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Restriction on dissent growing in India: Salman Khurshid
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A day after Maharashtra Police arrested five activists in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence, Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that 'an atmosphere imposing restrictions on dissent' is enveloping the country.
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Bhima Koregaon: SC to hear activists arrest matter today
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Eminent personalities like Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande and Maya Darnall, along with others, moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and former PUDR secretary Gautam Navlakha over an alleged connec
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Keep national security above politics: Rijiju slams Rahul over activists'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi raised concerns over the arrests of five activists over the Bhima Koregaon violence; Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on Wednesday asked the grand old party's chief to keep national security i
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Bhima Koregaon violence: Activists arrested 'under government's pressure'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): The arrests of five activists from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence by the Pune Police was done "under government's pressure," said advocate Susan Abraham, who is wife of Varnan Gonsalves - one of the activ
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Blatant attack on democratic rights: Yechury on activists' arrest
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and called the arrests of five people from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence a
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5 arrested in Bhima Koregaon violence raids
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Raids were conducted across the country in connection to the Bhima Koregaon violence. The raids were carried out in Mumbai, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Faridabad, Delhi and Thane.
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DSGMC chief assault: US envoy assures probe by law enforcement authorities
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): US Ambassador to India Ken Juster on Monday assured Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal that the incidents of violence in the United States will be fully investigated by local law enforcement authorities.
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BJP demands Rahul's apology over 'cultural issue' remark
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to apologise for calling violence against women in India a "cultural issue."
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India's role should be to balance US, China: Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Hamburg [Germany], Aug 23 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi opined that much like Europe, India's role should be to balance the United States and China.
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Mehbooba for dialogue to end political violence
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Condemning the killing of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in the valley, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday urged to initiate a dialogue and political process of reconciliation to end violence in th
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J-K: Stone-pelters mar Eid festivities in Srinagar
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 22 (ANI): The celebrations of Eid-Al-Adha was marred by violence in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city when stone-pelters came out on the streets and waved flags of Pakistan and dreaded terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Jharkhand: Body of woman, 3 children found
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Giridih (Jharkhand) [Indi], Aug 20 (ANI): The body of a woman and her three children were found in Giridih district on August 18.
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