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Briefcase or 'bahi-khata: What will Sitharaman carry for her second budget
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): All eyes will be on Nirmala Sitharaman tomorrow as she will present her second budget as the country's finance minister. Trade pundits and businesses are waiting with a baited breath, expecting her to bail out the economy of the ongoing slump. On a lighter
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India will always remain grateful to Netaji for his bravery, indelible con
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday remembered Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary and said that India will always remain grateful to him for his bravery and indelible contribution to resisting colonialism.
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Jharkhand: Hemant Soren pays respect to Santhal rebellion leaders Sidhu, K
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren paid his respects to Sidhu-Kanhu, the legendary leaders of Santhal rebellion against the British colonial forces in 1855, after taking oath for the top post here on Sunday.
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AU expresses deep concern over UK's continued colonial administration of C
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], Nov 24 (ANI): Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has expressed deep concern over the continued 'colonial administration' of the United Kingdom (UK) to the Chagos Archipelago.
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Thousands protest in Hong Kong as court rejects appeal seeking suspension
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Oct 6 (ANI): Hong Kong High Court on Sunday dismissed an application put forth by 24 pro-democracy legislators, seeking a temporary suspension of a controversial new mask ban imposed by the government using a colonial-era emergency law.
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Book authored by Indian envoy to Netherlands explore, celebrate Indo-Dutch
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Oct 4 (ANI): The past 70 years - and even further beyond into history - has seen thousands of literary and historical works about India's long ties to Great Britain. But the British Raj was mere one - albeit significant - part of the giant jigsaw of foreign colonial
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Many distortions in history, present real picture of India to younger gene
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): There were many "distortions" in the history drafted by the colonial rulers, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday while calling for presenting the "real history" of India to the younger generations.
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WB: LGBTQ community celebrates one year of decriminalising Section 377
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community celebrated one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's verdict on Section 377, which lifted a colonial-era ban on gay sex.
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Indonesia to resurrect colonial-era law that imprisons people for insultin
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sep 3 (ANI): Indonesia is set to resurrect a colonial-era regulation that could lead to imprisonment of people who insult the president, in a move that critics said may demonstrate the country's creeping encroachment on free speech and expression.
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Why Article 35 (A)-- a symbol of 'Kashmiri colonialism'-- must go
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Fear gripped the political leadership in Jammu and Kashmir as speculations surfaced earlier this month that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government could abolish or try to amend Article 35A and Article 370 that accorded special status to the r
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Botswana High Court decriminalises homosexuality
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Gaborone [Botswana], Jun 11 (ANI): In a major victory for gay rights campaigners in Africa, Botswana's High Court on Tuesday overruled a colonial-era law that criminalised homosexuality in the country.
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B-town celebs pay homage to Jallianwala Bagh martyrs on Twitter
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 13 (ANI): Today on the centenary of the colonial-era Jallianwala Bagh massacre, several B-town celebrities took to Twitter to express their grief and pain over the event.
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