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West Bengal: Zomato executives on indefinite strike against delivering bee
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Food delivery app Zomato has again made headlines as its executives in Howrah went on an indefinite strike protesting against delivering beef and pork contending, doing so hurts their religious sentiments.
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West Bengal: 42 BJYM members arrested in Siliguri for protesting against p
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Police arrested 42 members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) here on Friday for allegedly protesting against the Siliguri Metropolitan Police (SMP).
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Amit Shah says Congress amended Article 370 twice in past
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said Congress, which was protesting the scrapping of Article 370 in Rajya Sabha, had itself amended it twice in the past through similar process.
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Article 370 scrapped: PDP lawmakers disrespect constitution in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Protesting against the removal of Article 370 that confers special status to Jammu and Kashmir, two lawmakers from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tried to tear the constitution in the Parliament.
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NMC Bill protests: Harsh Vardhan meets doctors, appeals to end strike
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): After meeting doctors protesting over National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan affirmed that its provisions will protect the sanctity of medical education and appealed to them to end the strike.
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AIADMK opposes Triple Talaq Bill, stages walkout in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituent AIADMK on Tuesday termed the Triple Talaq Bill "unconstitutional and illegal" and later staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha protesting against it.
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JDU stages walkout in RS protesting Triple Talaq Bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): BJP ally Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday staged a walkout in Rajya Sabha protesting the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 which criminalises instant triple talaq among Muslims and attracts a jail term of three years for the husband.
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Over 500 people protesting for free and fair poll detained in Moscow
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 27 (ANI): More than 500 people, including opposition figures and city council election candidates, were detained by police on Saturday at a protest in the heart of Moscow, demanding free and fair elections.
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Aparna Sen on lynching cases: 'Secular fabric of country being ruined'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 24 (ANI): Filmmaker Aparna Sen, one of the 49 signatories of an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi protesting incidents of lynchings in the name of religion on Wednesday alleged that the "secular fabric of our country is being ruined."
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'Jai Shri Ram' slogan raised in Jharkhand Assembly by BJP leaders
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 24 (ANI): Several BJP MLAs on Wednesday raised the 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan in the Jharkhand Assembly as MLAs of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) were protesting against proposed amendments in the Forest Right Act, 1927.
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When LS Speaker told opposition member, "don't touch my staff"
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday warned an agitating opposition member not to touch any of the parliamentary staff while protesting in the well of the House.
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Bihar police lathicharge: Govt will keep doing something new like Pulwama
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 19 (ANI): Jan Adhikar Party chief and former MP Pappu Yadav on Friday lashed out at the police lathicharge on teachers protesting near the Vidhan Sabha and said police could have utilized water cannons instead.
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