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"Firm on our demand for immediate reservation": Maratha quota activist Man
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil's Padayatra demanding immediate implementation of the Maratha reservation entered its 4th day on Tuesday. He will resume his march towards Mumbai from Ranjangaon, Pune today.
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PoK: Protesters give ultimatum to govt to reverse price hike of wheat
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In the wake of ongoing agitation against the hike in the prices of wheat in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Provincial President of Majlis Wahdat al-Muslimeen Syed Ali Rizvi and All party Alliance leader Ghulam Hussain Athar issued an ultimatum for the government to resolve the issue of price
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"Indira and Sanjay Gandhi died due to cow slaughter curse": BJP MP Anantku
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Sparking a controversy, BJP MP and former Union Minsiter Anantkumar Hegde said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Congress leader Sanjay Gandhi were cursed with cow slaughter, adding that "Indira Gandhi was shot dead on Gopasthami day," a result of the curse by the revered ascet
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PoK: Protesters vow to continue sit-in as stir against wheat price hike en
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The agitation against the increase in the concessional price of wheat entered its fourteenth day on Tuesday, as thousands of people from the city and surrounding areas participated in the sit-in, Pak vernacular media reported.
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Left parties, Congress organise 'fill jails' agitation in AP's Krishna in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Demanding a swift resolution of issues faced by municipal employees and Anganwadi workers, Left parties, Congress, and several trade unions organised a Jail Bharo programme at Machilipatnam in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
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"I'm very emotional": Swati Maliwal files nomination for RS polls, express
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"I am very emotional. I want to thank Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh. The agitation that began in 2006 will now go to Parliament. I have worked hard at the Delhi Commission for Women. I will miss working in the DCW," the former chairperson of the DCW told ANI.
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Ram Temple movement bigger than that of 1947: VHP leader
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sharad Sharma on Friday said that the agitation for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was bigger than the movement for the country's independence in 1947.
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Baloch protesters vow to continue protests as Pak caretaker PM calls agita
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Responding to the media on the issue of police violence against Baloch protesters in Islamabad, the caretaker premier said that some of the people--media persons included--were trying to "mislead everyone, turning themselves into fake heroes of human rights and damaging the state".
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Congress to gear up for agitational programs in Andhra Pradesh: Gidugu Rud
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"On the failures of state government as well as the central government, Congress party is going to gear up for the agitational programs on the field. As per the directions of the All India Congress Committee, we are going to take up all the agitational programs in the state. We have been
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Will call maha panchayat of Khaps, launch big protest: Farmers after Harya
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Day after the Haryana government ignored the ultimatum from the farmers, who had threatened protests if the state Agriculture Minister JP Dalal was not removed from the Cabinet over his alleged offensive remarks against them, the general secretary of 24 Khap panchayats in the state on Thursd
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"People of Telangana will never forgive Congress": K Kavitha on P Chidamba
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After Congress leader P Chidambaram apologised for the loss of lives during the Telangana statehood agitation, BRS MLC K Kavitha on Thursday questioned why senior Congress leaders like Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi did not tender an apology and said that people in Telangana will never forgi
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Maratha quota row: Eknath Shinde gives assurance of reservation, activist
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Maratha quota agitation gains momentum, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said that everyone agreed on providing reservation to Marathas in the all-party meeting held in Mumbai and urged activist Manoj Jarange Patil to maintain peace and cooperate with the governme
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