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Bhopal gas tragedy victims take out torch rally

December 2nd, 2008 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Dec 2 (IANS) Hundreds of survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Tuesday marched with torches and held a candlelight vigil outside the now defunct Union Carbide factory here on the eve ...

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London candlelight vigil for Mumbai

December 2nd, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Dec 2 (IANS) Hundreds of sympathisers are expected to gather in central London for a candlelight vigil Wednesday in solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, organisers said."At ...

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Candlelight vigil in Kolkata against Mumbai attacks

December 2nd, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Dec 2 (ANI): Intellectuals and celebrities led a candlelight vigil here last evening against the Mumbai attacks. Filmmakers Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen, writer Sunil Gangopadhyay and singer Usha Uthup participated ...

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Candlelight vigil for Mumbai terror attack victims

November 29th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Indians all over the country Saturday held candlelight vigil to express solidarity with the victims of Mumbai terror attack, defying the threat and the mayhem unleashed by ...

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Kin of Indian seafarers hijacked by Somalian pirates hold candlelight vigil in Delhi

October 5th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 5 (ANI): Relatives of Indian seafarers on board a Japanese ship hijacked by armed Somalian pirates held a candlelight vigil here on Saturday. They accused the central government of ...

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Violence-hit Orissa returning to normalcy, says Naveen Patnaik

August 30th, 2008 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Bhubaneshwar/Bangalore, Aug 30 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has claimed that the situation is improving in Orissa''s Kandhamal District, which was gripped by religious violence following the killing of VHP ...

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Indian, Pakistani activists in candlelight vigil at border

August 15th, 2008 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Attari border (Punjab), Aug 15 (IANS) Peace activists from India and Pakistan Thursday night kept a candlelight vigil at the Attari-Wagah land border. It was for the first time that activists from ...

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Exiled Tibetans observe Olympics with silence and candles

August 9th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Dharamshala/Shimla/Varanasi, Aug 9 (ANI): As China opened the Olympics with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony on Friday, hundreds of exiled Tibetans held a candlelight vigil in Dharamsala to ...

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Tibetans plan protest, security stepped up at Chinese mission(Lead)

August 6th, 2008 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Tibetans living in exile in India are expected to turn out in large numbers for a protest march in Delhi against the Beijing Olympics a day ahead ...

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Tibetans to march against Beijing Olympics in Delhi

August 6th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Tibetans living in exile in India are expected to turn out in large numbers for a protest march against the Beijing Olympics in Delhi Thursday, a day ...

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Tibetan exiles take out candlelight vigil against Beijing Olympics

July 30th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI -
Dharamsala, July 30 (ANI): Continuing with their protests against the Beijing Olympics, Tibetans living-in-exile here took out a candlelight vigil on Tuesday evening. The Tibetans are trying to reinvigorate their freedom ...

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Sunday’s gay parade in India marks 1969 Stonewall riots in New York

June 29th, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS -
By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) On the morning of June 28, 1969, armed squads of the New York Police Department (NYPD) raided the Stonewall Inn, an obscure pub in Greenwich ...

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India readies for largest gay parade Sunday

June 27th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) In a country where homosexuality is illegal, activists and supporters of gay rights will take to the streets in three Indian cities of Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata ...

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Straights to also join capital’s first gay parade Sunday (Lead)

June 23rd, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Celebrating their pride in their sexuality, gays in the national capital will, for the first time, march through the heart of the city Sunday to proclaim they ...

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‘Queer Pride’ parade on Delhi streets Sunday

June 23rd, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi , June 23 (IANS)) The national capital, for the first time, will witness a parade of "Queer Pride" people June 29, who would be marching to celebrate their pride in ...

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Chinese TV covers Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil for first time

June 9th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Hong Kong, June 9 (DPA) A candlelight vigil held yearly in Hong Kong to mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square was covered for the ...

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Candlelight vigil held for Malaysian Hindraf detainees

June 8th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, June 8 (IANS) Family members and friends of those detained under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA), which includes five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) activists, staged a peaceful candlelight vigil ...

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1,000 march in Hong Kong to mark Tiananmen Square anniversary

June 1st, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Hong Kong, June 1 (DPA) An estimated 1,000 people marched through Hong Kong Sunday to mark the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. The annual march, held on the ...

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Chinese children reach out to quake victims

June 1st, 2008 - 9:27 am ICT by admin -
Xinhua Beijing, June 1 (Xinhua) Beijing preschooler Song Qinhao spent more than one hour selling her toys at a market. "Would you take this teddy bear for two yuan (28 US cents)?" the ...

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Jaipur answers terrorists with candlelight vigil

May 16th, 2008 - 12:02 am ICT by admin -
Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) People from across all communities in Jaipur Thursday evening gathered near the Manas Chowk police station, where one of the eight bombs went off two days ago, and ...

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Young MPs join hands against malnutrition

Young MPs join hands against malnutrition

May 4th, 2008 - 10:09 am ICT by admin -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) They are young, educated and mean business. Several Indian MPs, cutting across party lines, have joined hands in rare political unanimity to raise awareness ...

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Exiled Tibetans continue their peaceful demonstration

March 25th, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by admin -
Dharamsala, Mar 25 (ANI): Over five hundred monks offered prayers and held protests here to express their solidarity with fellow Tibetans facing Chinese oppression inside Tibet. Monks from the Gyuto Monastery assembled ...

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Exiled Tibetans continue demonstration in Dharamsala

March 24th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin -
Dharamsala/Varanasi, Mar 24 (ANI): Exiled Tibetans coloured their faces in Dharamsala in a bid to catch the attention of the international community about their plight vis-a-vis China. "In the last 13 days, ...

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Anand Jons sister to hold candlelight vigil in New York

March 20th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by admin -
New York, Mar 20 (ANI): Jailed Indian designer Anand Jons sister Sanjana is making sure that hes not going to be forgotten by organising a candlelight vigil outside the N.Y. Criminal ...

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Exiled Tibetans hold candlelight vigil in Goa

March 19th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by admin -
Panjim (Goa), Mar 19 (ANI): Exiled Tibetans held a candlelight vigil in Panjim to support the cause of free Tibet. Around 400 Tibetans gathered to express sadness at the alleged killings of ...

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Candlelight vigil for peace in Nandigram

November 14th, 2007 - 10:16 am ICT by admin -

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Exiled Tibetans hold candlelight vigil against Chinese military oppression in Tibet

November 14th, 2007 - 2:55 am ICT by admin -

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