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Goa: Solve problems surrounding Zuari bridge in 3 days, else face agitatio
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 12 (ANI): Goa unit Congress accused Chief Minister Pramod Sawant of being busy in saving his government and gave a three-day ultimatum to the incumbent BJP government, on Sunday, to solve the problems surrounding Zuari bridge, which is creating troubles for commuter
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West Bengal: Chief Electoral Officer allays security concerns of polling o
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): After polling officials staged agitations citing "risk and insecurity", West Bengal CEO Aariz Astab assured them that the safety and security of presiding and polling officials are given highest priority.
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Maratha reservation issue: Bombay HC sets Nov 15 for final report submissi
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 11 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Tuesday has set November 15 as the last date for the Maharashtra government to submit its complete report on the agitations that broke out in the state over the Maratha reservation issue.
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Madras HC upholds decision to ban protests at Marina Beach
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 3 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Monday upheld the Tamil Nadu government's decision to prohibit holding protests at Chennai's Marina Beach. The court observed that the beach cannot be used for agitations as public order is equally important.
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Thackeray to meet CM Fadnavis to discuss Maratha issue
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 30 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Maratha reservation agitations, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that party MLAs would be meeting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss the reservation issues today.
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YSRCP leaders hold rail roko agitations, arrested
Updated : 8 years, 1 month 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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Gujarat CM accuses Cong of backing Patidar agitation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Oct 30 (ANI):Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday said that the meeting between Congress Party and Patidar leaders has confirmed that Congress has been behind all the agitations.
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Agriculture portfolio 'Cinderella' of NDA Govt.: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): With the farmers' agitations spreading across many states, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reneged on its promise by denying the farmers a reasonable increase in the minimum support price (MSP).
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Lankan FM dismisses protest against Chinese projects as 'dissent'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 07 (ANI): Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake on Wednesday dismissed the local opposition to Chinese projects as dissent, pointing that such agitations represent only a minimal faction and are not country specific.
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Anti-Tribal Bills agitation: After 632 days, bodies of 8 tribals laid to r
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], May 25 (ANI): The last rites of the remaining eight persons, who lost their lives during the agitations against the 'Anti-Tribal Bills' in Churachandpur, were performed yesterday.
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Jallikattu row: DMK holds protest against SC order
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Jan. 13 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is holding agitations across Tamil Nadu on Friday in protest against the Supreme Court's decision not to pronounce its verdict on popular bull-taming sport Jallikattu before the Pongal festivities.
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Mamata "an expert" at launching agitations: Rupa Ganguly
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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