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Former judges, police officers write to President, say unsubstantiated all
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): A group of citizens comprising former judges and former senior police officers have written to President Ram Nath Kovind expressing concern over "unsubstantiated allegations being presented to the media as well the public in general through social med
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BJP takes up teachers' salary issue in poll-bound West Bengal, conducts pr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 19 (ANI): With Assembly polls drawing close in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken up the cudgels on behalf of teachers in the state who have intensified their protest against the state government demanding regularisation of jobs an
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Sri Lanka has become Chinese colony, says ex-President Kumaratunga
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka has become a colony of China and trade unionists and others, who vehemently opposed a recent deal with India, but have not said a word in protest against Beijing making inroads in the island nation, said former Sri Lankan President Chandrika
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Toolkit Case: Delhi court sends climate activist Disha Ravi 3 day judicial
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Climate activist Disha Ravi has been sent to three days in judicial custody by a Delhi court on Friday in connection with the 'toolkit' case on the farmers' protest that the police is investigating.
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Anti-privatisation protests by YSRCP, TDP a diversion from attacks on Hind
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Somu Veerraju on Friday said that Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are agitating against the 'privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant' onl
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RJD MLA rides bicycle to Bihar State Assembly to protest rising fuel price
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], February 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA from Mahua, Mukesh Raushan on Friday rode a bicycle to the State Assembly in Patna in protest against rising fuel prices.
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Farmers ready to sacrifice one crop but would not let movement weaken: Rak
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): Farmers are ready to sacrifice one crop, but will not leave the protest sites and let the ongoing agitation weaken at any cost, said Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday.
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Woman shot during protest dies, first known casualty of Myanmar pro-democr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 19 (ANI): A woman who was shot in the head last week during an anti-coup protest in the Myanmar capital died on Friday, reported CNN citing a family member.
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Urdu Bulletin: Rail roko by farmers, PM Modi's speech in Assam covered
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Farmers "rail roko" protest and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's virtual speech during the inauguration of various projects in Assam have received wide coverage in most Urdu newspapers in their Friday editions.
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Rates of petrol, diesel cheaper in Chhattisgarh than in other states
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 18 (ANI): While there are protests in most parts of the country against the steep hike in fuel prices, in Chhattisgarh the rates of petrol and diesel are cheaper by Rs 12 and Rs 4 compared to its neighbouring states.
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Inappropriate to link results of Punjab civic polls with farmers' protest,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 18 (ANI): Asserting that the Central government is still willing to talk to the farmers protesting against the three farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that it would be "inappropriate" to link the results of the m
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Rail roko: Protesting farmers shower flower petals, distribute sweets to p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 18 (ANI): Members of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Thursday showered flower petals on police personnel and offered them sweets when the latter appealed to farmers to end their 'Rail roko' agitation on Thursday at Modinagar in Ghaziabad.
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