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Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar detained, stopped from entering Mandsaur
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 11 (ANI): Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, social activists Medha Patkar, Swami Agnivesh and JNUSU president Mohit Kumar Pandey were detained by the police on Sunday when they were trying to enter restive Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh to meet the
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Social activists demand Kiran Bedi's resignation over 'Beti Bach
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Aligarh/Kanpur [India], May 17, (ANI): Slamming Kiran Bedi's 'Beti Bachao Apni Apni' remark, social activists demanded Puducherry Lieutenant Governor's resignation while saying that politics has changed her.
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Govt urged to protect 'not only Kashmiris' but all Indians
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 21 (ANI): Political leaders and social activists from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday welcomed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's call to all states to protect the Kashmiri students, but emphasized that every Indian should be protected anywhere in India.
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Physical education book row: Social activists hold writer responsible
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal)/New Delhi [India], Apr.14 (ANI): The social activists on Friday demanded that the writer of a Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) book should be held guilty for telling the students the 'ideal figure' of women.
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Nashik rape case: Social activists demand action against accused police co
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April. 5 (ANI): Condemning the rape of a 15-year-old girl by a police constable in Maharashtra's Nashik, social activists on Tuesday demanded for the immediate suspension of the accused while stating that such people can commit crime again, if left free.
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Pak Govt. should urgently investigate abductions of four activists: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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Experts deliberate on the connect between global warming, life patterns of
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.13 (ANI): At a panel discussion held recently at the Indian Social Institute (ISI) here, prominent social activists and media persons deliberated on the connect between global warming and the life patterns of rural communities.
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After "historic victory", Trupti Desai to enter Haji Ali Dargah
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 3 (ANI): After a group of around 100 women and social activists entered the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah earlier on November 29, Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai and others are set to visit the holy place today.
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Seems in Nitish-ruled Bihar 'Beti Bachao' not applicable, say ac
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai, New Delhi [India], Oct. 27 (ANI): Social activists on Thursday maintained that in Bihar it seems the campaign of "Beti Bachao" (Safety of Girls) has no takers.
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Social activists condemn Nashik rape incident, demand fast track court be
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
(Mumbai/Bengaluru) [India], Oct. 10 (ANI): The incident of a 16-year-old boy allegedly raping a minor girl in Nashik drew widespread condemnation from social activists on Monday, and majority of them demanded that the accused be tried under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
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Nearly 40 delegations meet Rajnath, demand UT status for Ladakh
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct. 3 (ANI): Nearly 40 delegations, including representatives of political parties, religious, social, cultural organisations trade and tourism and social activists, called upon Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here on Monday and unanimously demanded that L
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