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Maharashtra BJP leaders meet Anna Hazare, urge him not to go on protest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], December 22 (ANI): Days after social activist Anna Hazare warned of resuming his hunger strike if his demands concerning farmers were not met by the central government, Maharashtra BJP leaders Haribhau Bagade and Bhagwat Karad, MP, met him on Monday in his h
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Kylie Jenner confronted by anti-fur activists
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington (US), December 21 (ANI): American media personality and reality TV star Kylie Jenner was confronted by animal rights activists as she was leaving a luxury store on Beverly Hills's Rodeo Drive.
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CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijing's exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo sai
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If Anna Hazare can rally in Delhi, then why can't farmers, questions Congr
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, on Friday, slammed the Centre by questioning that if social activist Anna Hazare can rally in the national capital, then why farmers are not allowed to enter Delhi and stage the protest.
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Activists, politicians condemn arrest of Pashtun leader Ali Wazir
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France] December 18 (ANI): Activists and opposition political parties have condemned the arrest of Pashtun leader Ali Wazir, who is also a Member of National Assembly of Pakistan over charges of passing derogatory remarks against state institutions.
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Pak activists, experts term Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 as 'eyewash'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 16 (ANI): Rights activists and constitutional experts in Pakistan termed the approved Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 as useless and eyewash and ruled out the possibility of countering the menace through it.
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Maharashtra CMO says news of pending water bills incorrect
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharastra) [India], December 15 (ANI): The Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Maharashtra on Monday came out in defence of the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray after a Right to Information (RTI) query by an activist revealed that several state ministers had unpaid water bill dues, running
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Activist Shabir Choudhary once again writes to UK lawmaker over deplorable
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], December 15 (ANI): Pakistan-occupied Kashmir activist Shabir Choudhary has once again written to UK Labour MP Debbie Abraham, highlighting the deplorable situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said that 'no one should be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
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Hazare warns of sitting on fast if demands related to agriculture not fulf
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and warned of resuming hunger strike if the Centre does not fulfil his demands including the implementation of the recommendations made by MS S
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Activist Licypriya Kangujam comes out in support of farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Nine-year-old climate activist, Licypriya Kangujam has come out in support of the ongoing farmers' protest. While showing solidarity with the farmers, she told them millions of climate activists of the world are with them.
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Lahore Police approached to file case against PML-N activists
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): Punjab's Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has asked the Lahore police to file a case against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) activists for breaking locks of Minar-e-Pakistan, hours before opposition parties under the banner of the Pakistan
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Pakistan wants to convert Gilgit Baltistan into military cantonment: Right
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], December 13 (ANI): Pakistan government wants to convert Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan region into a military cantonment, human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza said on Saturday, adding that 60 Frontier Corps (FV) soldiers have been sent to the occupied region recentl
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