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Organised sex racket run by terror groups in PoK needs world's attention,
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], April 30 (ANI): Political activists and human rights organisations have raised concerns over organised sex racket being run by banned terror groups who are targeting local women in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
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FIR filed against 5 locals for creating ruckus in Karnataka's Vijayapura
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayapura (Karnataka) [India], April 29 (ANI): An FIR was registered on Wednesday against five locals after a ruckus erupted between ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker and locals in Sindagi area of Vijayapura earlier today.
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Activist approaches NHRC to make screening of arrested persons mandatory
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): A complaint was moved in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre, States and Union Territories for mandating "medical screening" of all arrested persons before sending them to jail in a bid to prevent the sp
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Kuwait assures its commitment to friendly relations with India: MEA
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Kuwait government has assured that it is deeply committed to friendly relations with India and it does not support any interference in the internal affairs of New Delhi, said Ministry of External Affairs on Monday, adding that the misuse of social media sho
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PoK activist lambasts Pak for resuming dam construction work in Gilgit Bal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], April 26 (ANI): An activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has lambasted Imran Khan's government for taking advantage of the COVID-19 situation and resuming construction work at the Diamer Bhasa Dam in Gilgit Baltistan.
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NIA court rejects bail plea of Anand Teltumbde
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 25 (ANI): A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here on Saturday rejected the interim bail plea of activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in Bhima-Koregaon case.
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Activist claims JuD runs sex racket in PoK
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland] April 23 (ANI): A political activist and author from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has accused Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa of a running a sex racket in the region and supplying women to Pakistani military generals and `jihadis'.
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ASHA workers continue to do COVID surveys in Red Zones, despite hostility
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Braving all odds, workers of the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) are conducting door to door surveys in the Red Zones of Nagpur putting their lives at risk.
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Why is China silent over disappearances of Covid-19 whistleblowers?
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 20 (ANI): Human rights advocates fear that the Chinese authorities have been secretly terrorising lawyers and activists speaking up about the coronavirus outbreak and are being branded as enemies of the state in the process.
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US 'deeply concern' over arrests of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kon
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): The United States on Saturday expressed concern over the arrest of at least 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
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Muslim activist asks 'most exalted' PM Modi to extend lockdown till end of
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Chancellor and Muslim activist Firoz Bakht Ahmed has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to extend the nationwide lockdown till the end of Muslim holy month of Ramazan on May 24 in order to "cont
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Pak violating ceasefire to infiltrate `jihadis' into Kashmir amid virus ou
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], April 15 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has alleged that Pakistan has been regularly violating ceasefire at the Line of Control these days to infiltrate terrorists into Kashmir valley amid COVID-19 spread.
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