You can do this with jQuery. I think the best way to do this (I think) is to have a method in your controller that do nothing but a findAll() on your Demands repo :
public function demandsAction()
{
$entity = $em->getRepository('PublishDemandsBundle:Demands')->findAll();
return $this->render('PublishDemandsBundle:Demands:liste.html.twig', array(
'entity' => $entity
));
}
Make sure this Action can be called by a route, let's say /ajax/demands/
Then, in your twig template, just do :
<div id="demands">
{{ render(controller("PublishDemandsBundle:MainController:demands")) }}
</div>
<a href="#" id="reload">reload</a>
With a bit of jQuery :
$('#reload').click(function() {
$.get("/ajax/demands", function( data ) {
$('#demands').html( data );
});
I haven't tested this yet, and it might be adapted to your case, but again, I would do it this way.