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West Bengal CM rides pillion on bike in Kolkata during march in wrestlers'
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rode pillion on a motorcycle in Kolkata on Thursday during a candlelight march to the Gandhi statue in support of wrestlers who are protesting in Delhi.
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Solidarity amidst tragedy: Candlelight marches denounce terrorist attack i
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The marches were organized to denounce the tragic killing of Deepu Sharma, a resident of Udhampur, in a heinous terrorist attack that shook the region.
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"These laws are being misused, there are some flaws in them," says WFI chi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been accused of sexually harassing young athletes, including a minor. Thousands of supporters of the wrestlers on Tuesday held a candlelight protest from Jantar Mantar to India Gate under extremely heavy security marking a month of wrestlers' agitation agains
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Wrestlers hold candlelight protest demanding arrest of Brij Bhushan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Several ace grapplers including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Mallik have been protesting at the Jantar Mantar accusing the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest.
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Candlelight march held in J-K's Srinagar to protest targeted killings of S
Updated : 3 years ago IST
On Thursday, Tehreek-e-Taliban, an umbrella group of several Sunni Muslim terrorist groups, claimed responsibility for killing the Shia teachers in a government-run school in Pakistan. Seven teachers were killed in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Belgium Uyghur Association commemorates Baren revolution in Brussels
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The participants in the candlelight vigil displayed posters describing the Baren revolution that started as a peaceful protest on April 5, 1990, by the villagers in Baren township near Kashgar against the continued Chinese policy of forced assimilation and population control etc.
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J-K: Locals 'strongly condemn' use of mosque by terrorists during Pampore
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The protestors numbering upto hundreds condemned the use of Mosque by terrorists & maligning its sacredness & called on those who were supporting such acts," read the statement from the army.
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"We are going to intensify..." Annamalai vows to increase protests over so
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The BJP leaders on Tuesday carried out a candlelight march for the army soldier who was hacked to death allegedly by a DMK Councillor in Krishnagiri. The police claimed that the BJP leaders did not seek permission for the march and registered a case against the BJP leaders.
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BJP leaders booked for candlelight march in Chennai
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A case has been filed against 3,500 BJP leaders and cadres for conducting a candlelight march in connection with the death of an Army jawan who was hacked to death by a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) councillor.
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Fresh tension grips Meghalaya as traffic booth torched, cops attacked
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The incident took place during a candlelight vigil organised by some groups to protest against the violence on the Assam-Meghalaya border on November 22.
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US envoy for Int'l Religious Freedom travels to Oak Creek Sikh Memorial, d
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Oak Creek, Wisconsin August 5-6 to participate in the 10th Annual Oak Creek Sikh Memorial Anniversary Candlelight Remembrance Vigil.
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Candlelight vigil held against killing of teacher by terrorists in J-K's K
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 1 (ANI): Locals and activists in the Kashmir valley staged a candlelight protest in Kashmir against the increased targeted killing of civilians in the Union Territory.
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