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Rohingya crisis: Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty's highest honour
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Nov 13 (ANI): Human Rights organisation Amnesty International withdrew its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday.
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa leaves Sirisena's party, joins SLPP
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 11 (ANI): As the political crisis intensifies in Sri Lanka, wartime strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa has exited from President Maithripala Sirisena's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Sunday.
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Elvis Presley among recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): The White House on Saturday announced that seven people including King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Wickremesinghe urges citizens to continue fight for democracy
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 9 (ANI): Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday urged the citizens of the country to not give up fight for democracy and freedom.
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Tanzania: 2 journalists freed from detention
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 9 (ANI): Two scribes from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an American-based independent non-profit organisation, were released from detention in Tanzania and have departed from the country.
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Pak national freed after 16 yrs, takes Bhagavad Gita home
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): A Pakistani national, Jalaluddin, who was released from Varanasi Central Jail on Sunday after 16 years, took home Bhagavad Gita with him.
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Sardar Patel banned RSS, claims Congress
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): On the 143rd birth anniversary of freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Congress party said that Patel, the first Home Minister of independent India, strongly opposed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
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PM Modi pays homage to Sardar Patel on 143rd birth anniversary
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): On the occasion of the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while paying homage to the freedom fighter, hailed him as the "stalwart who unified India."
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Newly appointed Sri Lankan cabinet sworn in
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 30 (ANI): Newly-appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's cabinet was on Monday sworn in amid increasing pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to convene an early session of the Parliament.
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Congress ignored freedom fighters to promote Nehru-Gandhi family: Ram Madh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Ram Madhav said that the Congress party deliberately ignored the freedom fighters only to promote the Nehru-Gandhi family.
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Congress made India dynastic dictatorship: Subhas Chandra Bose's kin
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Chandra Kumar Bose, vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) West Bengal unit, on Sunday led a scathing attack on the Congress party, saying they have distorted the history of India's freedom struggle and converted the country into a dynastic dict
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Congress rejects PM's claim, says 'didn't neglect Bose'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Congress party on Sunday allayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that they, while in power for several years, neglected the contribution of freedom fighters like Subhas Chandra Bose.
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