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West Bengal Police arrests one man for sexually assaulting ASHA worker
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kurseong (West Bengal) [India], April 17 (ANI): A 31-year old man was arrested on Sunday morning for allegedly sexually assaulting an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker in the Kurseong subdivision of West Bengal's Darjeeling.
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PM Modi condoles death of Pakistani humanitarian activist Bilquis Edhi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Bilquis Edhi, a Pakistani humanitarian activist, in Karachi and said that her lifelong dedication to humanitarian work touched the lives of people across the globe.
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Taiwanese activist jailed in China for 'subversion' returns home after fiv
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 16 (ANI): A Taiwanese rights activist, who served a five-year jail term for "subversion" in China, returned to Taiwan on Friday, expressed concerns regarding human rights violations in China, according to a media report.
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Court orders Pakistan probe agency to stop harassing Imran Khan-led party'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Pakistan High Court on Thursday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to ensure that the social media activists are not harassed by any officers, local media reported.
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UK refuses to stop oil, gas production despite climate protests: Energy Se
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom will not stop oil and gas production in the country despite ongoing large-scale protests by environmental activists, UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: PTI to move HCs over harassment of its social media activists
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has decided to move high courts over alleged harassment of its social media activists following protests and trending online campaigns about Imran Khan's ouster, Pakistan media reported.
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Pakistan: JUI-F activists protest against kidnapping of prayer leader in S
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl(JUI-F) in Sukkur protested on Wednesday against the kidnapping of Maulana Abdul Hameed Mahar, a prayer leader in a mosque in Kandowan locality.
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Rights activist asks Taliban to reopen girls' schools
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): Women's rights activist Zarifa Ghafari called on the Taliban to reopen all girls' schools and asked the world leaders to pay attention to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and "not differentiate between Afghans and Ukrainians".
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Scuffle breaks out between PTI, PPP supporters at hotel event in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): A video has gone viral where an elderly man and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party dissident Noor Alam Khan are seen in a scuffle after the former allegedly called Khan a 'turncoat' and used cuss words against him at a private hotel in Islamabad on Tue
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Contempt plea in Delhi HC against civic body's officials for encroaching p
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): A contempt petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court by advocate-activist Amit Sahni against North Delhi Municipal Corporation (North MCD) Officials for allegedly raising the construction of the permanent structure in the shape of the Tehbazari kiosk
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US urges for 'immediate release' of Russian activist detained in Moscow
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 12 (ANI): The United States is troubled over the detention of prominent civil society leader Vladimir Kara-Murza by the Russian authorities in Moscow, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday.
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Islamabad High Court slams Pakistan Prez, state functionaries for ignoring
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Islamabad High Court has condemned President Arif Alvi and various state functionaries for not taking heed of the legitimate concerns of the Baloch students who are subjected to racial profiling and have been protesting in Islamabad against th
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