughter,...
Three dead as Hindu-Muslim riots break out at religious festival in...
KOLKATA: Clashes in India between supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party and those of an opposition party snowballed into Hindu-Muslim rioting, with three...
MQM-P: Police file charge sheet accusing Sattar, Amir of Aug 22...
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Chief Dr Farooq Sattar and senior MQM leader Amir Khan were declared accused of the riots which erupted in Karachi...
ATC approves bail for 59 more Faizabad protesters
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday approved bail for 59 people arrested during last month's Faizabad sit-in led by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah...
Charlotte marchers demand police release shooting tapes
About 300 protesters took to the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the fourth night of demonstrations on Friday, calling on authorities to "release...
Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad’s Green Zone riots
At least four anti-government protesters were killed and 90 injured when security forces ejected them from Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, hospital sources said...
Dozens injured in Indian holy city riots
Extra police and paramilitaries were deployed to the Indian holy city of Varanasi Tuesday after nearly 50 people were injured during riots in which...
Short on petrol too!
With Pakistan State Oil (PSO) whining for money and the government struggling with setting the ever-stagnant circular debt in motion, the countrymen’s quantum of agitation is rising with each passing day as they line up at arid petrol stations across the country with their dried up vehicles in search for their daily dose of ‘liquid gold’.
12 injured in anti-Muslim riots in India
At least a dozen people were injured in an anti-Muslim riot that lasted for nearly two hours in Meerut, India.
Three of the injured are...
New Sudan riots after 29 dead in 3 days
New protests broke out in Sudan on Thursday as medical officials said 29 people were killed in three days of rioting sparked by a...
Turkey suffers worst night of rioting
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Turkey's four biggest cities and clashed with riot police firing tear gas for...
ICCI condemns damages by rioting mobs, seeks compensation from govt
The private sector is the backbone of economy, however, government has not taken any measures to protect its interests.
This was stated by Yassar Sakhi...
Indian politician jailed for life over Gujarat riots
An Indian court on Friday sentenced a former state minister to a minimum 28 years in jail for her role in instigating the worst...
Power riots
The wrong way to vent anger
The energy crisis in Pakistan is nothing new. But being fed up with false promises of the government, ineptness...