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US judge orders release of activists detained from Venezuela's embassy in
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 18 (ANI): A US judge on Friday ordered the release of four activists who were detained by US authorities from the premises of the Venezuelan embassy here on Thursday morning.
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Neil Patrick Harris, Ashley Judd to star in anti-gay activist Anita Bryant
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 17 (ANI): Neil Patrick Harris and Ashley Judd have been roped in for "Anita," a biopic on Anita Bryant, a TV pitchwoman who lead a campaign against local anti-discrimination ordinances in Florida and in the process gave birth to a gay rights movement.
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Security tightened at former US Embassy in Caracas
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Caracas [Venzuela], May 17 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said that he ordered the strengthening of security at the United States' former embassy here despite US action against pro-government activists protecting the Venezuelan embassy in Washington.
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Atrocities against minority Christians growing rapidly in Pak, says activi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 16 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan, especially Christians, are facing constant discrimination and persecution by state and non-state agencies, alleges Noel Malik, a political activist and member of Pakistan Minorities Alliance.
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PDP worker who was shot at by terrorists succumbs to injuries
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 16 (ANI): A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker who was shot at by terrorists in Zaipora area of south Kashmir last week succumbed to injuries at a hospital here on Thursday.
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Protestors in London, Pakistan seek justice for Kashmiri political activis
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kotli [Pakistan]/London [UK], May 15 (ANI): Protests were held in London and Kotli in Pakistan on Wednesday to mark the sixth death anniversary of Kashmiri political activist Arif Shahid. Protestors also sought the arrest of those behind his killing.
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Madonna determined to perform at the Eurovision contest, despite calls for
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 15 (ANI): Pop singer Madonna on Tuesday said that she is in full mood to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Tel Aviv, Israel despite calls by activists for her to boycott the event.
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SC grants bail to BJP activist Priyanka Sharma, asks her tender apology af
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to West Bengal BJP functionary Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested on May 10 for allegedly posting a morphed picture of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook, and asked her to tender a written apology after rele
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SC grants bail to BJP activist Priyanka Sharma, waives apology condition
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to West Bengal BJP functionary Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested on May 10 for allegedly posting a morphed picture of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook, after waiving its earlier condition that she t
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Prashant Bhushan urges SC to review Rafale deal order
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 9 (ANI) Superme Court lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan on Thursday told the apex court that its judgement in the Rafale deal issue should be recalled and reviewed since it was obtained by the government through "multiple falsehoods and suppression of material" a
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Protest outside SC over clean chit to CJI in sexual harassment case, secti
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A group of women activists and lawyers on Tuesday protested outside the Supreme Court against the procedure adopted to deal with the sexual harassment case against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
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Pakistan don't need Baloch, but their resources, claims activist
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 7 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has accused Pakistan of taking away the resources and eliminating the people of Balochistan, the province with immense geo-strategic importance and huge untapped natural resource reserves.
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