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UP: Prohibitory orders to prevail in Sambhal till Jan 31
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming festivals, the Sambhal administration in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday announced that prohibitory orders will prevail in the region to maintain law and order till January 31.
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Anti-CAA protests politically motivated, says Satyapal Singh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): BJP lawmaker Satyapal Singh on Wednesday said that the ongoing anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests across the country by different political parties and outfits are "politically motivated" and asserted that the law was not for any Indi
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PFI's role in violence coming forward, Home Ministry to decide on action:
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that the role of Popular Front of India (PFI) is coming forward in violence and the Home Ministry will decide on an action against the organisation based on evidence.
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Chandrababu Naidu expresses solidarity with agitating farmers in Amaravati
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday visited Yerrabalem village in the Amaravati region and expressed solidarity with the farmers who have been protesting since Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy mooted the idea of
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Tamil Nadu: BJP's KT Raghavan demands Nellai Kannan's arrest for his speec
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 01 (ANI): BJP State Secretary KT Raghavan on Wednesday condemned Tamil writer Nellai Kannan's speech delivered during a protest meeting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and said that the State government should take action and arrest him immedia
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Chandrababu Naidu to visit agitating farmers in Amaravati
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu is slated to visit three villages in the Amaravati region on Tuesday to talk to the farmers who have been protesting since Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy mooted the idea of three state c
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Ravi Shankar Prasad tears into Opposition for supporting anti-CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed the opposition for supporting the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests and assured people that the new citizenship law will not take away the citizenship of any Indian.
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No objection to peaceful protests on AMU campus, says varsity PRO
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Prof Tariq Mansoor has written a letter to the students expressing his sadness over the incident of December 15, said University PRO Omar Saleem Peerzada on Tuesday, adding that there are no obj
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Amid protests, Hong Kong welcomes New Year 2020
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Dec 31 (ANI): Hundreds of pro-democracy protestors formed giant human chains and marched through shopping malls on New Year's Eve, urging people not to give up the fight for democracy in 2020, according to media reports.
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Won't stop students from protesting, but violence won't be tolerated: Punj
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Amid raging protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that his government will not stop students from demonstrating, but asserted that
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Punjab: AAP protests against power tariff hike
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday held a protest march here against the state government's decision to hike the power tariff in the state from January 1, 2020.
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Hundreds of protestors storm US Embassy in Baghdad following airstrikes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 31 (ANI): Hundreds of protestors stormed the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in a demonstration against the American airstrikes that had killed two dozen members of an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq and Syria over the weekend.
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