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ASP to oppose demolition of houses in Lucknow’s Haider Canal vicinity
”Instead of demolishing the houses, the state government should increase the height of the elevated road or change the route of the road,” ASP chief Chandra Shekhar Azad said
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 07:42 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
'Burning the metro': Chile election divides voters between protest and order
Most credit the protests for bringing about an ongoing rewrite of the nation's Pinochet-era constitution. The "estallido" has also helped propel the candidacy of 35-year-old leftist Gabriel Boric, a relative newcomer who has become a serious contender in this Sunday's presidential election.
Published on Nov 20, 2021 06:38 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Greta Thunberg patents own name and ‘Fridays for Future’
“My name and the #FridaysForFuture movement are constantly being used for commercial purposes without any consent whatsoever,” the 17-year-old Swede wrote on her Instagram account.
Updated on Jan 30, 2020 06:46 AM IST
Stockholm | Agence France-Presse
16 killed as fire hits Sudan factory: Doctors
Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky after the blaze broke out at a tile manufacturing unit in an industrial zone in north Khartoum.
Published on Dec 03, 2019 07:11 PM IST
Khartoum | Press Trust of India
What China must learn from the recent elections
Hong Kong’s dissent is evident. Xi Jinping must now choose a path of conciliation
Updated on Nov 26, 2019 08:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Twitter, Facebook accuse China of using fake accounts to undermine Hong Kong protests
Both Twitter and Facebook are blocked in mainland China by the government but available in Hong Kong
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 09:35 AM IST
HT Correspondent
Hong Kong’s discontent fuels creative art
Railings festooned with tear gas canisters and colourful postcards are artworks that protesters in Hong Kong have made from materials left over from recent demonstrations.
Updated on Aug 11, 2019 07:47 PM IST
Reuters | Reuters, Hong Kong
Opinion| The future of dissent
Since ubiquitous surveillance can easily become the new normal, it will not be surprising that an entire generation might once again have to find a new vocabulary of dissent. Avoiding ubiquitous surveillance now means face masks, a ban on photos, and going analogue for the duration of protests
Updated on Jul 19, 2019 09:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Protestors blame UN peacekeeping forces as death toll increase to 17 in Sudan’s Dafur
The shootings took place in the village of Al-Dalij in the state of Central Darfur, a doctors’ committee close to the country’s protest movement said, blaming the “massacre” on Janjaweed militiamen.
Updated on Jun 14, 2019 12:22 PM IST
Khartoum, Sudan | Agence France-Presse
Pakistani parliamentarian leading Pashtun protest movement held after violent clashes
Dawar, one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahaffuz movement, had received minor injuries during Sunday’s clashes and was declared missing.
Updated on May 31, 2019 11:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Islamabad | Imtiaz Ahmad and agencies
Sudan’s PM says ‘voice of demonstrators should be respected’
Deadly protests have rocked the east African country since December 19 after the government announced a tripling of bread prices.
Updated on Feb 03, 2019 07:09 AM IST
Khartoum | Agence France-Presse