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Protests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over power outage
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Protests have erupted in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province over residents being deprived of electricity for at least 14 hours a day.
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Thoothukudi violence: Aruna Jagadeesan will meet injured
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 4 (ANI): Retired High Court Judge Aruna Jagadeesan, who has been appointed by the Tamil Nadu government to probe the violence and consequent police firing during the anti-sterlite protest in Thoothukudi, said that she will meet the injured in the hos
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SC refuses urgent hearing in Sterlite Row
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 04 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant an urgent hearing into a plea filed by families of those killed in the police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi.
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Venezuela pushes launch of new banknotes
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jun 3 (ANI): Venezuela on Saturday has shifted the date for the introduction of new banknotes to August 4, the country's government said.
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Palestine, Turkey slam US veto of UN resolution on Palestinians
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jun 3 (ANI): Palestine and Turkey on Saturday lambasted the United States decision of vetoing a resolution of the United Nations Security Council calling for the protection of Palestinian citizens.
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Opposition will not boycott assembly session: DMK's Stalin
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai, (Tamil Nadu) [India] June 02 (ANI): In the aftermath of the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working President MK Stalin on Saturday said the Opposition has decided not to boycott the ongoing Assembly session.
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Don't disturb families of missing: Madras HC tells TN police
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 1 (ANI): In context with the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (HC) on Friday asked the Tamil Nadu police not to disturb the families of the missing people against whom complaints have been registered, in the
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Rajinikanth blames anti-social elements for Sterlite protest
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth on Wednesday held anti-social elements responsible for Sterlite protests that claimed 13 lives in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district.
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Rajinikanth gives ex-gratia to Thoothukudi victims' family
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30 (ANI): Superstar Rajinikanth on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of victims, who died during the anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district.
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NHRC issues notice to form team to probe Thoothukudi incident
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Director General of Investigation to constitute a four-member team to look into deaths in police firing during anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi.
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Free Balochistan Movement demands denuclearisation of Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 29 (ANI): Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) held simultaneous protests, rallies, and awareness campaigns in different cities of the world on Monday, against testing of Pakistan's nuclear weapons in Balochistan in 1998.
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Land allotment to Sterlite plant expansion cancelled
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 29 (ANI): The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) on Tuesday cancelled the land allotted to M/s Vedanta Limited for the proposed expansion of phase II of Sterlite copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi.
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