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Indian PM Modi's pictures waved during protests in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dera Bugti (Balochistan), Aug. 24 (ANI): Days after Baloch leaders' in-exile hailed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for highlighting the atrocities committed on their people by Pakistan, the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) activists showered praise on him while holding the Indian flag
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Police detains 18 Jamaat-Shibir men in Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka, Aug.19 (ANI): Police on Friday claimed to have detained 18 leaders and activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, the Islami Chhatra Shibir, during a raid in Merul Badda area of Bangladesh's Dhaka city.
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Bulandshahr gang-rape: Activists pull up Akhilesh Govt., demand change in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Jaipur/Bangalore, July 31 (ANI): Taking serious note of the gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, the activists today urged those in power not to shelter the criminals and called for a change in mindset.
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Civilian death toll continue to rise from US-led airstrikes against ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, July 29 (ANI): Activists and rights groups have warned that civilian casualties from airstrikes by the US-led coalition fighting ISIS have spiked in the past two months.
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Dalits stage protest against Sangh Parivar outfits in Chikmagalur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chikmagalur (Karnataka), July 28 (ANI): The Dalit activists today staged a protest march against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar against the attack on a Dalit family by the Bajrang Dal activists over suspicion of cattle theft and cow slaughter in Kondur village of Karnatak
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Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against 59 BNP leaders
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 28 (ANI): A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against 59 leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and activists including party vice-chairman Salima Rahman in a case filed under the explosive substances act.
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Muslim women beaten over beef rumour: MP Home Minister hints at action
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), July 27 (ANI): Taking a strong note of the incident in Mandsaur district where the Hindu Dal activists roughed up two Muslim women for allegedly carrying beef, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupender Singh on Wednesday said that action would be initiated against those
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Women activists welcome SC's verdict to allow termination of 24-week
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur/Kolkata, July 25 (ANI): Women activists on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict of allowing a rape victim to terminate her 24-week pregnancy, saying the decision has come as a major relief to those with abnormal foetuses.
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Activists slam AAP, demand probe into woman activist's suicide
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Demanding a through probe into the suicide of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) woman activist, who had accused her party colleague of sexually harassing her, the women activists on Wednesday said this episode is shameful on part of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party which came a
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Women activists react angrily to rape, murder cases in Ahmednagar, Rohtak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata/Mumbai/New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Women's rights activist and lawyer Abha Singh on Monday said it was shocking to hear how a 14-year-old was gang raped and physically mutilated in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, saying that it reminded her of the brutal December 2012 Nirb
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Long March by Free Balochistan Movement kicks off from Germany's Duss
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dusseldorf (Germany), July 18 (ANI): Leaders and activists of the Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) have started their "Long March" from Germany's Dusseldorf city.
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Women activists welcome Maneka Gandhi's call for amending passports r
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Jaipur, July 17 (ANI): The women activists on Sunday hailed Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's request to the Ministry of External Affairs to amend rules for issuing passports and not make father's name a mandatory requirement as a very positive initiati
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