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Baloch activists hold anti-CPEC protest during G-20 Summit in Hamburg
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hamburg [Germany], July 8 (ANI): As world leaders gathered for the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, activists from the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) held a protest against the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollar project passing through the Balochistan province.
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Malala Yousafzai debuts on Twitter
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 08 (ANI): Malala Yousafzai, a renowned women's rights activist yesterday joined micro-blogging-site Twitter.
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Rouhani's criticism of the dam project amounts to violation of the He
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 7 (ANI) : Civil society activists from Afghanistan and residents of different provinces have reacted after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that dam projects in Afghanistan are damaging the environment.
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Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar detained during farmers' rally in Mandsa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): Swaraj Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav, activists Medha Patkar, Paras Saklecha and others were detained by police during a farmers rally in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh.
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Karnataka's anti-Hindi row now also includes English
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] July 06 (ANI): After Hindi, now English is facing the heat of pro-Kannada activists in Karnataka.
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Activist criticises Lucknow university notification asking women to not st
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 5 (ANI): The recent order implemented by the Vice-Chancellor of a central Lucknow university, which reportedly asked all women employees to not stay in the campus after 6 p.m., has been criticised by activists, along with many women staff and officers wh
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SC reserves order on Teesta Setalvad plea to defreeze bank account
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on noted social activist Teesta Setalvad's plea regarding defreezing of her bank account and the NGOs.
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SC to hear Teesta Setalvad's corruption case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jul 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear a case against social activist Teesta Setalvad, who is accused of corruption and misappropriation of funds which was meant for rehabilitation of Gujarat riot victims.
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Kerala students protest against fee hike; several injured during police ba
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 3 (ANI): Several activists were injured in a Kerala Police baton charge after the state's student union organised a protest against the fee hike in medical courses, here on Monday.
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Rajasthan: Women activist condemns mobile phone ban among girls in Dholpur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] July 3 (ANI): Condemning the decision of a Panchayat in Rajashthan's Dholpur banning girls from wearing jeans and using mobile phones, women's rights activist Pramila Nesargi on Monday said that everyone has the right to know what is going around the w
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Byculla jail violence: Abha Singh demands CBI's intervention
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): Hours after the Mumbai Police arrested six accused in the Manjula Shetye alleged murder case at the Byculla jail, advocate and activist Abha Singh on Sunday demanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over for an impartial investigat
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European human rights activists criticise China's bullying of Bhutan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): China's threat to the sovereignty of Bhutan and its unilateral action to alter the status quo on bilateral boundary issues related to the Doklam Plateau has been strongly criticized by human rights activists in Europe and in other parts of the world.
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