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Arrested activists being probed for links with banned CPI (Maoist): Pune P
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Following the arrest of five activists on Tuesday in Maharashtra, the Pune Police said that it is investigating the linkage of these individuals with the banned organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist).
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Bhima Koregaon case: SC directs to keep 5 activists under house arrest til
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Pune police to keep the five accused activists under house arrest till September 5, in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.
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India heading towards dictatorship: Lalu on activists' arrest
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar), Aug 29 (ANI): Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said that India is heading towards a clear rule of dictatorship under the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
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Activists' arrest: Never heard of their Naxals links, says Sharad Pawar
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Taking a strong exception to the arrests of five activists, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday ridiculed the government for arresting the activists in the name of association with the Naxalite movement.
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Bhima Koregaon violence: Protest staged over Varavara Rao's arrest
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug. 29 (ANI): Activists and academics staged a protest on Wednesday at Hyderabad's Ambedkar statue demanding the release of activist Varavara Rao, who was arrested by the Pune police in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.
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#MeTooUrbanNaxal: Twitterverse supports detained activists
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Thousands of Twitter users on Wednesday came out in support of the five activists arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, with the #MeTooUrbanNaxal becoming the latest trend on the micro-blogging site.
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Bhima Koregaon raids: Centre must produce evidence against activists, says
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A day after Pune police arrested five activists for having alleged links with Maoists, Janata Dal (United) leader Pavan K Varma on Wednesday said that if the Centre failed to produce any evidence against the imprisoned activists then the current scenario woul
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Bhima Koregaon violence: Tharoor backs detained activists
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 29 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday came out in support of the activists who were arrested during the raids conducted in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, arguing that freedom of thought, belief, and expression are fundamental rights in an
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Restriction on dissent growing in India: Salman Khurshid
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A day after Maharashtra Police arrested five activists in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence, Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that 'an atmosphere imposing restrictions on dissent' is enveloping the country.
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Bhima Koregaon: SC to hear activists arrest matter today
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Eminent personalities like Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande and Maya Darnall, along with others, moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and former PUDR secretary Gautam Navlakha over an alleged connec
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Keep national security above politics: Rijiju slams Rahul over activists'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi raised concerns over the arrests of five activists over the Bhima Koregaon violence; Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on Wednesday asked the grand old party's chief to keep national security i
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Bhima Koregaon violence: Activists arrested 'under government's pressure'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): The arrests of five activists from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence by the Pune Police was done "under government's pressure," said advocate Susan Abraham, who is wife of Varnan Gonsalves - one of the activ
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