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Plea in SC seeking payment of wages to MGNREGA workers amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Social activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey have approached the Supreme Court, seeking directions for the payment of wages to MNREGA workers during the lockdown, issuance of temporary job cards to migrants, who returned to their native villages, and for an inc
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SC rejects anticipatory bail plea of Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde in B
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea seeking an extension of anticipatory bail granted to social activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde, two accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case.
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SC grants interim protection from arrest to 2 accused in Bhima Koregaon vi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to social activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde, accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, till March 16.
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We aren't not withdrawing serious cases in Bhima-Koregaon violence case: M
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Jayant Patil on Wednesday said the state government has not withdrawn serious cases against social activists allegedly involved Bhima-Koregaon violence.
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Goa: Political parties, NGOs protest over Kalasa-Banduri water diversion p
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Porvorim (Goa) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Congress party along with Goa Forward Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Shiv Sena, various NGOs and social activists on Friday staged a protest on the National Highway in Porvorim against the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ord
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Coimbatore: Social activists protest against illegal hoardings, banners
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Social activists on Monday staged a protest against the non-removal of illegal hoarding and banners across the state and within collectorate campus.
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Activists extend helping hand to kin of Jharkhand lynching victim
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kharsawanand (Jharkhand) [India], June 27 (ANI): Social activists have come forward to provide assistance to the kin of Tabrez Ansari, who died Sunday after allegedly being lynched by a mob on suspicion of theft in Saraikela Kharsawanand area of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
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Bastar: 14-day march demanding revival of Indravati river ends
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 22 (ANI): A 14-day long foot-march by social activists and residents of Bastar demanding revival of river Indravati ended here on Tuesday. The protestors have been demanding the release of water from Katiguda dam in Odisha to the Indravati river as per the
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NGO 'Jagrut' manufactures and supplies free sanitary pads for rural India
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'Jagrut' an NGO run by Narendra Hirani, very known social activists in the western part of Mumbai has currently taken up a major issue to provide free sanitary pads to females in the village.
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Animal lovers in Coimbatore protest against translocation of wild Jumbo
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Animal lovers and social activists protested on Monday in front of the Coimbatore Collectorate office demanding the forest department bring back a wild jumbo which was captured a few days back from Thadagam region of Tamil Nadu.
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Yechury slams govt in farmers' rally
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 5 (ANI): Scores of social activists, farmers and workers flocked the capital on Wednesday to take out a protest march against the Narendra Modi-led government with a slew of demands ranging from loan waiver, a minimum wage of Rs 18,000 a month and remunerative prices f
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Select CITYWALK promotes 'SheDecides India' global movement
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI-NewsVoir): The very first national movement of SheDecides, SheDecides India, a global movement, was officially launched at Select CITYWALK in the presence of Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Dr. Jaideep Malhotra, President, FOGSCI, Kamla Bha
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