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RTI activist murder case: Odisha police arrest five including contract kil
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kandhamal (Odisha) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Odisha Police on Sunday arrested five accused including two contract killers involved in the alleged killing of RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda on December 10.
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Our house is on fire: Greta Thunberg sums up 2019
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Echoing the cautionary words from her famous speech at the World Economic Forum earlier this year, Swedish Climate Change activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday jumped on the bandwagon to sum up 2019 in just five words, reminding the world once again of the fact
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Activist Akhil Gogoi sent to 14-day judicial custody
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Activist Akhil Gogoi was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a special NIA court in Guwahati on Thursday.
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SC lawyer files complaint against Arundhati Roy
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Supreme Court lawyer Rajiv Kumar Ranjan on Thursday filed a police complaint against activist and author Arundhati Roy for her alleged remarks at Delhi University on Wednesday.
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Complaint filed against Arundhati Roy for urging people to give false info
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): A Supreme Court lawyer on Thursday filed a complaint against activist and author Arundhati Roy for allegedly urging people to give false information to officials who come to collect data for the National Population Register (NPR).
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NIA raids Akhil Gogoi's residence in Guwahati
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Assam (Guwahati) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted a raid at activist Akhil Gogoi's residence in Assam's Guwahati.
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Afghanistan: Taliban abduct 27 peace activists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Farah [Afghanistan] Dec 25 (ANI): Taliban have abducted 27 peace activists, who were travelling to the province of Farah in western Afghanistan, the People's Peace Movement told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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My husband is innocent, police tortured him in custody: Veena Rana
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Veena Rana wife of activist Dipak Kabir who was arrested following the violent protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said that her husband is innocent and was arrested when he went to inquire about missing protesters. She also alleged tha
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Dehradun: SFI, J-K student association hold anti-CAA protest
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Amid uproar over Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Students Federation of India (SFI), Jammu and Kashmir student association and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation on Wednesday staged protest at Gandhi P
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Governor Dhankar greeted with black flags at Jadavpur University, calls it
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jadavpur [West Bengal], Dec 24 (ANI): After being shown black flags by students at the Jadavpur University on Tuesday morning with placards that read "BJP activist Mr Jagdeep Dhankar, go back", West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar termed the whole incident 'unwholesome and worrisome situati
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West Bengal: Governor Jagdeep Dhankar greeted with black flags on arrival
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata [West Bengal], Dec 23 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Monday shown black flags and posters of 'BJP activist Mr Jagdeep Dhankar Go back' by the students on his arrival at the Jadavpur University for the convocation ceremony.
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Morrison dismisses Greta Thunberg's comments linking Aussie bushfires with
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Dec. 23 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday dismissed calls from Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg to take more action on climate change amid a devastating bushfire crisis in his country.
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