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Irom Sharmila released on bail, next hearing on Aug. 23
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug. 9 (ANI): Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who had been on a hunger strike for the past 16 years protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), was released on bail today by an Imphal court.
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Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-long fast today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 9 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 16 years against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), will break her fast today.
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No correlation between dressing and crime against women: Activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 5 (ANI): Asserting that the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology was running away from its responsibility of preventing crime against women, Women Rights Activist Annie Raja on Friday lashed out at the Bhopal institute for its order imposing dress code on girl studen
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Akhilesh should accept 'moral responsibility' of failing to prov
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): Branding the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government's regime as 'Maha-jungle raj' after the brutal gang-rape of a woman and her daughter in Bulandshahr district, women's rights activist and eminent lawyer Abha Singh demanded that Chief Minist
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Women activists react angrily to rape, murder cases in Ahmednagar, Rohtak
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata/Mumbai/New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Women's rights activist and lawyer Abha Singh on Monday said it was shocking to hear how a 14-year-old was gang raped and physically mutilated in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, saying that it reminded her of the brutal December 2012 Nirb
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Entry of women to Lucknow's Eidgah should be extended beyond Eid: Wom
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Women's rights activist Shamina Shafiq on Thursday welcomed the Aishbagh Eidgah in Lucknow's decision to open doors for women to offer namaz on the occasion of Eid.
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