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SC quashes FIR against Shillong Times journalist Patricia Mukhim
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): In a relief to the Editor of Shillong Times, Patricia Mukhim, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the FIR lodged against her for a Facebook post condemning violence against non-tribal people in the state.
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Chicago City Council rejects misleading resolution critical of Indian govt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chicago [US], March 25 (ANI): The Chicago City Council on Wednesday rejected a resolution which sought to condemn "violence against certain castes and religious minorities" in India, following intense pushback from the Indian diaspora in the United States over concerns that it could lead
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Mizo Students' Association holds candlelight protest in Delhi to express s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The Mizo Students' Association on Tuesday held a candlelight protest to show solidarity with the people killed in the grim violence in Myanmar following the February 1 coup.
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Boulder shooting suspect charged with 10 counts of murder in first degree
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colorado [US], March 23 (ANI): The authorities have charged the suspect in the mass shooting that killed ten people in Boulder, Colorado, with ten counts of murder in the first degree, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said on Tuesday.
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FBI, US Attorney condemn acts of violence against Asian Americans
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 23 (ANI): A week after a shooting incident at three Asian spas in Atlanta, senior Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials and a federal US attorney on Monday condemned acts of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country.
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Violence in Myanmar reaches unbearable limits, not justified: German Forei
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 22 (ANI): Heiko Maas, the German foreign minister said on Monday that the violence against people who were protesting the Military Coup in Myanmar has crossed unbearable limits and is not justified.
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Bhima Koregaon case: SC to hear Gautam Navlaka's plea for bail on March 23
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday posted for hearing on March 23 a plea filed by Gautam Navlakha, an accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case, challenging the Bombay High Court order rejecting his plea for default bail.
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Myanmar's envoy to UN calls for 'coordinated, tougher' sanctions against m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 22 (ANI): Myanmar's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Kyaw Moe Tun has called on the international community to toughen its sanctions against the country's military, following increasing violence in the aftermath of February 1 coup.
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Since secession from Pak, Bangladesh firmly on the path of development
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 22 (ANI): As Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of its independence, the nation, born in violence after the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, is rapidly moving ahead on the path of development from its initial extreme poverty.
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Biden disappointed over Turkey's withdrawal from convention on domestic vi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 22 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed disappointment over Turkey's withdrawal from the European Union-backed accord designed to reduce gender-based violence.
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Many women have been victims of domestic violence during lockdown: Asadudd
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 21 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said that many women have been victims of domestic violence during the lockdown.
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UN Women voices concern over Turkey's withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations (UN) on Saturday voiced concern over Turkey's withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, otherwise known as the Istanbul Convention.
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