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Sugar factories scam: Bombay HC rejects Anna Hazare's plea for CBI pr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai(Maharashtra)[India], Jan. 6(ANI): The Bombay High Court on Friday asked social activist Anna Hazare to first file a police complaint, adding that it could not order a CBI inquiry "at this stage" into the alleged sugar cooperative factories scam involving Rs 25,000 crore in w
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Molestation shame: Seething women activists slam lax politicians
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The recent string of molestation cases from across the nation coming to light has left the people of the country enraged, especially women activists who have strongly slammed political fraternity for their lax attitude towards women safety and have voiced eve
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'Like father like son' suits well for Abu Azmi's son?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): In what may irk woman activists across the nation, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi's son Farhan has come to his father's defence with a derogatory slur comparing Bollywood actresses with those earning their livelihood by offering sexual favour.
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Women activist slams Abu Azmi's remark, says men need to change their
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 4 (ANI): Upping the ante over Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi's derogatory statement, women activist Brinda Adige on Tuesday said that men need to change their mindset instead of pointing fingers at women, adding the former should apologise for his remark.
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K'taka HM finding excuses to cover failure: Women activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): Condemning Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara's remark on mass molestation in Bengaluru that "such incident do happen on New Year day and Christmas", women activist Ranjana Kumari on Tuesday said instead of assuring that never such
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Brinda Adige condemns molestation of women in Bengaluru
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): Expressing grief over the mass molestation of women on New Year's eve in Bengaluru, women activist Brinda Adige on Monday said it is extremely shameful that such incidents take place every year.
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"Hired goon" Pak looking very happy at being saved by "mast
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): Taking on Pakistan for stating that India's bid to ban Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar is 'politically motivated', Kashmiri activist Sushil Pandit on Monday reprimanded China for saving the former for the third time and said it looks
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Reject asylum for Afghanistan's first female pilot, Afghan activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): A group of Afghan activists has requested U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the asylum application of Captain Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in Afghanistan's air force, and deport her insisting that the she does not face any k
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Masrat Alam's release is failure of prosecution: Ashok Pandit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): Describing Jammu and Kashmir High Court's decision to grant bail to Masrat Alam as failure of the prosecution, veteran filmmaker and social activist Ashok Pandit on Wednesday urged the state government to hire best lawyer to send the separatist leader b
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Trolls reflect patriarchal mindset of society: Women activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26(ANI): Woman activist Zakia Soman on Monday said that the recent trolling on cricketer Mohammed Shami's wife wardrobe reflects a patriarchal mindset of society, adding that this kind of harassment should be brought under the ambit of law.
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Hindus in Pak paying price of being a minority: Sushil Pandit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Dec. 24 (ANI): Kashmiri activist Sushil Pandit on Saturday criticised Pakistan over reports of snatching of girls for debt repayment and said that the practice punishes the Hindu community for being a minority in a Muslim-majority country.
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Vellore acid attack: Women not safe in India, says woman rights activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec. 24 (ANI): A woman rights activist on Saturday condemned the incident of a woman constable being attacked with acid in Vellore saying that women are unsafe in India.
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