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Activists, journalists seek SC’s intervention in contempt case against Pra
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): A group of eminent citizens has moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to intervene in the contempt petition filed by Attorney General KK Venugopal and the Centre against advocate Prashant Bhushan for his alleged criticism of the court on the appointment
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5 SIMI activists awarded life term for possession of explosives
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) Feb 28 (ANI): A NIA Court on Thursday awarded life term to five activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), for possession of explosives.
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Bhima Koregaon case: Activists leaked security inputs to wanted Maoists, s
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) Feb 21(ANI): Hyderabad based poet Varavara Rao along with Nagpur activist and lawyer Surendra Gadling provided security-related information to wanted Maoists, alleged a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Pune Police on Thursday in connection with the Bhima Koregaon
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BJYM activists protest against Sidhu’s remark on Pulwama terror attack
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Sunday held a protest march against Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for his remark that “for a handful of people, you cannot blame the entire nation,” which he made in the wake of dastar
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V-Day protest: Bajrang Dal activists forcibly marry off couple in Hyderaba
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Activists of the Bajrang Dal group on Thursday forcibly the married off a young couple at a park in Kandlakoya village on the outskirts of Hyderabad
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Bhima Koregaon: SC sets aside Bombay HC’s order on extension of deadline t
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): In a major relief to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court order refusing to extend the 90-day deadline to file a charge sheet against five human rights activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.
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2016 Maoist attack: Varavara Rao, Surendra Gadling sent back to Yerawada J
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): A local court here on Monday sent back activists Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling to Yerawada Jail after their 11-day police custody in connection with a 2016 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case related to the Maoist attack at Surja
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Afghan President expresses concern over violence by Pakistani forces again
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 7 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday voiced serious concern over the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and warned that it could have “long-standing negative consequen
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Workers of RSS, DYFI clash in Kerala
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Activists of Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) clashed with workers from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the wee hours of Thursday and all of them are now hospitalised.
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Scholars, experts call CPEC an 'oppressive design of Pakistan, China'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 5 (ANI): Scholars, former diplomats, human rights activists and journalists from various parts of the world gathered in Paris to discuss the implications of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Animal lovers in Coimbatore protest against translocation of wild Jumbo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Animal lovers and social activists protested on Monday in front of the Coimbatore Collectorate office demanding the forest department bring back a wild jumbo which was captured a few days back from Thadagam region of Tamil Nadu.
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Pashtun Council Canada holds protest to condemn killing of prominent activ
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Feb 4 (ANI): The Pashtun Council Canada on Sunday held protests in Mississauga to condemn the killing of Arman Lonri, a prominent member of the Pashtun movement, and other Pashtun activists by the Pakistan state agency.
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