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Lokpal act would have prevented PNB scam: Anna Hazare
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday said that the scam at the Punjab National Bank (PNB) would not have occurred had the anti-corruption Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act been implemented in 2011.
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Protest staged for release of jailed activists in Karachi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 19 (ANI): The Gilgit Baltistan Youth Alliance on Monday organised a massive protest outside the Karachi Press Club for the release of the president of Gilgit Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court Advocate, Ehsan Ali and other jailed political activists including Baba Jan.
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Protesters torch vehicle over death of Gujarat Dalit activist
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmadabad [Gujarat] [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Protesters on Sunday torched a vehicle in Ahmadabad city over the death of Dalit activist Bhanubhai Vankar, who self-immolated himself over the Gujarat government's alleged failure to regularise land entitled to labourers.
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Protest staged in Karachi over release of jailed activists
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 18 (ANI): Several political and civil society activists have staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to demand the release of all activists imprisoned in Pakistan's northern region.
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KSU, DYFI activists clash in Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): A clash broke out between members of the Kerala Students Union (KSU) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in Alappuzha on Saturday.
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Gujarat: Protest after activist immolates self over delay in land allotmen
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): Hundreds of locals staged a protest outside Gandhinagar Civil Hospital in Gujarat on Saturday following the death of Dalit activist, who had set himself on fire because of delay in allotment of land.
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Pakistan People's Party mourns Asma Jahangir's demise
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 12 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has suspended party activities and will fly its flags at half mast to pay tribute to renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir.
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Asma Jahangir's demise 'a great loss of Pakistan'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
(Geneva /Hong Kong) [Switzerland/China], Feb 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and organisations across the globe grieved the demise of Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani senior lawyer and a strong voice of the oppressed, who passed away on Sunday.
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Prominent Pak activist Asma Jahangir passes away
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 11 (ANI): Prominent Pakistani senior lawyer and human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, passed away at the age of 66 here on Sunday.
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30 years after death, Mahadevi Varma gets tax notice
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Allahabad [Uttar Pradesh], Feb 08 (ANI): Allahabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a notice in the name of late poet and woman activist Mahadevi Varma.
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Baloch activist raises doubts over CPEC, writes to French senator
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Feb 7 (ANI): Head of the World Baloch Women Forum (WBWF), Professor Naela Quadri Baloch, has written a letter to French Senator Pascal Allizard raising doubts over the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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PoK residents say Pakistan government exploiting their natural wealth
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Muzaffarabad [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], Feb.1 (ANI): Activists in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have accused the Pakistan government headquartered in Islamabad of exploiting their natural wealth.
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