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Women activists support Maneka Gandhi's remark on Bollywood films
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Mumbai [India] Apr. 8 (ANI): Agreeing with Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi's remark on films posing as a threat to women, women activists on Saturday said that Indian cinema needs to be sensitive towards this issue as the young crowd picks things e
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Kerala: BMS activist dies in police custody, BJP calls for strike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kasargod (Kerala) [India], Apr.8 (ANI): A Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) activist Sandeep died in police custody after he was taken by the police for drinking liquor in a public place on Friday.
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Nashik rape case: Social activists demand action against accused police co
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April. 5 (ANI): Condemning the rape of a 15-year-old girl by a police constable in Maharashtra's Nashik, social activists on Tuesday demanded for the immediate suspension of the accused while stating that such people can commit crime again, if left free.
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HTC launches 'Aarzoo: Ek Wish Har Aarzoo Poori Karneki' initiati
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI-NewsVoir): Sonal (Name Changed) is an activist and she is only 12 year's old. She is a member of the "Little star children's group" from Shahbad dairy that works towards educating children on protecting themselves against abuse. Like the othe
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Incidents of foreign tourists' being raped sends wrong image of India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April.4 (ANI): Condemning the recent German tourist rape in Tamil Nadu's Mahabalipuram, social activist on Tuesday asserted that this should be stopped immediately as such types of incidents put India in a negative image on the global platform.
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US should not interfere in India's internal matter: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), [India], Apr. 3 (ANI): With the US human rights report denouncing New Delhi over alleged violations including the Vyapam scam and encounter killing of eight suspected SIMI activists in Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said America should not
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U.S. Govt. report condemns India for 'Human Right Violation'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Apr. 3 (ANI): U.S. State Department in its report released on Sunday, has criticised India over alleged human rights violations, while referring to the police case against activist Teesta Setalvad and encounter of eight suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (
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LGBTQ activists protest outside Ivanka Trump's residence
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], April 2 (ANI): Scores of LGBTQ activists staged a protest in front of President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka's Washington D.C. home yesterday against the latest executive order on 'Energy Independence Policy'.
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'State governments lack determination to ban liquor': Social act
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): Harman Sidhu, who runs the NGO Arrive Safe, today alleged that state governments lack the determination to ban liquor on the highways.
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Cops defended some VIPs in Ayeesha Meera case: Brinda Adige
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): Social activist Brinda Adige on Sunday alleged that the cops put innocent Satyam Babu behind bars in the Ayesha Meera rape and murder case to defend some VIPs.
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Bandh called by Hurriyat exposes its true face: Kashmiri Activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 2 (ANI): As the Hurriyat leaders called for strike against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kashmiri Activist Sushil Pandit on Sunday said that the incident exposes the true face of the former, which is to oppose India even at the cost of Kashmir.
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Pak prosecutor asks Christians to convert to Islam to avoid conviction
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Mar. 31 (ANI): Several Pakistani rights activists have claimed that a prosecutor has asked members of the minority Christian community to renounce Christianity and embrace Islam to avoid conviction on terrorism charges.
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