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BJP offered me Rs. 36 cr to contest Manipur polls, claims Irom Sharmila
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Feb. 13 (ANI): In what may bring embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Manipur Assembly polls, social activist Irom Sharmila has revealed that she was offered Rs. 36 crore to contest the elections on the saffron party's ticket.
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Kailash Satyrathi's house burgled, nobel certificate stolen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): Nobel Laureate and social activist Kailash Satyarthi's office on Tuesday clarified that the nobel certificate has been stolen and not the award as the former had dedicated it to the nation.
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Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize stolen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): The Nobel Prize of nobel laureate and social activist Kailash Satyarthi was found stolen on Tuesday morning.
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Women activist calls for action against SRK for creating 'nuisance�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): Expressing her wrath over the 'promotional stunt' by Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan where a person ended up losing his life, social activist Abha Singh on Tuesday called for stern action against the actor and his PR team saying it is an o
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Murthal rape: Women activists welcome court order, demand action against p
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 20 (ANI): Welcoming the Punjab and Haryana High Courts' orders to track the accused involved in the mass kidnapping and rape case during the Jat agitation for reservation last year, social activist Abha Singh on Friday said it is important to take acti
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Gulbarg embezzlement case: SC to hear plea against Teesta Setalvad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the case against social activist, Teesta Setalvad in connection with alleged embezzlement of funds from her NGO for rehabilitation of Gulbarg Society riots-affected people.
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Kashmiri Muslims responsible for ouster of Pandits, says Ashoke Pandit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 19 (ANI): Remembering the disastrous night of January 19, 1990, Indian filmmaker and social activist Ashoke Pandit held the Kashmiri Muslims responsible for the ouster of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.
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Pak Govt. should urgently investigate abductions of four activists: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 10 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the Pakistan government should urgently investigate the apparent abductions of four social activists who campaign for human rights and religious freedom.
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Sugar factories scam: Bombay HC rejects Anna Hazare's plea for CBI pr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai(Maharashtra)[India], Jan. 6(ANI): The Bombay High Court on Friday asked social activist Anna Hazare to first file a police complaint, adding that it could not order a CBI inquiry "at this stage" into the alleged sugar cooperative factories scam involving Rs 25,000 crore in w
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Masrat Alam's release is failure of prosecution: Ashok Pandit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): Describing Jammu and Kashmir High Court's decision to grant bail to Masrat Alam as failure of the prosecution, veteran filmmaker and social activist Ashok Pandit on Wednesday urged the state government to hire best lawyer to send the separatist leader b
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MP varsity VC's 'decent clothes' advise to women nonsensica
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru(Karnataka)[India], Dec.19 (ANI): Reacting to the advice given by the vice chancellor of Madhya Pradesh's Bhoj Open University (MPBOU) to women students in NIFT to wear "decent" clothes, social activist Brinda Adige termed the suggestion as absolutely 'nonsense&
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Burhan Wani ex-gratia: Ashoke Pandit slams J-K Govt, seeks PM Modi's
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec.14 (ANI): Upping the ante on the Mehbooba Mufti government for announcing an ex-gratia payment to Burhan Wani's brother Khalid Wani, social activist Ashoke Pandit on Wednesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention into the matter.
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