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Metropolitan court grants remand of activist Teesta Setalvad, former Gujar
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 27 (ANI): A metropolitan court granted remand of social activist Teesta Setalvad and former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar to the Ahmedabad crime branch for questioning till July 2.
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Twitter 'withholds' journalist Rana Ayyub's account in India
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New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Journalist Rana Ayyub has posted a notice from Twitter which informed her that the microblogging site has withheld her account in India under Information Technology Act, 2000.
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Transforming Education: Over 140 ministers of education at UNESCO to draw
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Paris [France], June 27 (ANI): UNESCO is set to host the "Transforming Education" Pre-Summit on June 28-30, a meeting of Ministers of Education, policy and business leaders and youth activists, who come together to build a roadmap to transform education globally.
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After outcry, Sindh Rangers release Karachi activist Arsalan Khan within 2
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Karachi-based social media activist, Arsalan Khan, who went missing from the city's Clifton area was released by the Sindh Rangers on Saturday morning within 24 hours of his detention.
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After taking Teesta Setalvad into custody, Gujarat ATS team leaves for Ahm
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI): After taking activist Teesta Setalvad into custody in connection with a case on her NGO, the Gujarat Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) team left for Ahmedabad from Mumbai on Saturday night.
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Teesta Setalvad detained by Gujarat ATS team in Mumbai
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 25 (ANI): The Gujarat anti-terrorist squad team on Saturday arrived at activist Teesta Setalvad's residence here and took her to the Santacruz police station.
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Pakistan: Rights groups condemn forced disappearance of Karachi-based soci
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Human rights groups have condemned the forced disappearance of Karachi-based social media activist, Arsalan Khan, who went missing from the city's Clifton area, the latest in the series of abductions.
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UNHRC: Rights activist highlights 'saddened, frightening' situation of bas
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): Dua Kalhoro of World Sindhi Congress on Thursday (local time) highlighted the flawed education system of Pakistan at United Nations Human Rights Council, particularly about the basic education of Sindhi children.
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Pakistan political party holds protests over killing of four youth activis
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Pakistan political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) held demonstrations in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday over the brutal killing of four youth activists and a "conspiracy to destroy peace" in North Waziristan tribal district area, loca
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Mob attacks DYFI worker in Kozhikode, five held
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Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], June 24 (ANI): An activist of the DYFI, suffered serious injuries after being allegedly attacked by workers of the SDPI and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in the district early on Thursday.
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Kerala: Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad office vandalised
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(Kerala) [India], June 24 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's office in Kainatty near Kalpetta here was vandalized on Friday allegedly by the Students Federation of India (SFI) activists.
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Prominent Chinese rights activists on trial for state subversion
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Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China is putting two prominent civil rights activists, Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, through closed-door trials this week for state subversion, media reports said.
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