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Issuing fatwa has become fashion: Women Commission
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Expressing displeasure over fatwa issued against singer Nahid Afrin by Muslim clerics in Assam, women activists on Wednesday said issuing fatwa has become a fashion, adding that it should be issued on something more meaningful.
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Ballot paper is time consuming, outdated: Anna Hazare on EVM row
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India] Mar. 15 (ANI): Slamming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's for putting the onus on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday told ANI that the use of ballot paper is time consuming and outdated.
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Activists raise concern over persecution of Christians in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 15 (ANI): Activists have raised concerns over the persecution of Christians in Pakistan saying the minority is facing social and economic deprivation in the country.
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Bengaluru: BJP activist hacked to death
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was allegedly mauled to death by unidentified assailants on Tuesday morning in Anekal, Bengaluru.
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Kejriwal has failed to ensure women's safety: Women activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata, [India] Mar. 13 (ANI): Condemning the gang-rape in Delhi's Pandav Nagar area, where a woman from Nepal was allegedly molested by five men, the women activists on Monday said that the Delhi Government has failed to ensure the safety of women.
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EU might change its economic policies if Pak's attitude remains uncha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): With the Baloch political and human rights activists demanding a special rapporteur in the UN to investigate Baloch human rights violation, scores of Baloch nationals staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva today against Pakista
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Baloch is graver issue than Rohingya Muslims: Activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): As the Baloch political and human rights activists have demanded a special rapporteur in the United Nations to probe gross human rights violations in Pakistan's Balochistan province, Baloch activist Ahmar Mastikhan has stressed that Balochistan is a
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Balochistan demands appointment of UN special rapporteur to look into huma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Baloch political activists and human rights defenders raised the situation of deteriorating human rights in Balochistan and condemned the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at a side event during the 34th Session of UN Human Rights Council here.
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Tibetan Congress youth protest outside Chinese embassy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March.10 (ANI): Tibetan Youth Congress activists protested outside the Chinese embassy on the occassion of 58th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day in Delhi.
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Kochi park assault: Kerala CM pulls up Oppn
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar. 9 (ANI): The unruly incident in Kochi involving the Shiv Sena activists took the Kerala Assembly by storm on Thursday with the MLAs of the ruling LDF and the Opposition UDF slamming each other over the issue.
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Shiv Sena activists threaten couples at Kochi's Marine Drive
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Mar. 9 (ANI): In an alleged incident of moral policing, the Shiv Sena activists threatened couples sitting at Kochi's Marine Drive last evening.
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Complaint filed against RGV for controversial tweets on International Wome
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): A complaint has been filed against director Ramgopal Verma by activist Vishaka Mhambre in Goa over his controversial tweet on actress Sunny Leone.
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