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Will restart 'andolan' if OROP is not implemented: Anna Hazare
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Nov. 2(ANI): Social Activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday said that the Centre's betrayal to the nations' ex-servicemen over the implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme resulted in the suicide of Ram Kishan Grewal, and threatened to restart his agita
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NHRC issue notices to MP Govt., DGP over killing of eight SIMI terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh Government, Chief Secretary and state police after eight activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI,) who had escaped from the Central Jai
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Stop sympathizing with traitors: Shiv Sena on Bhopal encounter
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Shiv Sena on Tuesday came down heavily on the opposition parties for questioning the veracity of encounter of SIMI activist in Bhopal and said it is difficult to comprehend as to why the political outfits are sympathizing with traitors of the nation.
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Owaisi for SC probe, dubs government's SIMI encounter theory 'un
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said the elimination of eight SIMI activists by Madhya Pradesh police at the same place on the outskirts of Bhopal could not have taken place, and called for a Supreme Court-
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Bhopal SIMI encounter seems faked, SC should step in, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): Suggesting that the elimination of eight SIMI activists by the police at the same place on the outskirts of Bhopal appeared to be faked, the Congress party on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to assign a retired judge to probe the matter.
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Seems in Nitish-ruled Bihar 'Beti Bachao' not applicable, say ac
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, New Delhi [India], Oct. 27 (ANI): Social activists on Thursday maintained that in Bihar it seems the campaign of "Beti Bachao" (Safety of Girls) has no takers.
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Teesta Setalvad wants to deconstruct India's cultural nationalism: RS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 26 (ANI): Coming down heavily on social activist Teesta Setalvad for urging the Supreme Court to reconsider the 1995 judgment on Hindutva, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday said she wants to deconstruct India's cultural nationalism, adding the ap
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CPEC project will suppress and loot us, says Baloch, Sindhi and other mino
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels, [Belgium] Oct. 25: The multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will have its serious implications on the region, said human rights and political activists at an event in Brussels, Belgium.
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Triple talaq: PM Modi's statement draws mixed reaction from women act
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Ahmedabad [India], Oct. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to people on the triple talaq issue and urging the intellectuals who participate in the TV debate to not to make it a Hindu-Muslim issue has drawn mixed reactions from women activists.
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Ashoke Pandit equates Mukesh Bhatt agreeing to Rs. five crore donation wit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Condemning Film and Television Producers Guild of India president Mukesh Bhatt's move to agree to donate Rs. five crore into the Indian Army's welfare fund, filmmaker and social activist Ashoke Pandit on Sunday said the former does not have the right
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Ranjana Kumari backs Centre's effort to abolish triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Supporting the Central government's stand for abolition of triple talaq, women activist Ranjana Kumari has encouraged Muslim women to seek justice from the Supreme Court.
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Kerala dress code row: activists slam "Talibani" Diktat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): After the Kerala Government Medical College (KGMC) issued a dress code for girls, prohibiting them from wearing jeans, leggings or 'noisy ornaments', women activists on Saturday condemned the move saying such diktats diplaying overpowering the patr
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