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Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases

12:03 am June 12, 2020

Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it’s time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the US Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. “These names have to go from these bases and these statues have to go from the Capitol,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. […]

Thousands of Americans gather across country to remember Floyd after memorial

3:16 pm June 5, 2020

Washington: Thousands of Americans carrying placards reading black lives matter and raising slogans such as no justice, no peace took to the streets in many US cities, demonstrating peacefully against the killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25. The 46-year-old victim, a native of Houston, was […]

Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside Indian embassy in US vandalised

7:37 pm June 4, 2020

Washington: Unknown miscreants have vandalised the statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian embassy in the US with graffiti and spray painting, prompting the mission to register a complaint with the local law enforcement agencies. Vandalism of the statue of the apostle of peace happened during the week of nationwide protests against the custodial killing […]

Jaime King reveals she was arrested at a protest for police reform in Los Angeles

Jaime King reveals she was arrested at protest for police reform in Los Angeles

9:42 pm June 3, 2020

Los Angeles: Actor Jaime King revealed she was arrested while protesting outside the Los Angeles mayor’s home. According to Fox News, the 41-year-old actor joined more than 1,000 people who gathered outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s residence in Hancock Park on Tuesday to demand that the Los Angeles Police Department undergo systemic changes in the wake […]

Curfew imposed in NYC as protesters loot stores across Manhattan

3:07 pm June 2, 2020

New York: The authorities in the upscale New York City have imposed a curfew and ramped up police presence after violence and looting incidents were reported across the city amid widespread protests triggered by the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd. Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio announced on Monday that the citywide curfew […]