Ayatollah Khamenei blames US, Israel for anti-Islam movie
September 14th, 2012 - 8:37 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 14 (IANS) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the US and Israel for the production of an anti-Islam movie that insults Prophet Mohammad, Xinhua reported.In ... Read more...
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‘Emerging Kerala’ runs into protesting Kerala
September 12th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 12 (IANS) "Emerging Kerala", the three-day event meant to showcase the state to potential investors, ran into a wall of protest on the very day of its ... Read more...
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Protest will continue, say NDA MPs
September 7th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Sending out the message that their protest would continue on the streets, MPs from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) staged a protest in parliament complex ... Read more...
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Kolkata students rally on World Humanitarian Day eve
August 18th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Amidst a chorus of Michael Jackson's "We are the World", around 2,000 students took to the streets here on the eve of World Humanitarian Day ... Read more...
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Women’s group protests in Kashmir over Assam, Myanmar
August 17th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) Activists of women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday staged a protest against alleged massacre of Muslims in Myanmar.Asiya Andrabi, who ... Read more...
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki bomb victims remembered
August 6th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Over 3,500 college students from all over Mumbai took a pledge here Monday to work for peace and a nuclear-free world to commemorate the 67th anniversary ... Read more...
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Protest outside PM’s house due to people’s anger: Hazare
July 29th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Anna Hazare Sunday said the protest by his supporters outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence was a reaction by the people who were ... Read more...
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Anna supporters protest outside PM’s house, detained (Roundup)
July 28th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Team Anna's anti-graft protest Saturday reached near Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's heavily guarded residence here after more people joined the ongoing agitation at Jantar ... Read more...
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Team Anna supporters protest outside PM house, detained (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Around 50 Team Anna supporters, including six women, took security personnel by surprise as they suddenly turned up to protest outside Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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Day one at DU: New students get a feel of campus
July 23rd, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Hordes of animated first-year students thronged the Delhi University colleges on the new academic session's first day Monday that was dominated by interactions with seniors, ... Read more...
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Pay cut spurs more protests by Spanish public employees
July 17th, 2012 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 17 (IANS/EFE) Protests by public employees against the Spanish government's decision to cut their pay as part of a new austerity package continued here Monday.Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's ... Read more...
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Hundreds out in Guwahati demanding punishment for molesters
July 15th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) Hundreds of people, mostly women, on Sunday took out a protest rally through the streets of Guwahati demanding exemplary punishment to the culprits of the July ... Read more...
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Pro-dam Uttarakhand minister breaks fast in Delhi
July 10th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Uttarakhand's Drinking Water and Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani observed a day-long fast in the national capital Tuesday demanding resumption of work on the ... Read more...
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Protest in Gurgaon against Kashmir interlocutors’ report
July 9th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 9 (IANS) Members of several social and religious organisations staged a joint demonstration under the banner of the "Jammu-Kashmir Sangharsh Samiti" here Monday to protest against the report ... Read more...
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Fighting corruption - a poor farmer’s way
June 14th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 14 (IANS) Asked to pay a Rs.1,000 bribe, a landless Bihar farmer begged to differ. And he vented his ire by collecting alms and sending the amount to ... Read more...
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CPI-M, BJP protest petrol price hike in Srinagar (Lead)
May 31st, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 31 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday held separate protests in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital against the ... Read more...
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Workers in Delhi demand better pay on May Day
May 1st, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Demanding better remuneration and abolition of anti-worker policies of the government, the All India Federation for Trade Unions (AIFTU) Tuesday protested in the capital ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned over Telangana
April 30th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon Monday over the vexed issue of carving out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh.As soon as ... Read more...
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Rally in Bangalore for quick probe into Manipuri student’s death
April 29th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 29 (IANS) A large number of students, mainly from northeastern states, Sunday staged a rally here demanding a speedy probe into the April 18 death in Bangalore ... Read more...
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Suspended MPs block parliament entrance
April 26th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The eight Congress MPs suspended from the Lok Sabha by their party for disrupting the House over the Telangana issue blocked the main entrance ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus protest kidnapping of young girls
April 9th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Some political parties and Hindu groups in Pakistan are furious over the kidnapping and alleged conversion of Hindu girls in Sindh province.The Human Rights Club, Young ... Read more...
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Muslims take to streets to demand journalist’s release
March 24th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) Burying differences persisting for generations, hundreds of Muslims - both Shias and Sunnis - Friday took to the streets here to protest the arrest of journalist ... Read more...
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Bangladesh journalists agitate over couple’s killing
March 1st, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 1 (IANS) Journalists from all over Bangladesh Thursday gathered in the capital for a six-hour hunger strike to demand the arrest of the killers of a journalist couple ... Read more...
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30 held in Maldives after protest against president’s speech
March 1st, 2012 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 1 (IANS) Over 30 people were arrested in the Maldives Thursday after former president Mohamed Nasheed's supporters launched a protest to prevent President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik from ... Read more...
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Deadlock continues in Andhra assembly (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) In a spillover from the previous week, the Andhra Pradesh assembly remained paralysed Tuesday with opposition parties insisting on a debate on the liquor syndicate ... Read more...
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Deadlock continues in Andhra assembly
February 21st, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) In a spill over from the previous week, the Andhra Pradesh assembly remained paralysed Tuesday with opposition parties insisting on a debate on the liquor ... Read more...
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Ukraine protesters face jail for insulting Indian flag (Lead)
February 18th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Feb 18 (IANS) Women protesters who climbed topless onto the balcony of the Indian ambassador's residence in Kiev and tore down the national flag may be jailed, police said.Activists ... Read more...
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Firozabad forms record 115-km human chain for polls
February 15th, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 15 (IANS) The residents of Firozabad Wednesday claimed to have set a new world record by forming a 115 km long human chain.On Valentine's Day, Firozabad's ... Read more...
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Kashmir women’s group seeks Aafia Siddiqui’s release
January 27th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, January 27 (IANS) Muslim women separatist group, Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) headed by Asiya Andrabi, staged a demonstration in Srinagar Friday, demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a former ... Read more...
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Three blasts after Malaysian court acquits Anwar (Lead)
January 9th, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 9 (IANS) At least two people were injured in three explosions near Kuala Lumpur High Court Monday, shortly after opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar ... Read more...
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I’d like to give tips to ‘Big Boss’ inmates: Sumo wrestler Yama (With Images)
January 1st, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) Japanese Sumo wrestling champion Yamamotoyama a.k.a. Yama, who is set to make a guest appearance on the fifth season of the "Bigg Boss 5" reality ... Read more...
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Now, Japanese Sumo wrestler to enter ‘Bigg Boss 5′ (With Images)
December 29th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) After The Great Khali entertained the audiences last year in the "Bigg Boss" house, this year Japanese Sumo wrestling champion Yamamotoyama a.k.a. Yama will make ... Read more...
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Thousands march for climate justice in Durban
December 3rd, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Durban, Dec 3 (IANS) Thousands of people, including members of civil society groups from various countries, Saturday marched to the venue of the UN climate change talks here demanding quick ... Read more...
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Andhra assembly session kicks off on stormy note
December 1st, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 1 (IANS) The winter session of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly began on a stormy note Thursday with the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) stalling the proceedings, ... Read more...
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Kerala MPs demand PM’s intervention on Mullaperiyar dam
November 28th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Parliament members from Kerala Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the Mullaperiyar dam controversy, saying the earthen dam was not safe and ... Read more...
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