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Tripura: Big blow for BJP ahead of ADC polls as its ally IPFT announces al
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 20 (ANI): The BJP received a major jolt in Tripura on Friday evening as its ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) announced an alliance with newly-minted The Indigenous People's Regional Alliance (TIPRA) for Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous Dist
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Three routes in tribal areas of Chhattisgarh included in Bharatmala Projec
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 5 (ANI): Three routes in the tribal-dominated areas of Chhattisgarh has now been included in the 'Bharatmala Yojana', informed the Chhattisgarh's Chief Minister Office on Friday.
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Pak military veteran alleges NSA Doval using insurgents to force Islamabad
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Faced with rising resentment from political parties in his country, a Pakistani military veteran has alleged that India's National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval is using elements in the insurgent groups in Pashtun tribal areas and Balochistan to f
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BJP, IPFT working together, minor issues on seat sharing will be handled c
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 11 (ANI): BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday said that BJP and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) were working together for the welfare of people of the state and issues concerning seat-sharing between the two ruling allies for the forthcom
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UN experts appalled by enforced disappearance of Pak activist Idris Khatta
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): UN human rights experts have condemned the enforced disappearance of Idris Khattak, a Pakistani human rights defender, calling it an "intolerable attack" on his legitimate work against a range of human rights and minority violations in the Khyber Pakhtunkh
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Daughter of missing Pashtun activist lambasts Pakistan for silencing dissi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Talia Khattak, daughter of a prominent human rights defender Idris Khattak, has lambasted Pakistan for silencing dissidents.
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Pashtun activist accuses Pakistan of unleashing brutality at behest of ant
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 12 (ANI): A Pashtun activist has accused the Pakistan Army of human rights violations in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
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PTM leader Arif Wazir was 18th member of family to be killed in targeted a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): With Pakistan continuing its crackdown against Pashtuns, the holy month of Ramzan, has not begun on a good note for the family of Arif Wazir, a PTM leader who died in a hospital here after sustaining bullet injuries.
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Ex-Maoist turned MLA distributes food, essentials to tribals in Telangana'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mulugu (Telangana) [India], May 1 (ANI): Seethakka, a former Maoist turned MLA from Mulugu, has been helping the poor and distributing food grains, vegetables, and other essential commodities among the people living in the tribal areas of her constituency during the lockdown.
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Bhudevi from Andhra Pradesh to get 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' for helping wome
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): Padala Bhudevi from Andhra Pradesh will receive the 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' from the President Ram Nath Kovind on the International Women's Day, for helping women in tribal areas develop entrepreneurship.
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Pashtun activists protest outside UN office in Geneva against genocide by
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 3 (ANI): Pashtun activists held a massive demonstration against Pakistan Army's genocide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA (tribal areas) at the Broken Chair during the ongoing session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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US issues advisory, asks its citizens to reconsider visiting Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [USA], Feb 04 (ANI): The United States has advised its citizens to reconsider their travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and issued the highest level of travel alerts for the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) along with the Line of Control (LoC) where terrorist
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