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Baloch nationalists in Canada protest against Pakistan's atrocities
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto (Canada), Aug. 2 (ANI): The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a protest in Toronto, Canada, on July 31 against the enforced disappearance of Abdul Wahid Baloch, a well-known literary activist and human rights campaigner, at the hands of Pakistani security agencies.
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Akhilesh should accept 'moral responsibility' of failing to prov
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): Branding the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government's regime as 'Maha-jungle raj' after the brutal gang-rape of a woman and her daughter in Bulandshahr district, women's rights activist and eminent lawyer Abha Singh demanded that Chief Minist
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Bulandshahr gang-rape: Activists pull up Akhilesh Govt., demand change in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Jaipur/Bangalore, July 31 (ANI): Taking serious note of the gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, the activists today urged those in power not to shelter the criminals and called for a change in mindset.
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Charges levelled against Mayawati by Dayashankar must be probed: Abha Sing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 30 (ANI): Condemning the derogatory remark made by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, lawyer and social activist Abha Singh on Saturday said if there is any truth in the charges made by the former BJP leade
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Civilian death toll continue to rise from US-led airstrikes against ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, July 29 (ANI): Activists and rights groups have warned that civilian casualties from airstrikes by the US-led coalition fighting ISIS have spiked in the past two months.
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Charabara land deal: Himachal HC dismisses plea to place documents on reco
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun, July 28 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday dismissed an application filed by an RTI activist to place some documents on record in matter of All India Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra land deal at Charabara.
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Tasleema Nasreen, Amitav Ghosh, Mira Nair mourn Mahasweta Devi's demi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Litterateur Mahasweta Devi, one of the doughtiest fighters and a social activist who proved 'pen is mightier than sword' took her last breath today at the age of 90 in Kolkata's private hospital.
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Eminent writer, activist Mahasweta Devi no more
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata, July 28 (ANI): Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi died on Thursday, following prolonged illness. She was 90.
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Dalits stage protest against Sangh Parivar outfits in Chikmagalur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chikmagalur (Karnataka), July 28 (ANI): The Dalit activists today staged a protest march against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar against the attack on a Dalit family by the Bajrang Dal activists over suspicion of cattle theft and cow slaughter in Kondur village of Karnatak
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Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against 59 BNP leaders
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 28 (ANI): A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against 59 leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and activists including party vice-chairman Salima Rahman in a case filed under the explosive substances act.
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Muslim women beaten over beef rumour: MP Home Minister hints at action
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), July 27 (ANI): Taking a strong note of the incident in Mandsaur district where the Hindu Dal activists roughed up two Muslim women for allegedly carrying beef, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupender Singh on Wednesday said that action would be initiated against those
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Jitendra Singh hopes Irom Sharmila's decision will inspire J-K separa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Appreciating activist Irom Sharmila's decision to end her 16-year-long fast and contest elections in Manipur, Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Jitendra Singh on Tuesday hoped that her decision will inspire Jammu and Kashmir's sep
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