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Guna child marriage: Women activists call on Maneka Gandhi to safeguard ch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Strongly condemning the incident where a Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Guna passed a diktat of marrying a five-year-old girl off to an eight-year-old boy, social activist Brinda Adige on Saturday called on the Union Cabinet Minister for Wom
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Physical education book row: Social activists hold writer responsible
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal)/New Delhi [India], Apr.14 (ANI): The social activists on Friday demanded that the writer of a Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) book should be held guilty for telling the students the 'ideal figure' of women.
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Pakistan using chemical weapons in Balochistan, Pashtunistan: Pashtun Act
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Apr. 14 (ANI): Hailing U.S. government's move of bombarding the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province central to ISIS, Pashtun activist Umar Daud Khattak on Friday requested President Donald Trump to bombard Pakistan as well and free the people fro
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Kashmiri activist salutes Gambhir, urges others to stand up for the nation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 14 (ANI): Kashmiri Activist Sushil Pandit on Friday hailed cricketer Gautam Gambhir's tweet in solidarity with Army Jawans and urged all dignitaries to stand up for the nation and do their bit.
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One can't even expect civilized enmity from Pak: Baloch activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Condemning the death sentence awarded to Kulbhushan Jadhav, Baloch activist Mazdak Dilshad Baloch on Wednesday said the entire story of the alleged Indian spy's trial is being fabricated by Islamabad, adding that India should raise this issue on interna
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Meerut: Hindu Yuva Vahini members assault couple on suspicion of love jiha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Apr. 12 (ANI): In yet another incident of moral policing, the Hindu Yuva Vahini activists on Wednesday barged into a couple's house in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut city and allegedly dragged the duo to a nearby police station on suspicion of 'love jihad'
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Baloch activists join India to condemn Pak over Kulbhushan Jadhav death se
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr. 11 (ANI): Balochistan activists on Tuesday joined India to condemn Pakistan for awarding death sentence to former Indian naval officer and alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
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CHRI asks NHRC to monitor ongoing police investigation in Pune activist mu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): Condemning the murder of an RTI activist from Pune, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has demanded the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to monitor the ongoing police investigation and also asked the Maharashtra's State Information C
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Women activist seeks Salma Ansari's help to abolish Triple Talaq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): Urging the Vice-President Hamid Ansari's wife Salma Ansari to act like an ambassador in taking the word forward for abolition of triple talaq, Zakia Somen, co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), on Sunday said they want this
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I was right to not join AAP, says Anna Hazare
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India] Apr. 8 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare yet again slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the Shunglu Committee Report that has accused the state government of 'gross misuse of power'.
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ABVP 'match' controversy in Jammu a 'wake up call' for
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): A day after Akhil Bharatiya Vikas Parishad (ABVP) disrupted football match in Jammu University, Kashmiri activists sought government's intervention while asserting that such incidents are wake up call for them.
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Jammu varsity tense, ABVP demands action on 'insult to national anthe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): Akhil Baharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists on Saturday stopped the ongoing Inter-Universities Sports Meet at the University of Jammu over the alleged disrespect to the national anthem at the opening ceremony by students of Kashmir University.
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