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K'taka HM finding excuses to cover failure: Women activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): Condemning Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara's remark on mass molestation in Bengaluru that "such incident do happen on New Year day and Christmas", women activist Ranjana Kumari on Tuesday said instead of assuring that never such
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Reject asylum for Afghanistan's first female pilot, Afghan activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): A group of Afghan activists has requested U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the asylum application of Captain Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in Afghanistan's air force, and deport her insisting that the she does not face any k
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BJD, BJP activists involved in scuffle at Bhubaneswar rally
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers engaged in a scuffle on Wednesday after the opposition called for a shutdown across the state in protest against a sex scandal involving the Mayor of Bhubaneswar Ananta Jena.
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DYFI activist murder: Double life imprisonment for 11 RSS activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): The Additional Sessions Court in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday announced double life sentence for 11 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists in Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activist Vishnu's murder case.
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Govt. lacks will to use available tools to prevent crime against women: Wo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): Recalling the horrific December 16, 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman, women activist Annie Raja on Friday said the government lacks the political will to use available tools to prevent crimes against women due to which till now justice has not been deli
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Experts deliberate on the connect between global warming, life patterns of
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.13 (ANI): At a panel discussion held recently at the Indian Social Institute (ISI) here, prominent social activists and media persons deliberated on the connect between global warming and the life patterns of rural communities.
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Baloch activists protest in Canada against genocide by Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Dec. 12 (ANI): Baloch activists held demonstrations in Canada to protest against the current situation of human rights violations in Balochistan Province of Pakistan.
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In S. Korea, Baloch activists protest against genocide in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
South Korea, Dec. 12 (ANI): Baloch activists held a demonstration in South Korea to protest against the current situation of grave human rights violations in Balochistan Province of Pakistan.
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Human Rights Day: Bloch activists across world protest against Pakistan, C
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva/ London/Berlin, Dec. 10 (ANI): To mark International Human Rights Day, Baloch political activists across world - including the U.K., Canada, Australia, South Korea, Germany and many other European nations - held protests against atrocities committed by the Pakistani establishment on t
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Women activists welcome Allahabad HC ruling on triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmadabad (Gujarat)/New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Welcoming the ruling of the Allahabad High Court on triple talaq, women activists on Thursday said it is a very unlawful act and must be abolished.
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Pakistan police, paramilitaries brutally assault Peace Committee activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) [Pakistan], Dec.8 (ANI): Pakistan police and paramilitary forces brutally assaulted leaders and activists of the Peace Committee, a coalition of progressive and nationalist organisations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as they took part in a peace march
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Rawalpindi: Kashmiris protest against Pakistan Army
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Dec.6 (ANI): Activists and political leaders of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a protest rally in Rawalpindi and chanted slogans against Pakistan Army for allegedly supporting extremists and terrorists in their territory.
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