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Maratha Stir: Protesters get support from Pune Bar Association
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 26 (ANI): In a show of solidarity with the Maratha Reservation agitation, the Pune Bar association on Thursday said that people arrested in connection with the protests will not be charged by advocates of the association for the cases filed against them.
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Hardik sentenced 2 years imprisonment
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Visnagar (Gujarat) [India], July 25 (ANI): A local court in Gujarat on Wednesday pronounced two years imprisonment to Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel for inciting violence during a protest rally in 2015.
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Maratha reservation: Centre calls for peaceful solution
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jul 24 (ANI): After the agitation by the Maratha community in Maharashtra over reservation in government jobs and education turned violent, Minister of State (MoS) for Home (rural), planning and finance Deepak Kesarkar urged the protestors to solve the issue
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Youth jumps to death during Maratha reservation stir
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], July 24 (ANI): Amidst a 'Jal samadhi' agitation regarding reservations for Maratha community members, a youth jumped into the Godavari river on Monday.
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Patidar trio booked for raiding house
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India] July 8(ANI): Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel along with Gujarat MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani were booked by the police for allegedly raiding a house containing illegal liquor.
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Jat reservation: 51 charged with sedition, rioting for violence at Capt Ab
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 2 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against 51 persons accusing them of attacking the residence Haryana minister Captain Abhimanyu Singh during the 2016 Jat agitation.
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Hardik Patel backs Kejriwal to 'save democracy'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 17 (ANI): Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel on Friday extended his support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in the latter's ongoing rift with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.
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Nationwide farmers' agitation enters third day
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 3 (ANI): The 10-day long nationwide protest called by the farmers' entered the third day on Sunday.
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Thoothukudi deaths: Protesting against TN govt, DMK's Stalin detained
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 24 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M.K. Stalin was detained on Thursday after he held an agitation outside Tamil Nadu secretariat over Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, where 13 people have died until now.
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Kathua horror: Congress behind agitation in Jammu, says Ram Madhav
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and party In-Charge of Jammu and Kashmir Ram Madhav accused the Congress party of politicising the Kathua rape case.
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YSRCP leaders hold rail roko agitations, arrested
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders and activists observing rail roko agitations here over the demand to accord Special Category Status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh were arrested on Wednesday.
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UP Govt. withdraws privatisation of integrated power services
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government has withdrawn plan of privatisation of integrated power services in seven cities, including Lucknow.
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