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Kejriwal trying to march towards Modi's residence. Photo: Collected

Delhi Police stop Kejriwal and AAP colleagues from marching to Modi’s residence

Kejriwal, along with former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, AAP leader Jasmine Shah and other party leaders, was stopped at Feroz Shah Road in central Delhi, well away from Modi’s...

People chant slogans as they walk during a protest and shutter-down strike called by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil society groups, in Neelum Valley, Pakistani Kashmir, June 21, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS/Naseer ud Din/File Photo

Deadly unrest in Rawalakot deepens as protesters accuse security forces of excessive force

People chant slogans in support of peaceful protesters in Pakistani Kashmir, during a demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 29, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Salahuddin

Why is Pakistan-administered Kashmir facing its biggest political crisis in years?

A police officer throws a tear gas canister towards protesters. Photo: Reuters

BJP's bypoll blues and the pointer to a future

People chant slogans in support of peaceful protesters in Pakistani Kashmir, during a demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 29, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Salahuddin

'We only asked for our rights': Inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir protests

Abhijeet Dipke, the face of India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Photo: Reuters

Comparison with Bangladesh and Nepal uprisings aimed at defaming CJP: Dipke

A security force personnel wields his baton against demonstrators at a protest site during a planned march by supporters of India's Cockroach Janta Party towards parliament on the opening day of its monsoon session, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks near Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, India, July 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

How India's employment exams turned its 'cockroach' youth against Modi

Illustration: Yasin Piash

Gen Z, social media, and South Asia's new protest politics

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the joint news conference of the Japan-Mekong Summit Meeting at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2018. Franck Robichon/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Detained Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official in Myanmar: President office

Hundreds of people protesting increased militant violence were present when the attacker detonated his suicide vest. Photo: Sherin Zada/AP Photo/picture alliance

Suicide bomber kills 14 at anti-militancy protest in Pakistan

A man stands in front of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo inside its headquarters in Mumbai, India, February 6, 2026. Photo:Reuters.

India central bank to stay on hold even as peers pivot to rate hikes

Nirmal Purja speaks during a news conference after climbing six mountains including Mt. Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal May 28, 2019.Photo: Reuters

Noted climber Nirmal Purja among 10 dead in avalanche in Pakistan

Indonesian customs officials with drugs allegeldy confiscated from a Malaysian pilot. Photo: AFP

Malaysian pilot ‘high on drugs’ lands in Indonesia with 70,000 ecstasy pills