Riots

The Pune Police told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that activist Gautam Navlakha, arrested in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon riots, is a member of the CPI (Maoist). A Division Bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre was hearing a plea filed b…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, reviled by rights activists and many in the Chinese capital as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died, state media reported on Tuesday.Li, who was 90, died on …

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Most of Caracas has been hit by the latest blackout Venezuela has been hit by another massive power cut, with the capital Caracas among the areas affected. It's believed at least 18 of the country's 23 states have lost powe…

Protests in Hong Kong intensified on Sunday, on what marked the seventh consecutive weekend of pro-democracy demonstrations against the Chinese government, spurred by proposed legislation that would drastically change extradition policy. What started as a …

At least 65 people were killed in the 2013 riots (Express photo: Ravi Kanojia) 60 people burnt my family alive: Witness Date: September 8, 2013, Phugana police station. Judgment: August 16, 2017. Charges: Murder, rioting, arson against Gurmeet Malik, Neer…

For more than a month, Hong Kong has been rocked by an escalating series of public demonstrations that have persisted in the face of violent police suppression tactics; the demonstrations were kicked off when Hong Kong's puppet regime -- elected after China b…

Some of the inmates are nonviolent offenders; others have killed. Some have suffered bad breaks, abuse or straight-up injustice; others are dangerous, vicious and unrepentant. Orange extends understanding to all of them (as well as to bullying guards and cyn…

While AC has sent the syllabus back for reconsideration, the department committee will be the final authority on the matter. After objections were raised by a section of teachers over the undergraduate syllabus of English, History, Science, Political Science…

In 1990, a groundbreaking exhibit by artist Robert Mapplethorpe arrived at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and practically turned the city upside down. The Perfect Moment was a collection of 175 black-and-white photographs shot in Mapplethorpes signat…

Riot Games has revealed its latest PROJECT event on Twitter. This time, Pyke, Akali, Irelia, and Jinx are the stars of the show, each playing a part in Riots action-packed cinematic.  PROJECT: Reckoning features a cyberpunk backdrop, combined with heaps of m…