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Security Tightened At Shambhu Border As Farmers To March Towards Delhi Today
Ahead of the farmers' march to Delhi scheduled for Friday, security has been tightened at the Shambhu border on NH-44, with both Haryana and Punjab police deploying significant resources to manage the swelling crowds of protesters.
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Fans Fume, Raise Slogans During India vs New Zealand 2nd Test In Pune. Reason Is Lack Of Water
The crowd kept swelling at the booths and started raising slogans against the MCA after waiting for a while
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"Maintain Covid Protocol": Tourism Minister's Appeal As Crowds Swell At Tourist Spots
The government does not want to stop tourists but certain protocols must be followed to keep Covid at bay, Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday amid concerns about burgeoning crowds at popular hill destinations and other tourist spots.
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Sword-Carrying Man, 43 Others Arrested From Farmers' Protest Site
The Delhi Police have arrested 44 people, including the man who carried a sword during clashes at Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana, the epicentre of the two-month long farmers' protest against three central laws. At Ghazipur, one of the other protest sites, thousands of demonstrators dug in on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, defying the Ghaziab...
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1,000 Women Block Delhi Road Over CAA, Back Bhim Army's Strike Call
Attempts are being made to clear a key road in northeast Delhi's Jaffrabad, blocked since last night by more than 200 hundred women protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA, Delhi Police said this morning.
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Exit Gates At 4 Delhi Metro Stations Shut As New Year's Crowd Swells
Exit facilities at four major metro stations in central Delhi were shut as thousands of revellers thronged surrounding areas on Tuesday to celebrate the New Year, a senior official said.
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MK Stalin Breaks Down On Hearing Court Ruling On Father's Burial
Emotional scenes were witnessed at the iconic Rajaji Hall in Chennai where veteran politician M Karunanidhi's body is placed in a glass casket, wrapped in the national flag. His son MK Stalin broke down on hearing that the Madras High Court has allowed his father's burial at Marina Beach in the city. Mr Stalin, who was standing by his father's body...
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Mumbai Braces For Big Showdown As Farmers' March Swells To 35,000
Two days before the massive march by farmers and adivasis is set to reach the Maharashtra assembly in Mumbai, the crowd mushroomed to about 35,000 with more people joining in Thane on Saturday.
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"Fired In Desperate Situation": Army Sources On Death Of 2 Men In Kashmir
Army sources today said that its soldiers, charged with murder over the death of two civilians in firing on protesters at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, "opened fire in a desperate situation". A crowd of protesters injured a soldier with stones and "threatened to burn" him, the Army sources said amid a massive political row between the s...
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With Social Media, Jallikattu Protest On Chennai's Marina Beach Gets Even Larger
Thousands, gathered since Tuesday night at Chennai's Marina Beach, have refused to leave till the ban on Jallikattu is lifted and want the government and courts to listen to their demands, saying their fight is for their culture, for Tamil pride.
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Commuters Fall Into Gutter As Slab Outside Vasai Station Caves In
As if waiting for the local train during peak hours wasn't bad enough, a bunch of commuters at Vasai fell into a drain while doing so. Yesterday, the coach that derailed at Lower Parel ended up affecting thousands of commuters on the other end of the city in Vasai, where people were waiting for the trains. The crowd swelled to such an extent that p...
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Crowds Swell to Bid Farewell to Singapore's Founder Lee Kuan Yew Ahead of Funeral
Thousands of people gathered in Singapore today to bid farewell to former leader Lee Kuan Yew in an unprecedented wave of sympathy after authorities had to temporarily suspend queues overnight to manage surging crowds.
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Iraqi Slaughter Swells Crowded Shiite Cemetery
Responding to an appeal from Shi'ite clerics, Salah al-Wa'ili signed up earlier this month with a militia near Baghdad fighting the Islamist insurgents who have swept through northern Iraq and threatened the capital.
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Blog: Blog: Endgame on Hanuman Road
On Friday night, as the crowds swelled once again outside the Aam Aadmi Party office to watch the endgame, the jubilation had an edge of defiance, but also of hidden anxiety.
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Rahul Gandhi, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan cheer Sachin Tendulkar at Wankhede
The only place to be on November 15, 2013 is Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium where Sachin Tendulkar is playing his 200th and final test match, against West Indies. On day 2 of the match, the VIP crowd had swelled considerably.
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Security Tightened At Shambhu Border As Farmers To March Towards Delhi Today
Ahead of the farmers' march to Delhi scheduled for Friday, security has been tightened at the Shambhu border on NH-44, with both Haryana and Punjab police deploying significant resources to manage the swelling crowds of protesters.
-
Fans Fume, Raise Slogans During India vs New Zealand 2nd Test In Pune. Reason Is Lack Of Water
The crowd kept swelling at the booths and started raising slogans against the MCA after waiting for a while
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"Maintain Covid Protocol": Tourism Minister's Appeal As Crowds Swell At Tourist Spots
The government does not want to stop tourists but certain protocols must be followed to keep Covid at bay, Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday amid concerns about burgeoning crowds at popular hill destinations and other tourist spots.
-
Sword-Carrying Man, 43 Others Arrested From Farmers' Protest Site
The Delhi Police have arrested 44 people, including the man who carried a sword during clashes at Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana, the epicentre of the two-month long farmers' protest against three central laws. At Ghazipur, one of the other protest sites, thousands of demonstrators dug in on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, defying the Ghaziab...
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1,000 Women Block Delhi Road Over CAA, Back Bhim Army's Strike Call
Attempts are being made to clear a key road in northeast Delhi's Jaffrabad, blocked since last night by more than 200 hundred women protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA, Delhi Police said this morning.
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Exit Gates At 4 Delhi Metro Stations Shut As New Year's Crowd Swells
Exit facilities at four major metro stations in central Delhi were shut as thousands of revellers thronged surrounding areas on Tuesday to celebrate the New Year, a senior official said.
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MK Stalin Breaks Down On Hearing Court Ruling On Father's Burial
Emotional scenes were witnessed at the iconic Rajaji Hall in Chennai where veteran politician M Karunanidhi's body is placed in a glass casket, wrapped in the national flag. His son MK Stalin broke down on hearing that the Madras High Court has allowed his father's burial at Marina Beach in the city. Mr Stalin, who was standing by his father's body...
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Mumbai Braces For Big Showdown As Farmers' March Swells To 35,000
Two days before the massive march by farmers and adivasis is set to reach the Maharashtra assembly in Mumbai, the crowd mushroomed to about 35,000 with more people joining in Thane on Saturday.
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"Fired In Desperate Situation": Army Sources On Death Of 2 Men In Kashmir
Army sources today said that its soldiers, charged with murder over the death of two civilians in firing on protesters at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, "opened fire in a desperate situation". A crowd of protesters injured a soldier with stones and "threatened to burn" him, the Army sources said amid a massive political row between the s...
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With Social Media, Jallikattu Protest On Chennai's Marina Beach Gets Even Larger
Thousands, gathered since Tuesday night at Chennai's Marina Beach, have refused to leave till the ban on Jallikattu is lifted and want the government and courts to listen to their demands, saying their fight is for their culture, for Tamil pride.
-
Commuters Fall Into Gutter As Slab Outside Vasai Station Caves In
As if waiting for the local train during peak hours wasn't bad enough, a bunch of commuters at Vasai fell into a drain while doing so. Yesterday, the coach that derailed at Lower Parel ended up affecting thousands of commuters on the other end of the city in Vasai, where people were waiting for the trains. The crowd swelled to such an extent that p...
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Crowds Swell to Bid Farewell to Singapore's Founder Lee Kuan Yew Ahead of Funeral
Thousands of people gathered in Singapore today to bid farewell to former leader Lee Kuan Yew in an unprecedented wave of sympathy after authorities had to temporarily suspend queues overnight to manage surging crowds.
-
Iraqi Slaughter Swells Crowded Shiite Cemetery
Responding to an appeal from Shi'ite clerics, Salah al-Wa'ili signed up earlier this month with a militia near Baghdad fighting the Islamist insurgents who have swept through northern Iraq and threatened the capital.
-
Blog: Blog: Endgame on Hanuman Road
On Friday night, as the crowds swelled once again outside the Aam Aadmi Party office to watch the endgame, the jubilation had an edge of defiance, but also of hidden anxiety.
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Rahul Gandhi, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan cheer Sachin Tendulkar at Wankhede
The only place to be on November 15, 2013 is Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium where Sachin Tendulkar is playing his 200th and final test match, against West Indies. On day 2 of the match, the VIP crowd had swelled considerably.
