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Protesting TN farmers drink urine at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Tamil Nadu farmers stage a protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar for drought relief, drank their own urine on Saturday in another desperate bid to draw the government's attention to their plight.
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Sixth attack on Shias in Parachinar highlights growing intolerance in Paki
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr. 1 (ANI): The latest attack on a Shia Mosque in Parachinar in Pakistan's North West Tribal region's Khurram agency was the sixth such attack on Shias in this town since 2012 highlighting their worsening plight and other minorities living in Pakistan.
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Kanimozhi pulls up Modi Govt. for overlooking Tamil farmers' plight
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Friday joined the Tamil Nadu farmers, who have been staging a protest at the Jantar Mantar here for the past 18 days demanding drought relief package from the Centre, and lashed out at the BJP-led NDA regime fo
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TN Govt, Centre not taking farmers' plight seriously: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 29 (ANI): With Tamil Nadu farmers protesting in Delhi's Jantar Mantar for the past 15 days demanding drought relief package from the Centre, the Congress on Wednesday urged the government to consider the matter "urgently" and allocate money a
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Bastar journalist Santosh Yadav released from prison after 17 months
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Bastar-based journalist Santosh Yadav who was arrested for his alleged links with the Maoist in 2015, was released from jail after 17 months on Friday, but said he will continue to highlight the plight of tribals in the area.
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We should be able to play under any conditions, not just at home: Jayasuri
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Feb. 9 (ANI): Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's chief selector, believes that the player's inability to adjust to foreign conditions---rather than digging out flaws in the in the domestic system---was to be blamed for his side's current plight in South Africa
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PM Modi ignoring poor's plight, busy helping the rich: Rahul
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 6 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday branded Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'anti-farmer' and accused him of not fulfilling any of the promises made during 2014 general elections.
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'I pray Trump bans Pakistani visas': Imran Khan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 30 (ANI): Condemning the plight of Muslims being prevented from entering the United States under President Donald Trump's immigration ban, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that he wants the former to ban Pakistani visas also so that
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Saamna slams demonetisation, projects women's plight
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 9 (ANI): Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government over the demonetisation drive, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' has highlighted the plight of the women community, while asserting that the party is forced to face problems.
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BJP reprimands Cong for taking farmers plight to PM's doorstep
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): With the Congress highlighting the plight of the farming community and submitting a memorandum in this regard to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that the grand old party that has ruled the nation for almost 60 ye
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Demonetisation: Mamata meets RBI Governor, conveys plight of masses especi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (WB) [India], Dec. 15 (ANI): After meeting RBI Governor Urjit Patel, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she had highlighted all views and issues on behalf of the commoners who have suffered immensely in the aftermath of demonetisation.
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Rahul stood in queue to show real victims of demonetisation: Tharoor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 12 (ANI): Brushing aside criticism of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for standing in queue along with the common man in front of a bank in the Parliament Street area of Delhi on Friday, party leader and former union minister Shashi Tharoor said the former's
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