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Protest by Left supporters after Periyar statue vandalised in Tiruchirapp
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 27 (ANI): Left supporters staged a protest here after unidentified people allegedly vandalised a statue of late social activist Periyar EV Ramasamy by pouring saffron paint on it and garlanding it with slippers.
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Social activist Amjad ullah Khan urges Centre for early repatriation of 45
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 15 (ANI): Majlis Bachao Tahreek (MBT) spokesperson Amjad Ullah Khan on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the earlier repatriation of 450 Indians stranded in Sumeshi Jail of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
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COVID-19: Medha Patkar approaches SC for interim release of prisoners char
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Social activist Medha Patkar approached the Supreme Court for interim release of prisoners charged under Special Acts amid COVID-19.
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Himachal Pradesh Governor, Chief Minister condole demise of Swami Agnivesh
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur condoled the demise of social activist Swami Agnivesh.
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'Country lost crusader of liberation of bonded labourers': Manmohan Singh
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday "expressed shock and anguish" over the passing away of social activist and former Haryana MLA Swami Agnivesh and conveyed his condolences to his followers.
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Agnivesh fought for the marginalised sections with great courage and convi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday expressed grief over the passing away of social activist and former Haryana MLA Swami Agnivesh and said that he fought for "the marginalised sections of our society" with "great courage and conviction"
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Shabana Azmi expresses sorrow over Swami Agnivesh's demise
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): As a social activist and former Haryana MLA Swami Agnivesh breathed his last on Friday, veteran actor Shabana Azmi expressed sorrow over his demise.
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Social activist Swami Agnivesh passes away at 80
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Social activist and former Haryana MLA Swami Agnivesh passed away on Friday at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi.
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Situation won't change till the system is changed: Anna Hazare tells Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): On Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta's request to join the party's mass movement against the AAP government, social activist Anna Hazare said on Friday that there will no change till the system is changed so it won't matter even he comes to Delhi.
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Delhi BJP chief urges Anna Hazare to join party's movement against AAP gov
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Adesh Gupta on Monday wrote a letter to social activist Anna Hazare urging him to join his party's "mass movement" against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Women inspired by Gandhi Ji's self-reliance pick up 'sui dhaga' to make kh
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] Aug 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Inspired by the Gandhian values of self-reliance, social activist, environmentalist and classical Kathak dancer Arushi Nishank of Uttarakhand supported and trained thousands of rural women in Uttarakhand to take up sui dhaga (needle and th
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TDP chief 'surprised' at DGP asking for phone-tapping proof
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday expressed surprise over how the state Director General of Police could ask for proof on the allegations of phone tapping to monitor movements of Opposition leaders, advocates, jour
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