2014 Protests

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.

Around 500 protesters, who claimed to have qualified for the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) but were still omitted from the merit list, had launched a protest on a road in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata.

The Bihar Law Minister, a leader from the alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal, who was moved to the sugracane department over allegations that he was linked to kidnapping case of 2014 has resigned amid protests.

Hong Kong has banned the screening of an award-winning animated short film over a one-second depiction of the city's 2014 democracy protests, a film society said Friday, as Beijing maintains its chokehold on free speech in the finance hub.

The Opposition has chosen the entrance to theParliamentas its new protest site as it wants to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the promise he made when he entered the House for the first time in 2014, its leaders said Thursday.

Often seen at the wheel of one of his supercars, Thai ultra-royalist Tanat "Nat" Thanakitamnuay became a well-known face at demonstrations that ushered in Thailand's 2014 coup. Now he is back on the streets demanding the removal of the coup leader.

Out of the NDA in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan asserted today that he enjoys "very cordial" relations with the BJP and noted that he has firmly stood by the Prime Minister since 2014 when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had left the alliance to protest against Narendra Modi's leadership.

A Delhi court on Friday put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP legislator Somnath Bharti on trial for violating prohibitory orders in the national capital and obstructing public servants during an agitation in 2014.

People who had gathered at the venue of an election rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chandigarh witnessed a novel protest on Tuesday, with a group of activists dressed in graduation robes turning up to sell what they termed as "Modiji ke pakode".

The protesters said, because of the introduction of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in 2011, which continued till 2014, they have lost four precious attempts.

Discontent surfaced over the first list of candidates announced by Congress and TDP for the coming Telangana assembly polls with aspirants who failed to get the berth, crying foul and supporters of some staging protests today. Former PCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who had also served as a minister in Congress governments till 2014, rushed to Del...

The Congress in Chhattisgarh held a protest on a curious issue -- it has accused the BJP of insulting former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who died in August this year. Prime Minister Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla, who joined the Congress in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has alleged that the Chhattisgarh BJP has forgotten to im...

Franco Mulakkal, the senior Catholic priest accused of repeatedly raping a nun, has been granted bail by the Kerala High Court over three weeks after he was arrested.

A Delhi court on Saturday discharged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP lawmakers Amanatullah and Sanjeev Jha and others in a case related to a protest held by them outside the Tihar jail in 2014.

Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh alleged today that he had been forced to mention his last name, even though he never used one, by the party when he was fighting the 2014 national election from a constituency in Delhi. Ashutosh, a former journalist, quit the AAP on August 15, citing personal reasons.

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.

Around 500 protesters, who claimed to have qualified for the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) but were still omitted from the merit list, had launched a protest on a road in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata.

The Bihar Law Minister, a leader from the alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal, who was moved to the sugracane department over allegations that he was linked to kidnapping case of 2014 has resigned amid protests.

Hong Kong has banned the screening of an award-winning animated short film over a one-second depiction of the city's 2014 democracy protests, a film society said Friday, as Beijing maintains its chokehold on free speech in the finance hub.

The Opposition has chosen the entrance to theParliamentas its new protest site as it wants to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the promise he made when he entered the House for the first time in 2014, its leaders said Thursday.

Often seen at the wheel of one of his supercars, Thai ultra-royalist Tanat "Nat" Thanakitamnuay became a well-known face at demonstrations that ushered in Thailand's 2014 coup. Now he is back on the streets demanding the removal of the coup leader.

Out of the NDA in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan asserted today that he enjoys "very cordial" relations with the BJP and noted that he has firmly stood by the Prime Minister since 2014 when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had left the alliance to protest against Narendra Modi's leadership.

A Delhi court on Friday put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP legislator Somnath Bharti on trial for violating prohibitory orders in the national capital and obstructing public servants during an agitation in 2014.

People who had gathered at the venue of an election rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chandigarh witnessed a novel protest on Tuesday, with a group of activists dressed in graduation robes turning up to sell what they termed as "Modiji ke pakode".

The protesters said, because of the introduction of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in 2011, which continued till 2014, they have lost four precious attempts.

Discontent surfaced over the first list of candidates announced by Congress and TDP for the coming Telangana assembly polls with aspirants who failed to get the berth, crying foul and supporters of some staging protests today. Former PCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who had also served as a minister in Congress governments till 2014, rushed to Del...

The Congress in Chhattisgarh held a protest on a curious issue -- it has accused the BJP of insulting former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who died in August this year. Prime Minister Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla, who joined the Congress in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has alleged that the Chhattisgarh BJP has forgotten to im...

Franco Mulakkal, the senior Catholic priest accused of repeatedly raping a nun, has been granted bail by the Kerala High Court over three weeks after he was arrested.

A Delhi court on Saturday discharged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP lawmakers Amanatullah and Sanjeev Jha and others in a case related to a protest held by them outside the Tihar jail in 2014.

Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh alleged today that he had been forced to mention his last name, even though he never used one, by the party when he was fighting the 2014 national election from a constituency in Delhi. Ashutosh, a former journalist, quit the AAP on August 15, citing personal reasons.