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Google celebrates Mahadevi Varma with doodle
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Google on Friday celebrated Hindi poet, freedom fighter, woman's rights activist and educationist Mahadevi Varma through its doodle.
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PoK residents call for Deputy Commissioner's suspension over Naeem Butt's
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Rawalkot [PoK], April 26 (ANI): A group of people in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir organised protests on Thursday to demand immediate suspension of the Deputy Commissioner of Rawalkot and punish those behind the killing of Late Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) activist Naeem Butt.
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Omar slams PDP, Cong for 'disowning' deceased Ghulam Nabi Patel
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday took a potshot at the Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 'disowning' political activist Ghulam Nabi Patel who was shot dead by terrorist
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POCSO Act: Death penalty will be futile, says Justice Shah
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 24 (ANI): Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah, along with other child rights activists and lawyers expressed their dissatisfaction over the recent ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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After Seoul, Balochis hold protest in London
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
London [England], Apr. 23 (ANI): Scores of protesters on Sunday gathered outside 10 Downing Street - the official residence of British Prime Minister - in London to protest against human rights violations in Balochistan by Pakistani authorities.
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Baloch activists protest in S Korea against Pak atrocities
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Busan [South Korea], Apr 23 (ANI): Activists from Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and Baloch Republican Student Organisation (BRSO) on Sunday jointly held a protest demonstration outside Busan Station in South Korea to highlight war crimes and state atrocities allegedly being committed by the
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Terror groups flourishing in PoK: Activist
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 22 (ANI): Exiled Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) activist Nasir Aziz Khan has claimed that terror groups are flourishing in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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US must stop Pak's Pashtun crackdown: Activist
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], April 22 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group, the Voice of Karachi, has requested Washington to exert pressure on Pakistan to stop its alleged human rights violations against the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and other groups representing that nation's e
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NCW hail death penalty in child rapes
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Women activists across the country have praised the ordinance approved by the Union cabinet to award death sentence to the rapists of children below the age of 12.
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GB govt. refuses parole to jailed leader Baba Jan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], April 18 (ANI): In yet another human rights violation incident, the Gilgit-Baltistan government has refused parole to Awami Workers Party (AWP) leader and political activist Baba Jan to solemnise his Nikah in Ghizer district in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan
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Bhima Koregaon violence: Police raid houses of Elgaar Parishad organizers
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): Police on Tuesday raided residences of activists who had allegedly organised Elgaar Parishad - an event to mark the 200th year of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon.
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PoK residents demand justice for Naeem Butt
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Rawalakot [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], April 16 (ANI): People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) continue to hold protests to demand justice for Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) activist Naeem Butt who was killed in police firing on March 16, 2018.
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