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Odisha: Protests over queue system at Jagannath temple
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha), Oct 3 (ANI): Members and activists of the Shree Jagannath Sena on Wednesday staged protests demanding the commission of the newly-implemented "Queue System" at the iconic Jagannath Temple in Puri.
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Sindhi, Baloch activists oppose construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Sep 30 (ANI): Sindhi and Baloch political activists on Sunday organised a demonstration outside the Pakistan High Commission in London to show their dissatisfaction against the construction of dams on River Indus.
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Bhima-Koregaon: Petitioners wanted to highlight misuse of UAPA
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (ANI): Petitioners who had filed for an independent investigation into the arrest of five activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence, said on Friday that they took the matter to the Supreme Court (SC) to highlight the misuse of the Unlawful Activities
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SC judgment exposes Congress party: BJP on Bhima-Koregaon
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (ANI): Quoting Supreme Court's Friday verdict on Koregaon-Bhima violence case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra mounted an attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi and slammed him for supporting the detained activists.
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Bhima-Koregaon: Activists to exercise other legal options says, advocate
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Activists have other legal options and will exercise them in an appropriate legal forum, said senior advocate Vrinda Grover while commenting on the Supreme Court's verdict on extending the house arrest of five detained activists.
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Amit Shah hits back at Rahul Gandhi over Bhima-Koregaon verdict
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has hit back at Congress president Rahul Gandhi after the Supreme Court refused to grant relief to the five activists detained in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case.
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Sabrimala verdict: Activists, temple board unhappy, to file review petitio
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sep 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court's verdict allowing entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple in Kerala, is 'respectfully acceptable' but the shrine board will move the court with a review petition, said A Padmakumar, the president of Travancore Devasw
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Bhima-Koregaon case: SC refuses relief to activists, extends house arrest
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant relief to the five activists detained in the Bhima Koregaon violence case. The SC turned down their request for setting up of a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to look into the matter and allowed the Pune Poli
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Minorities in Pak face persecution, discrimination: Activists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 27 (ANI): Activists from the Christian minority in Pakistan say they are being persecuted, discriminated and forced to leave the country.
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Activists highlight worsening human rights situation, inequity in Balochis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 26 (ANI): Baloch political activists have accused Islamabad of violating human rights, inequality and rise of religious fundamentalists in Balochistan, which is responsible for the destruction of cultural identity of the Baloch people.
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CPEC: Activists blame Pakistan for more destruction to Balochistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): Baloch political and human rights activists have accused Islamabad of allowing Beijing to build the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) project from Balochistan, the resource-rich province which has been facing decades-long insurgency.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pakistan protest in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 23 (ANI): Exiled Balochistan political activists on Sunday held a protest in front of the Palais Wilson, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, and demanded the UN to intervene and stop the genocide and war crimes committed
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