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Childhood violence impacts mental health of youths
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 9 (ANI): Exposure to childhood violence is linked to psychiatric disorders, according to a research.
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Farhan Akhtar dedicates song to end violence against women, girls
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 8 (ANI): On the occasion of International Women's Day, Farhan Akhtar dedicated a song 'Chulein Aasman' for the digital campaign 'Bas Ab Bahut Ho Gaya,' which aims at ending violence against women and girls.
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Ex-Sri Lankan cricketers condemn Kandy riots
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena on Tuesday took to Twitter to condemn the recent acts of violence against the minority Muslim community in Kandy district that claimed two lives.
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Kandy riots: Sri Lanka govt blocks social media
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Wednesday blocked popular social media networks, such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Viber and Instagram to name a few, for three days in order to prevent the spread of communal violence across the country.
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Pak's anti-insurgency operations 'partly successful' in reducing violence
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 7 (ANI): Pakistan's counter-insurgency operations have been partly successful in reducing violence, according to a report published by the United States Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).
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Lanka President promulgates emergency for a week
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a limited period of one week in the country by bringing into force Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance, Sri Lankan president's media division said.
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Sri Lankan govt condemns Kandy riots
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday strongly and unequivocally condemned the recent sporadic incidents of violence that had sparked off in Ampara and Digana near Kandy in Eastern Province in the country.
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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan disturbed by extremism and violence in society
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.6 (ANI): India's distinguished classical music icon and sarod legend Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has voiced his concern at the increasing extremism and violence in the society today, while urging people to rise above political and religious differences.
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Kandy riots: Buddhist community stages protest
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kandy [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): Members of the Buddhist community held protests outside a police station in Sri Lanka's Kandy demanding the release of its people who were arrested in the riots.
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BJP doesn't practice culture of violence, says Nalin Kohli
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Shillong, (Meghalaya) [India] Mar. 06 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that it "does not ever practice culture of violence", after reports emerged where 11 party workers died in post-poll violence in Tripura.
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Emergency imposed in Sri Lanka, curfew in Kandy
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday has decided to impose a state of emergency for 10 days to control law and order in the country, following the violence against the minority community in Kandy district over the last two days.
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Section 144 imposed in Tripura
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Tripura is witnessing post-poll incidents of violence following the ouster of the Manik Sarkar government in the state.
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