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Freedom fighter and BJP leader K Ayyappan Pillai passes away at 107
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 5 (ANI): Freedom fighter and BJP leader K Ayyappan Pillai passed away on Wednesday.
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Karnataka: BJP's CT Ravi slams Cong for opposing bill aiming to free templ
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary CT Ravi on Sunday slammed Congress for opposing a bill aiming to free temples from the state's control.
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Afghanistan: Media watchdog raises concern over detention of Noorin TV Own
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 1 (ANI): A Belgium-based media watchdog has condemned the detention of Haji Arif Noori, owner of the independent Noorin Television station, and called on the Taliban to cease its attacks on press freedom and allow freedom of expression.
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Freedom is not crime, will pursue democracy against authoritarian China: T
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 1 (ANI): Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday underlined the challenge that the island is facing to uphold its freedom and democracy amid constantly increasing military and diplomatic pressure from China.
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Taliban cracks down on woman rights while demanding western aid
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 31 (ANI): Taliban officials are taking new actions to restrict women's freedoms and dismantle democratic institutions as they appeal to the world to release frozen humanitarian aid funds and bank accounts.
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OSCE confirms receiving letter from sanctioned Ukrainian media
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Teresa Ribeiro, received the letter in which sanctioned Ukrainian outlets ask for assistance in the resolution of the freedom of the p
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CJI Ramana says freedom of press is a sacrosanct Constitutional right
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 29 (ANI): Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana on Wednesday said that freedom of the press is a sacrosanct Constitutional right, adding that there is no doubt that a healthy democracy can thrive only with a fearless and independent press.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam terminating press freedom in Hong Kong: NGO aft
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 29 (ANI): Condemning the recent raid on the office of Hong Kong independent media Stand News, Paris-based NGO Reporters Without Borders said that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is terminating press freedom in the territory and called on authorities to release a
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Taliban open fire on protesters near building of erstwhile women affairs m
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Taliban on Tuesday opened fire on protesters, who were demanding "employment, food and freedom" near a building in Kabul that in the past housed the ministry of women's affairs, Russian media reported citing a protestor.
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China influencing global media to counter criticism, spread propaganda
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 28 (ANI): China is using a variety of strategies including ramping up international broadcasting, undertaking extensive advertising campaigns, and infiltrating foreign media outlets to counter criticism and spread its propaganda.
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SP's motto of 'jo zameen khali, woh zameen hamari' will not work anymore:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), December 26 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday remarked that the motto of Samajwadi Party-- jo zameen khaali, woh zameen hamari (any vacant land is our land)-- would not work anymore, adding that free houses were being built on land fr
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'Rights and freedoms are not absolute': HK govt after universities tore do
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 26 (ANI): After local universities tore down Tiananmen Massacre monuments, the Hong Kong government has said that "rights and freedoms are not absolute".
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