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Binay Tamang condemns attack on BJP leader Dilip Ghosh
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], October 6 (ANI): Chairman of the Board of Administrators for Darjeeling and expelled Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang on Friday condemned the GJM activists for allegedly chasing West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Dilip Ghosh,
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Nagaland's Disability Rights activist on a mission to change attitudes
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagaland [India], October 5 (ANI): Diethono Nakhro, one of the leading voices supporting disability rights in Nagaland, is on a mission to change the way differently-abled people are viewed by others and to eliminate discriminations against them.
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Chhattisgarh girls 'tan-a-tan' row: Congress lashes out at MP Bansilal Mah
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 04 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bansilal Mahato over his comment calling Chhattisgarh girls `tan-a-tan`, asserting that the people of the state demand a public apology and this statement reflects the
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Anna Hazare plans to start new 'movement' over Lokpal around New Year
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday said that his team will begin a new movement beginning around New Year and asserted that the workers involved in the movement will sign an 'affidavit' informing that they won't get involved in a political party.
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I am fakeer, have no demands: Anna Hazare on Lokpal
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): While reacting to the question related to Lokpal Act, social activist Anna Hazare on Monday said that he is fakeer (beggar) and have no demands.
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VHP and Bajrang Dal activists booked for celebratory fire during Dussehra
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against 60 to 70 members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal for engaging in celebratory fire as part of Dussehra celebration in Agra on Saturday.
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Baloch activists protest against China-Pakistan nexus in Germany
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Gottingen [Germany], Oct 1 (ANI): The Free Balochistan Movement, headed by Baloch national leader Hyrbyair Marri, staged a demonstration in Germany's Gottingen city on Saturday against China and Pakistan's collaboration over the ongoing Baloch genocide.
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Sindhis hold anti-Pakistan protest in Canada
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], September 30 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) and the Sindhi Association of North America staged a demonstration in front of the Canada Parliament in Ottawa and urged the international community to take cognisance of the enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings
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Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi's march against child trafficking reaches
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): Nobel Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi's month-long march Bharat Yatra against child sexual abuse, rape and trafficking has reached Assam.
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Madurai incident: 'Secular' India does everything 'un-secular', say activi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 28 (ANI): India is a secular country, but we do everything which is un-secular, woman activists opine when asked about the recently-exposed incident, wherein several girls decked up like goddesses were made to participate bare-chested at a festival in
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Woman activist censures trolling of actress Mahira Khan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): A woman activist on Saturday came out in support of Pakistani and Bollywood actress Mahira Khan on being trolled over her 'smoke-break' and termed it as an 'appalling act' of the public.
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International conspiracy behind CPEC benefiting CIS nations, Pakistan pro
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi[Pakistan] Sept. 23 (ANI): An international conspiracy is behind constructing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to benefit Central Asian countries and Pakistan's four provinces, a Gilgit-Baltistan activist said.
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