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Malda gangrape: Activists call on judiciary to fast track case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Following the brutal gangrape of a diabled girl in Malda, West Bengal, Women's activist Brinda Adige stressed on the need to have the case fast tracked by the judiciary, so that the victim gets justice in the swiftest manner possible.
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Jalaun gang-rape: Women activists call for highway safety, stricter laws
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata/Mumbai/Bengaluru [India], May 8 (ANI): Throwing light on the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, the women activists on Monday expressed serious concern over the Jalaun gang-rape incident and demanded stringent punishment against the accused.
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Pak declaring Gilgit-Baltistan as fifth province 'unacceptable':
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [Pakistan], Apr 27 (ANI): Activists from the JK Kashmir Forum took to the street to protest against Islamabad's recent announcement to declare Gilgit-Baltistan, a disputed area in Pakistan's northernmost administrative territory that borders the dispute
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24 Sindhi activists abducted by Pak agencies still missing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Prominent Sindhi nationalist organisation Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) has said that as many as 24 of its activists have been abducted by Pakistan's Law Enforcement Agencies in broad day light, and are still missing.
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UP: 14 VHP, Bajrang Dal activists arrested for clashing with police
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI): Around 14 activists belonging to rightwing groups Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other groups were arrested by the police after they ransacked the Sadar Bazar Police Station in Agra's Fatehpur Sikri.
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Maneka Gandhi's NGO under scanner as three thrashed for transporting
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Three men were allegedly assaulted by animal rights activists linked to Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's NGO People for Animals (PFA) in Kalkaji area of South Delhi last night for transporting buffaloes in a truck.
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Pro-Kannada activists withdraw protest against movie 'Baahubali 2
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 22 (ANI): A day after actor Sathyaraj apologised for his 'abusive' statements over the River Cauvery made nine years ago, Pro-Kannada organisations on Saturday decided to withdraw their protests against the movie 'Baahubali 2'.
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Govt urged to protect 'not only Kashmiris' but all Indians
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 21 (ANI): Political leaders and social activists from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday welcomed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's call to all states to protect the Kashmiri students, but emphasized that every Indian should be protected anywhere in India.
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Nagpur minor rape case: Women activists question criminals' audacity
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Delhi/Mumbai [India] Apr 21 (ANI): Questioning the audacity of the criminals while throwing light on the law and order situation in Maharashtra, the women activists on Friday expressed grave concern over the rape of a minor girl in Nagpur's MLA hostel and demanded stringent punishment a
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Rajasthan: women activists condemn Banswara incident
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Banswara (Rajasthan) [India], Apr. 20 (AN): The incident of a couple being thrashed and paraded naked in Rajasthan's Banswara district drew severe condemnation from women activists on Thursday who called on the state government to punish those responsible.
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Activists' corner UP Govt. after woman shot dead in police station
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Apr 18 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, a woman was shot dead by a man inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, which has invited the wrath from women activists across the nation.
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Guna child marriage: Women activists call on Maneka Gandhi to safeguard ch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Strongly condemning the incident where a Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Guna passed a diktat of marrying a five-year-old girl off to an eight-year-old boy, social activist Brinda Adige on Saturday called on the Union Cabinet Minister for Wom
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