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Court summons Rahul, Yechury in defemation suit for linking RSS to Lankesh
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): A Thane court has summoned Congress president Rahul Gandhi and CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury to appear before it on April 30 in a civil defamation suit filed by an RSS activist against them for alleging a RSS hand in the murder of journa
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Ashley Judd's lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein paused
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): One thing at a time. A California federal judge ruled, on Tuesday, that Harvey Weinstein doesn't have to continue fighting the defamation lawsuit filed against him by American actor and political activist Ashley Judd, until after his criminal sexual assaul
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Slovakia gets first female President
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Bratislava [Slovakia], Mar 31 (ANI): Anti-corruption activist Zuzana Caputova has been confirmed as the fifth President of Slovakia, making her the country's first female head of the State.
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AAP fields transgender candidate from Prayagraj Lok Sabha seat
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): A social activist and transgender Mahamandaleshwar Bhawani Nath Valmiki on Friday joined the Aam Admi Party (AAP) in the presence of MP and party's UP in-charge Sanjay Singh. She will contest from Prayagraj Lok Sabha seat.
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Free Balochistan Movement activists stage protests in different countries
Updated : 7 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 29 (ANI): Free Balochistan Movement activists held demonstrations and conducted awareness campaigns in different countries including Germany, Austria, United States and United Kingdom against Pakistan for illegally occupying Balochistan.
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Jharkhand: Jean Dreze detained, later released by police
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Garwa (Jharkhand) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Economist and activist Jean Dreze was detained and interrogated earlier on Thursday on charges of holding an event without permission in Jharkhand's Garwa area.
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Dressed as Goddess Meenakshi, transgender activist files nomination from M
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Transgender activist Bharathi Kannamma donned the avatar of Goddess Meenakshi as she filed her nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Madurai.
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LS polls: Prakash Raj pays visit to Dargah ahead of filing nomination
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 22 (ANI): Activist and renowned actor of Indian cinema, Prakash Raj here on Friday visited Ali Shah Dargah and offered prayers before filing his nominations papers for the ensuing Lok Sabha election.
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BJYM activists protest against Kamal Nath's new initiative for job creatio
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists on Tuesday protested against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's move to impart 90-day skilling training programme for the youths for some gainful engagements.
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Pakistan, China meddling with demography of Gilgit Baltistan: Sering
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Gilgit-Baltistan must re-integrate with India as all documents from history prove that it was a part of this country, said an activist of the province which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan.
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India has called Pakistan nuclear bluff through Balakot strike: Gilgit-Bal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): India has raised the bar by carrying out an air strike in Balakot and called Pakistan's bluff that it cannot be threatened or challenged since it has nuclear weapons, said an activist of Gilgit-Baltistan Province which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan.
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NGO 'Jagrut' manufactures and supplies free sanitary pads for rural India
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'Jagrut' an NGO run by Narendra Hirani, very known social activists in the western part of Mumbai has currently taken up a major issue to provide free sanitary pads to females in the village.
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