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Anganwadi workers, teachers protest in MP for pay hike
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): The Anganwadi and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers and guest teachers have been sitting on strike in Bhopal's Shahjahani Park in protest against the Madhya Pradesh government and demanded permanent employment and pay hike.
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Kamala Mills fire: Activist holds illegal structures, BMC negligence respo
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 29 (ANI): Social activist Mangesh Kalaskar on Friday held "illegal construction" at Kamala Mills premises and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) negligence responsible for the mishap which claimed 14 lives in Mumbai earlier today.
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Kashmiri activists reject Yasin Malik's wife's allegations against India
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK]/ Brussels [Belgium], Dec.28 (ANI): Kashmiri political activists have sharply criticised Mushaal Mullick, the wife of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, for blaming India for "keeping her and their daughter from meeting Malik for the past three years."
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China's human rights activist gets eight years of imprisonment
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 26 (ANI): China's prominent human rights activist Wu Gan, who is also known as Super Vulgar Butcher, was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for subversion.
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Anna Hazare to start campaign for farmers from March 23
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Social activist and anti-Corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday announced he would be starting a "peaceful protest" from March 23, 2018 for bringing an improvement in the conditions of farmers in the nation.
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No one to judge court's verdict: Anna Hazare on 2G scam
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday refused to comment on the 2G spectrum allocation scam case verdict and said the Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court's decision was "correct and rightly done".
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Gujarat polls: Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani wins from Vadgam
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Vadgam (Gujarat) [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch convener Jignesh Mevani won from Gujarat's Vadgam seat, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's nominee Vijay Chakravarti by 19,696 votes.
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Baloch activist seeks President Trump's intervention in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Dec 16 (ANI): The head of the World Baloch Women Forum (WBWF), Prof Naela Quadri Baloch, has written a letter to the United States President Donald Trump seeking his intervention in Balochistan.
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SC dismisses Teesta Setalvad's plea to defreeze her accounts
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed activist Teesta Setalvad's petition seeking to defreeze her bank accounts in Gulbarg Society fund embezzlement case.
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Paresh Mesta murder case: Cong. accuses BJP of creating violence
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took out 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' march demanding National Investigation Agency (NIA) led probe in murder case of youth activist Paresh Mesta, Karnataka Congress Chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday accused the party
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Paresh Mesta murder case: BJP launches 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' march
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Karwar (Karnataka) [India], December 12 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Tuesday took out a 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' march from Gandhi Statue to submit a memorandum to Governor Vajubhai Vala seeking direction to the Karnataka Government for the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
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Stir over CBIT fee hike continues, ABVP activists also present
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 11 (ANI): Scores of students in Hyderabad's Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT) continued their agitation against the authorities over the fee hike for the sixth consecutive day.
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