Allahabad University students riot for union pollsSeptember 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Demanding restoration of the students' union polls in the Allahabad University, some students went on a rampage, attacking public transport and clashing with police, officials said. Police assaulted students with batons as they tried to enter the vice-chancellor's office on the varsity campus.
Aspirants protest after TV channel cancels auditionSeptember 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - People protested and raised slogans against a TV channel Monday when it cancelled auditions for one of its music programmes, police said. The channel was conducting auditions at Kamani auditorium here and had made arrangements for around 400 people only.
On Teachers Day, police baton charge teachers in LucknowSeptember 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Primary school teachers demanding a salary hike were baton charged by police here on Teachers Day. As the teachers tried to enter the state assembly Saturday, police baton charged them.
Several injured in police-agitators clash in Madhya PradeshAugust 21st, 2009 BHOPAL - Several people were injured, some of them critically, when police resorted to baton charge on the agitators who had called a shutdown in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district to protest the shifting of a four-lane road to another district in the state. The agitators were opposing the shifting of the four lane road passing through the city to Chhindwara - a constituency represented by Union Road Transport Minister Kamal Nath.
West Bengal farmers protest power project expansionAugust 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - At least 15 people were injured, including seven policemen, as hundreds of farmers clashed with cops in West Bengal's Burdwan district Wednesday over the proposed expansion of a power plant project by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC). A group of agitators, under the banner of Trinamool Congress-backed Krishi Jami Raksha Committee (Save Farmland Committee), came out in Andal village and tried to stop the work at the proposed site.
Would-be policemen go on rampage over delay in getting formsJuly 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A group of young men gathered at a post office in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district went on a rampage Thursday, protesting a delay in distribution of application forms for jobs in the police force. The men, gathered in Akbarpur area of the district, threw stones at policemen, following which the police resorted to a baton charge to disperse the mob.
50 injured as Srinagar simmers over missing youth's death (Third Lead)July 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - At least 50 people were injured in violent protests that brought normal life to a standstill in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Wednesday as the body of a missing youth who was found murdered was buried. Police sources here said in all 50 people, including five policemen and six troopers, were injured in the daylong clashes between protesting mobs on one side and police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on the other.
Curfew in Baramulla after youth dies in police firingJune 29th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla town Monday after a youth was killed when security personnel fired at a crowd protesting alleged police harassment of a woman. Four people have been critically injured in the firing in Baramulla, 54 km from here.
Shiv Sena protests power hike in Mumbai, 35 injuredJune 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - At least 35 people, including eight women, were injured Wednesday when police baton charged Shiv Sena workers protesting hike in power tariff in this Maharashtra city, police said. The police detained Shiv Sena leaders Subhash Desai, former MP Suresh Prabhu, and former minister Gajanan Kirtikar who were leading the protestors in different parts of the city.
Curfew imposed in Meerut after violenceJune 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Curfew has been clamped in parts of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district after two groups clashed and indulged in arson and vandalism, leaving nearly 20 people injured, police said Wednesday. A verbal dispute between shopkeepers and a group of Muslim protestors snowballed into a violent clash late Tuesday in Lisari Gate area of Meerut, about 350 km from here.
Death of two women sparks violent protests in KashmirMay 30th, 2009 SRINAGAR - At least 50 people, including 10 policemen, were injured in violent protests in Shopian town of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday after the death of two young women under mysterious circumstances. A senior police officer said bodies of Neelofar, 25 and Asiya Jan, 18, were recovered from a field near a stream in village Nagbal near Shopian, 58 km from here, Saturday morning.
Calif. high school band girl beats off muggers with marching batonApril 30th, 2009 Girl beats off muggers with marching band batonQUARTZ HILL, Calif. — Don't mess with the marching band.
Australian coroner says 3 asylum seekers died by drowning after boat explosion; 2 missingApril 20th, 2009 Australia: 3 boat people drowned after blastSYDNEY — Three people killed last week in the explosion of a boat carrying asylum seekers in Australian waters died by drowning, a coroner said Monday. Greg Cavanagh, coroner for the Northern Territory, said he publicly released the autopsy results because of the great public interest in the deaths.
BJP demands judicial probe into baton charge on leadersFebruary 16th, 2009 RANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded a judicial probe into the baton charge on party members Feb 12 when leaders like former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha were injured while holding a protest near the governor's house here. 'We demand a judicial probe into the baton charge on party leaders.
Yashwant, Munda injured as BJP protests in JharkhandFebruary 11th, 2009 RANCHI - Former union minister Yashwant Sinha and ex chief minister Arjun Munda were injured when police baton charged hundreds of BJP protesters during an agitation in the Jharkhand capital Thursday. The police action angered the BJP, which called for a state-wide shutdown Friday.
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