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Restriction on dissent growing in India: Salman Khurshid
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A day after Maharashtra Police arrested five activists in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence, Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that 'an atmosphere imposing restrictions on dissent' is enveloping the country.
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Bhima Koregaon: SC to hear activists arrest matter today
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Eminent personalities like Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande and Maya Darnall, along with others, moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and former PUDR secretary Gautam Navlakha over an alleged connec
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Keep national security above politics: Rijiju slams Rahul over activists'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi raised concerns over the arrests of five activists over the Bhima Koregaon violence; Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on Wednesday asked the grand old party's chief to keep national security i
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Bhima Koregaon violence: Activists arrested 'under government's pressure'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): The arrests of five activists from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence by the Pune Police was done "under government's pressure," said advocate Susan Abraham, who is wife of Varnan Gonsalves - one of the activ
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Blatant attack on democratic rights: Yechury on activists' arrest
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and called the arrests of five people from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence a
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CBI establishes link in Dabholkar, Gauri Lankesh killings
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 27 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recovered the pistol used for killing Bengaluru-based journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh while investigating the Narendra Dabholkar murder case, thus establishing a connection between the two murders.
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Baloch activists remember Nawab Akbar Bugti on his death anniversary
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva/ London [Switzerland/UK], Aug 26 (ANI): Baloch activists on Sunday paid tributes to Nawab Akbar Bugti, who is known as the `Father of the Baloch Nation' on his 12th death anniversary.
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Umar Khalid's attackers sent to judicial custody till Sept 6
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): A Delhi court on Thursday sent the attackers of Jawaharlal Nehru University student activist Umar Khalid to judicial custody till September 6.
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Bill and Melinda Gates to host second annual Goalkeepers Event
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Seattle (United States), Aug 22 (NewsVoir): Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will gather emerging and established leaders in government and business, as well as activists and performers, at Goalkeepers 2018 in New York City, September 25-26. In its se
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Umar Khalid seeks police protection after attack
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), India, August 13 (ANI): Hours after he was attacked by an unidentified gunman outside Constitution Club, Jawaharlal Nehru University student activist Umar Khalid has asked Delhi Police to provide him protection.
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Umar Khalid attacked in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Jawaharlal Nehru University student activist Umar Khalid was attacked by an unidentified gunman on Monday before an event at Constitution Club where he was supposed to speak. Khalid escaped unhurt.
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Karunanidhi's burial row: SC dismisses Traffic Ramaswamy's plea
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed petitions filed by activist Traffic Ramaswamy, seeking a stay on the last rites of late Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi at the Marina Beach.
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