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Youngsters create WhatsApp group to campaign against 'virginity tests'
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Some youngsters in Pune have formed a WhatsApp group called 'Stop the V Ritual' to spread awareness against the ill-practice of determining the virginity of a bride on the wedding night.
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Sanitary pads should be free: 'PadMan' Akshay Kumar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 15 (ANI): Akshay Kumar, who is all set to come up with his next film 'Padman' in the Republic day weekend, feels that sanitary pads should not be tax free, rather free for women.
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Govt has no right to interfere: Tehseen Poonawalla
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla, who is a petitioner in Justice BH Loya's death case, has said that everyone has a right to question, adding that the government shouldn't interfere.
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Bhima Koregaon violence: 3 more arrested
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Pune Rural police on Wednesday arrested three more people in connection with death of a man during Bhima Koregaon violence.
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Dalai Lama condemns Bhima-Koregaon violence
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): The Dalai Lama on Wednesday condemned Pune's Bhima-Koregaon violence saying that people should not mobilise against any religion.
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Maha violence: 43 people arrested till now
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], (ANI): The police have arrested 43 people, including three minors, so far in connection with caste violence that erupted in Pune's Koregaon-Bhima village and engulfed Maharashtra state.
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Cycling Kashmir to Kanyakumari, all for this cause
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Two girls from Pune recently travelled from Kashmir to Kanyakumari on their bicycles to raise awareness of pollution and spread the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Centre's 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' (BBBP) scheme.
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Anderson to meet Simon in Maharashtra Open finals
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6: South African tennis ace Kevin Anderson will face off against Frenchman Gilles Simon in title clash of the Maharashtra Open, here on Saturday.
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Bhima-Koregaon Gram Panchayat denies existence of casteism in region
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): Days after Maharashtra witnessed massive protests and outrage following the death of a youth in Bhima-Koregaon violence, a member of the Bhima-Koregaon Gram Panchayat, said that there is no conflict on the basis of caste in the village and people liv
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Maharashtra Open: Top-seed Marin Cilic advances to semis
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Croatian Tennis player Marin Cilic advanced to the semi-finals of the Maharashtra Open with a straight set victory over eighth-seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the quarter-finals at the Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium on Thursday, here.
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FIR against Jignesh Mevani, Umar Khalid, events cancelled
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 4 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against Gujarat Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and JNU student leader Umar Khalid under section 153(A), 505 and 117 at Pune's Vishrambaug Police Station.
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There was no Jignesh in Vemula: Sibal defends Mevani
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday defended Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch convenor Jignesh Mevani, who has been accused of making "provocative" speech at an event in Pune, Maharashtra on December 31.
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