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Will ensure anyone joining my movement has no political inclination: Anna
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday stated that those joining his movement need to assure him that they won't join any political party or fight elections.
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Author Mahasweta Devi immortalised in Google Doodle
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): A tribute to one of modern India's pre-eminent writers and activists, Mahasweta Devi, will be the first thing Google users will see today.
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BJP, TMC supporters clash in Kolkata
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan. 12 (ANI): A clashes broke out between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha supporters and Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists outside in Kolkata.
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PoK President rebuked for years of misrule in region
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Nushrat Qureshi, a political activist hailing from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), has unequivocally lambasted PoK President Masood Khan, for decades of complicity of top politicians in the subjugation of the region.
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Sana Sena activists continue to protest in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kendujhar (Odisha) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Sana Sena activists continue to protest against the arrest of the supporters of local Independent MLA Sanatan Mahakud.
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Tibetan student body demands release of activist jailed in China
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan. 09 (ANI): Students for Free Tibet (SFT) on Monday called on the Chinese government to release Tashi Wangchuk, who has been jailed in China for "inciting separatism".
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SC's decision to revisit Section 377 sparks hope
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Hours after the Supreme Court decided to review the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality, the LGBTQ activists on Monday expressed faith in the apex court to finally overturn its 2013 verdict
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K'taka minister blames PFI, RSS over Hindu activist murder
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], Jan. 06 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy has accused political organisations radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and other right wing organisations for disturbing harmony in the state.
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Triple Talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan's lawyer joins BJP
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Nazia Elahi Khan, an activist and lawyer of Triple Talaq victim Ishrat Jehan, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata.
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Police baton-charge protesting PTI workers in Karachi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 04 (ANI): Activists of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were baton-charged in Karachi on Wednesday, when the party workers were protesting in favour of sugarcane farmers.
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RSS activists sent to judicial custody for attacking CPI-M worker
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram) [India], January 2 (ANI): Three activists belonging to Rashtriya Swamsewak Sangh (RSS) were sent to 14-day judicial custody on Tuesday in connection with the attack on a worker of Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram.
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Baloch, Sindhi activists hail Trump's statement on Pak
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva / London [Switzerland, UK] (ANI), Jan 02 (ANI): Baloch and Sindhi political activists have welcomed the United States President Donald Trump's stance towards Pakistan for providing safe havens to the terrorists.
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