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US no one to interfere in Amnesty issue in India, says JD (U)
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna, Aug. 24 (ANI): Condemning the United States for supporting Amnesty International after a sedition case was registered against it; the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Wednesday said the former is no one to interfere in India's internal matter.
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Karnataka Home Minister says, misinterpreted on Amnesty sedition issue
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug. 22 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Monday said that he was misinterpreted on the issue of the Amnesty International sedition case by vested interests.
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Charging Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake, says Shashi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): Congress Party MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that charging human rights watchdog Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake.
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Centre denounces Karnataka's clean chit to Amnesty India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), Aug 21 (ANI): Union Minister Ananth Kumar on Sunday hits out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government for giving Amnesty International India a clean chit, saying it is the constitutional duty of the state dispensation to book cases of sedition against no
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Yeddyurappa demands action against in Amnesty India row
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Sunday demanded immediate arrest and strict action against Amnesty International India for allegedly raising anti-India slogans.
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Jaitley links Parameshwara's clean chit to Amnesty with vote bank pol
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jammu, Aug. 21 (ANI): Extremely disappointed over Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara's clean chit to Amnesty International, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday alleged that some political parties were indulging in vote bank politics for nefarious gains.
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Amnesty row: Congress playing with national security, alleges BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug 21 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday alleged that the Congress was playing with the country's national security and said Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara's clean chit to Amnesty International makes it obvious that he is working on the orders of
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Congress influencing probe into Amnesty International Sedition row: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai, Aug 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged that the Congress Party was trying to intervene and influence the police probe against the Amnesty International in Bengaluru, which has been booked under the sedition charge for allegedly raising pro-Kashmir freedom
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Sedition row: If Amnesty violated FCRA then it must be exposed, says BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 19 (ANI): With a case of sedition being slapped against Amnesty International for raising pro-Kashmir freedom slogans at an event, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said if the former has violated any Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), then it needs to be brou
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Amnesty denies reports of shutting down office, says will continue to work
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug 18 (ANI): Under-fire over charges of sedition, the Amnesty International India on Thursday denied reports of shutting down their office and asserted that the charge of sedition against them was completely wrong, adding that they would continue to work for justice.
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Amnesty International row: Digvijay corners PDP, says chanting slogans not
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Aug. 18 (ANI): Dubbing the registration of sedition case against Amnesty International in Bengaluru over anti-India slogans being raised at an event as 'unnecessary', Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today wondered as to why no case has been regist
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Amnesty Int'l India row: CPI (M) takes on ABVP for imposing 'Hin
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata, Aug. 17 (ANI): Hitting out at the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the Amnesty International India row, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday said the move to suppress discussion and freedom of opinion and impose
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