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Kerala students protest against fee hike; several injured during police ba
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 3 (ANI): Several activists were injured in a Kerala Police baton charge after the state's student union organised a protest against the fee hike in medical courses, here on Monday.
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European human rights activists criticise China's bullying of Bhutan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): China's threat to the sovereignty of Bhutan and its unilateral action to alter the status quo on bilateral boundary issues related to the Doklam Plateau has been strongly criticized by human rights activists in Europe and in other parts of the world.
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North Eastern people 'made to feel like foreigners', say women a
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Responding to the Delhi Golf Club's eviction of a woman from the north east for allegedly not adhering to prescribed attire, women activists on Tuesday condemned the club for making the north eastern community feel like 'foreigners' in their o
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Women activists for action against cop asking rape survivor for sexual fav
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai/ New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Condemning recent Rampur incident, where a cop asked for sexual favour from a rape survivor to nab her perpetrators, women activists on Thursday said that strict action needs to be taken against the police personnel for his act.
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Important for "pati parmeshwar" society to understand man, woman
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Following the incident where a man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in northeast Delhi's Dilshad Garden area, women activists on Thursday said it is extremely important for the people and the "pati parmeshwar" society to u
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European court strikes down Russia's 'gay propaganda' law
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 21 (ANI): A European court has declared a Russian law banning expressions of "gay propaganda" to be discriminatory, ordering Moscow to pay out compensation to three gay rights activists and setting the stage for further conflicts with Europe over Russia's
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Germany: JSMM protests against human rights violations, atrocities by Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], June 18 (ANI): Activists from the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) here protested against human rights violations and the atrocities by Pakistan against the Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun, Kashmiri and Saraiki.
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Darjeeling unrest leaves 36 policemen injured: Police
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 17(ANI): Thirty-six policemen were injured, five received gunshot wounds and two were injured by sharp weapons in clashes with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha activists as call for a separate Gorkha state turned violent in Darjeeling on Saturday.
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Rajasthan lynching: Activists demand rigorous punishment for accused
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal)/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 17 (ANI): After an activist Zafar Hussein was lynched to death in Rajasthan for resisting photography and videography of women defecating in open, activists on Saturday demanded rigorous punishment against the accused, citing said the
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Karnataka: Pro-Kannada activists call for bandh over Mahadayi water disput
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 12 (ANI): Pro-Kannada organisations have called for a state-wide bandh on Monday in lieu of early implementation of the Mahadayi river water dispute.
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Women activists for action in para-athlete's harassment incident
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The women activists on Sunday condemned the incident where a national level weightlifter was unheard by the police when she went to report a complaint against alleged harassment and urged the authorities to bring guilty to book.
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Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar detained, stopped from entering Mandsaur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 11 (ANI): Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, social activists Medha Patkar, Swami Agnivesh and JNUSU president Mohit Kumar Pandey were detained by the police on Sunday when they were trying to enter restive Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh to meet the
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