Lathi Charge

Police resorts to lathi charge as 'insecure' students try to leave NIT campus in Srinagar

A group of non-local students wanted to leave the NIT premises and return to their home states, saying, they were "not feeling safe" inside the campus, a police official said.

It has become a fashionable to blame the government, says Vidhu Vinod Chopra on FTII row

Vidhu Vinod Chopra had even tried to organised a talk between FTII students and the government but in vain

Shabana Azmi calls police action on FTII students unfortunate, condemns lathi charge

FTII students subjected to lathi charge, is a very unfortunate state of affair, says Shabana Azmi.

Three girls injured in police lathicharge in Rajasthan for demanding more teachers

At least three girls were today injured in police "lathicharge" as around 200 government school students blocked a highway here demanding appointment of teachers in their school in Tonk district of Rajasthan.

Mobs burn vehicles, police resort to firing, lathi charge during clashes in Varanasi

Police force arrive at the scene of violent clashes in Varanasi. The clashes broke out during a demonstration by sadhus and devotees against the September 22 police baton-charge on a procession.

Land Bill protest: We will fight and win, police action won’t deter us, says Congress

The police used water cannons and resorted to lathi charge to disperse the agitators. Dirty water from drains was also used in the police action. All top leaders have taken into custody and detained at Parliament Street police station. Women protesters were also not spared police action. Many of them were seen crying in pain.

Local train services disrupted in Mumbai, protesting commuters lathi-charged

Local train services were disrupted in Thane on Friday during the morning peak hour.

UP: BJP workers lathi charged in protests over law and order

Many BJP workers protesting against power outages and failing law and order in Uttar Pradesh were injured in a cane charge by police on Monday.

Police disperse crowds at Gujarat govt's cheap housing scheme

The police had to resort to a mild lathicharge outside the Gujarat Housing Board office in Ahmedabad on Monday after crowds had swelled to collect forms for the state government's affordable housing scheme.