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K'taka education dept orders probe into essay competition on Prophet Muham
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gadag (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): The Karnataka education department has ordered an inquiry into the incident in which the headmaster of a government school in Karnataka's Gadag asked students to write an essay on Prophet Muhammad following which activists of the right wing outf
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Bhima Koregaon case: SC issues notice to NIA, Maharashtra govt on Navlakha
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Maharashtra government on the plea of jailed activist Gautam Navlakha seeking direction that he be placed under house arrest instead of judicial custody in Tal
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Kashmiri intellectual raises at UNHRC Islamabad's repeated attempts to ame
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): A Kashmiri intellectual and human rights activist raised the issue of Islamabad's repeated attempts to change the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by amending the 1974 Interim Constitution.
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Telangana govt launches initiative to encourage normal deliveries for preg
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 27 (ANI): As part of efforts to promote normal deliveries instead of cesarean sections in government hospitals, the Telangana government had asked doctors, nurses and field staff including Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and Auxiliary Nurse
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Experts discuss terrorism, effects on human rights in South Asia at UNHRC
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists discussed the proliferation of terrorist organizations in the region of South Asia during the 51th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Did not break any law, says Assam CM after police complaint filed against
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 26 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has dismissed as baseless the allegations by activists that he along with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev broke wildlife protection law by entering the Kaziranga National Park for a night safari.
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Setting example, ASHA worker from Kashmir donates blood 28 times since 201
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 24 (ANI): A 32-year-old woman Bilqees Ara, an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker known as 'blood woman of Kashmir' has set an example for people across the Valley by donating blood 28 times since 2012, according to reports.
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Govt oppression of Muhajirs continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): The oppression of the Muhajir political activists in Pakistan -- Muslim immigrants who migrated from various regions of India after the Partition of India, has continued in the country as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) claimed that three of its par
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Sadhvi Ritambhara programme cancelled amid protest in UK
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The event of Hindu political activist Sadhvi Ritambhara in the United Kingdom was cancelled after the mob gathered at a temple in Smethwick to protest against the leader.
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2002 Gujarat riots: SIT files charge sheet against Teesta Setalvad, two ot
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 22 (ANI): A special investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against activist Teesta Setalvad, retired Director General of Police RB Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt in a case of alleged "fabrication of evidence" in co
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Jagan will soon be chased out of State, says Chandrababu Naidu
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 21 (ANI): The former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national President N Chandrababu Naidu made it clear that if any injustice is done to the party activists in Kuppam, the whole town will stand by them.
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Activists hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) organised a massive anti-Pakistan protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva during the ongoing 51st session of the Human Rights Council.
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