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Joint Naga Civil Society vows to intensify Agitation as 48-hour ultimatum
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): The Joint Naga Civil Societies (CJNCSD) on Friday vows to intensify the agitation and asserts that nothing short of total separation from the State of Manipur would resolve the Naga issue.
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People pay heartfelt tribute to 855 martyrs of 1979 Assam agitation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): For the first time in Assam's history and after a gap of 30 long years, the present Assam government organized an event in the memory of those martyrs, who had given up their lives in the hope of an "Infiltration Free Assam" in the 197
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Normalcy in Kashmir again as separatists announce three-day relaxation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec. 10 (ANI): Separatists, spearheading the ongoing agitation in Kashmir announced a three-day relaxation again which gave life to the business establishments and shops in the Valley.
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Mamata "an expert" at launching agitations: Rupa Ganguly
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rupa Ganguly on Monday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has done mismanagement in her five years of governance, is good at launching agitations.
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OROP suicide row: Rahul detained again, adamant on apology from Centre
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 3 (ANI): After being detained for the third time in two days over his agitation against the Centre on the alleged suicide of ex-servicemen Ram Kishan Grewal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday remained adamant on an apology from the government over the i
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OROP suicide: Ashwani Kumar slams Modi Govt. for being 'insensitive&#
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 3 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament and former union law minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday slammed the Modi government post the suicide of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal allegedly over the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme, saying it was the right of the opposi
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Will restart 'andolan' if OROP is not implemented: Anna Hazare
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Nov. 2(ANI): Social Activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday said that the Centre's betrayal to the nations' ex-servicemen over the implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme resulted in the suicide of Ram Kishan Grewal, and threatened to restart his agita
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Nagaland: Tribal students' union block NH-2, hundreds of trucks stran
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Oct. 30 (ANI): Hundreds of trucks are stranded along the National Highway-2 near Nagaland's Gopibung village, after the All Tribal Students Union Manipur (ATSUM) threatened to launch an intense agitation by banning all national projects and economic blockade on
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JNU urges students to end agitation over missing student
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday urged students protesting over missing student Najeeb Ahmad to immediately end their agitation and allow the institution to function normally.
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Kejriwal meets Patidar agitator families, labels BJP oppressive
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad {Gujarat} [India], Oct. 16 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Patidar agitation in Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the families of deceased Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) pro-reservationists Girish and Siddharth and asked the Gujarat government to severely punish t
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Cauvery dispute: BJP extends support to peaceful 'bandh' in Tami
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 16 (ANI): As various trade organizations and farmer associations called for statewide shutdown today in Tamil Nadu over the ongoing dispute on Cauvery water and agitation against Tamils in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has extended their hand to the shu
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Cauvery protests: SC asks Karnataka, TN governments to prevent agitation,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 15 (ANI): A single bench of the Supreme Court, which was hearing a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and to the state governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to maintain law and order in the wake of the massive protests over the Cauvery water distribution row, o
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