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CISF constable, posted as security guard at Teesta Setalvad's house, shoot
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable, posted as a security guard at civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad's residence in suburban Santacruz here, allegedly committed suicide on Saturday morning.
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Afghan President expresses concern over violence by Pakistani forces again
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 7 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday voiced serious concern over the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and warned that it could have “long-standing negative consequen
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Workers of RSS, DYFI clash in Kerala
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Activists of Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) clashed with workers from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the wee hours of Thursday and all of them are now hospitalised.
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Anna Hazare ends hunger strike, Lokpal search committee meeting next week
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after seven days following assurances from the government on the Lokpal and Lokayukta issues.
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Scholars, experts call CPEC an 'oppressive design of Pakistan, China'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 5 (ANI): Scholars, former diplomats, human rights activists and journalists from various parts of the world gathered in Paris to discuss the implications of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Anna Hazare ends hunger strike
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after seven days following assurances from the government on the Lokpal and Lokayukta issues.
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Pak dual side: Holds anti-India Kashmir conference in London, army cracks
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Rawalpindi (Pakistan)/Hunza (Gilgit Baltistan) Feb 5 (ANI): Pakistan, once again, displayed its holier than thou attitude as on one hand, Islamabad is holding an anti-India Kashmir conference in the House of Commons in London and on the other hand, the armed forces of the nation are crack
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Bhima Koregaon Case: Activist Anand Teltumbde files anticipatory bail appl
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune [Maharashtra], Feb 5 (ANI): Activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in Bhima Koregaon case, has filed an anticipatory bail application in the Bombay High Court on Monday.
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Animal lovers in Coimbatore protest against translocation of wild Jumbo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Animal lovers and social activists protested on Monday in front of the Coimbatore Collectorate office demanding the forest department bring back a wild jumbo which was captured a few days back from Thadagam region of Tamil Nadu.
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Raj Thackeray met Anna Hazare
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India] Feb 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray here on Monday met social activist Anna Hazare, who is on the fifth-day of his indefinite hunger strike to demand setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.
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Pashtun Council Canada holds protest to condemn killing of prominent activ
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Feb 4 (ANI): The Pashtun Council Canada on Sunday held protests in Mississauga to condemn the killing of Arman Lonri, a prominent member of the Pashtun movement, and other Pashtun activists by the Pakistan state agency.
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Will return Padma Bhushan, warns Anna Hazare
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Feb 4 (ANI): Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said he will return his Padma Bhushan award to the President if the Centre doesn’t concede to his demand for Lokpal and Lokayukta.
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