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Pashtun leaders arrest triggers protests in Washington
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Dozens of activists rallied in front of the residence of the Ambassador to Pakistan in Washington, DC on Saturday afternoon against the arrest of lawmakers and leaders of a civil rights movement, campaigning for Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun minority.
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Chilla, Gazipur, Tikri, Dhansa borders closed: Delhi Traffic Police
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): The Chilla and Gazipur Borders (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) are closed for traffic coming from Noida and Ghaziabad to Delhi because, in the wake of ongoing farmer protests, the Delhi Traffic Police informed on Sunday, asking people to take alternate routes vi
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Hong Kong police invokes security law to block website publishing details
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], January 10 (ANI): In another instance of curbing dissent in Hong Kong, police here have invoked the draconian national security law to block a local website dedicated to publishing first-hand accounts of the anti-government protests in 2019 and personal details of official
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Farm laws: Cong to stage protest outside governor houses across country on
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): The Congress party on Saturday announced that it will stage protests outside governor houses across the country on January 15 to extend its support to the ongoing farmers' agitation.
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Quetta: Pakistani Shia community ends blockades, hundreds attend burial of
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Ending a week of protests, hundreds of Shia Pakistanis gathered on Saturday here to bury 11 coal miners from the Hazara community, who were killed in the Islamic State attack.
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No question of deputing police officers to negotiate with protesting farme
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 8 (ANI): Rejecting the allegations by the opposition parties, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said there was no question of deputing police officers to negotiate with farmers protesting at the Delhi border.
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Activists protest in Dhaka against persecution of minorities by authoritie
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8 (ANI): In the wake of Pakistani authorities attacking religious minorities in the country, activists staged a protest in the Bangladeshi capital on Friday.
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Tomar, Goyal meeting with farmer leaders underway at Vigyan Bhawan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal are holding talks with 41 representatives of protesting farmer unions at Vigyan Bhawan at present to resolve the deadlock over the recently enacted central farm laws.
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Each side has to take steps to resolve issues: Narendra Singh Tomar on far
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Each side has to take steps to reach a solution, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday, ahead of the ninth round of dialogue between the Union government and representatives of farmer unions.
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Rahul Gandhi appeals to people to join 'Kisaan ke Liye Bole Bharat' campai
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday appealed to people to join the social media campaign 'Kisaan Ke Liye Bole Bharat' supporting the farmer protests. The campaign started at 10 am.
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Calls for removal of Trump using 25th Amendment intensify after chaotic ep
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): After a chaotic situation unfolded at the US Capitol following a pro-Trump mob swarming the House and Senate chambers on Wednesday, calls for the removal of President Donald Trump using the 25th Amendment have intensified in the country.
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Flights cancelled, roads blocked as protests in support of Hazaras intensi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 8 (ANI): As protests in solidarity with the Hazara community in Karachi continue to intensify following the Machh massacre, several flights have been delayed or cancelled and many roads have been blocked in the city.
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