NDA plans stir in parliament complex against Coalgate
September 6th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will hold a protest demonstration in the Parliament House complex Friday, the last day of the monsoon session, ... Read more...
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Strike cripples banking operations in Karnataka
August 22nd, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 22 (IANS) Thousands of employees and officers of state-run and old generation private banks went on a two-day strike Wednesday, crippling banking operations across Karnataka in support ... Read more...
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Don’t pay arrears of raised power tariffs: Amarinder
July 25th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, July 24 (IANS) Former Punjab chief minister and state Congress president Amarinder Singh Tuesday asked people not to pay the arrears of the recently-hiked power tariff in the state.Addressing ... Read more...
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BJP activists demand action in Kashmir housing scam
May 12th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 12 (IANS) Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party activists held a protest demonstration here Saturday, demanding stern action against those found involved in the alleged multi-crore-rupee scam in ... Read more...
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YSR Congress party, journalists protest CBI action
May 9th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 9 (IANS) The YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday staged protests condemning the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) move to freeze the bank accounts of the ... Read more...
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Anna should not dictate terms to parliament: Hegde
August 26th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 26 (IANS) Signalling a further rift with Team Anna, former Supreme Court judge and civil society member Justice N. Santosh Hegde Friday said Anna Hazare should refrain ... Read more...
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Techies launch online petition for corruption free India
August 17th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 17 (IANS) About 10,000 techies working in the electronics city on the outskirts of this tech hub Thursday launched an online petition for a corruption free India.Taking a ... Read more...
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Advani meets Pranab, complains about police crackdown
August 10th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Upset over the crackdown on party youth activists in the capital, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani Wednesday met Finance Minister ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned over BJP protests
August 9th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Tuesday after BJP members raised the issue of police cane-charge on its youth wing workers at ... Read more...
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BJP workers, cops clash at Jantar Mantar
August 9th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing Tuesday clashed with the police, which lobbed teargas shells to disperse them, at Jantar Mantar ... Read more...
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One killed, 41 injured in Tripura clash
July 11th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 11 (IANS) At least one man was killed and 41 people, including 15 policemen, were injured here Monday in a clash between police and Congress workers who were ... Read more...
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UPA failed to protect farmers: Mayawati
May 29th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who attacked the central government for its failure to protect farmers' interests, Sunday urged the Bahujan Samaj Party (BJP) workers ... Read more...
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Khap leaders to seek review of apex court direction
April 24th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jind, April 24 (IANS) Within a week of the Supreme Court's direction to state governments to rein in khap panchayats (caste councils) from issuing illegal diktats, khap leaders from across ... Read more...
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Congress may move court for CBI probe into doctor’s murder
April 13th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) The Congress party's Uttar Pradesh unit Tuesday threatened to move court to press its demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into ... Read more...
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Mob attacks UN office in Afghanistan, 8 staffers killed
April 2nd, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 1 (IANS) At least eight UN staffers were feared to have been killed and another was injured Friday in northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif when an agitated mob ... Read more...
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PPP gives PML-N 24-hour deadline to implement 19-point agenda in Pak Punjab
February 7th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 7(ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has given a 24-hour deadline to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the implementation of the 19-point agenda presented to them last Thursday.Addressing ... Read more...
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Whole nation will besiege Pak Parliament if Taseer’s assassin given death sentence: ST
January 10th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Jan 10 (ANI): Sunni Tehreek (ST) activists have warned that the entire nation will besiege Pakistan's Parliament House if Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the assassin of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindu families demand bill on marriage registration
January 2nd, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 2(ANI): Families of the Scheduled Caste Hindus in Pakistan have demanded of the government that the Hindu Marriage Registration Bill should be passed by Parliament as early as possible.Women belonging ... Read more...
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Hindu spiritual leader’s abduction in Balochistan triggers protests
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Dec 23 (ANI): The abduction of a Hindu spiritual leader has triggered protest demonstrations in different parts of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.82-year-old Maharaja Luckmi Chand Garji was whisked away along ... Read more...
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Pak cleric puts bounty on blasphemy accused Christian woman
December 4th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Dec 4(ANI): A Pakistani cleric has announced a 500,000-rupee-bounty on Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman who has been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges.Maulana Mohammad Yousaf Qureshi, a cleric of ... Read more...
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Accountant dies on hearing corruption charge
November 9th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Nov 9 (IANS) An accountant of a school in Pakistan's Multan city suffered a heart attack and died after the teaching staff levelled corruption allegations against him and the principal.Ehsan Ghauri, ... Read more...
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Pro-Telangana activists boycott ‘Andhra Day’ celebrations
November 1st, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, Nov 1 (ANI): Pro-Telangana activists mainly students of Hyderabad's Osmania University boycotted the celebrations of 'Andhra Day' here on Monday by carrying out demonstrations to highlight their demand for a ... Read more...
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Rallies planned in New Delhi demanding autonomous states
October 26th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 26 (IANS) Thousands of activists fighting for autonomous states in different parts of the country have planned sit-in programmes in New Delhi Thursday and Friday and will submit memorandums ... Read more...
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Karnataka Congress protests ‘poaching’ by BJP
October 19th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 19 (IANS) Many members of the opposition Congress in Karnataka were detained late Tuesday as they staged a protest demonstration outside Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's official residence here against ... Read more...
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Wrestler Sonika Kaliraman protests selection process for C’wealth Games
August 9th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): The award-winning woman wrestler, Sonika Kaliraman, led a protest demonstration in the national capital on Monday alleging that the selection procedure of woman wrestlers for the upcoming ... Read more...
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Students’ protest forces school to admit 26/11terror attack eyewitness
July 28th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
By Shailendra SinghMumbai, July 28 (ANI): Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students wing of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a demonstration outside a school, who denied admission ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy victims seek Govt. to rethink over rehabilitation
July 3rd, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, July 3 (ANI): Activists and victims of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy of 1984 staged a mass protest here on Saturday to vent their objection and ire at the anomalies ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu advocates protest against Sri Lankan President’s visit
June 10th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, June 10 (ANI): Advocates in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city staged a protest demonstration on Thursday to condemn Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India.The advocates raised anti-Rajapaksa slogans and ... Read more...
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India should snap all ties with Israel, demand Muslim groups (Lead)
June 4th, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Several Muslim organisations Friday demanded an end to the trade and military relations between India and Israel as they held protest demonstration in the capital against Israel's ... Read more...
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Web abuzz over facebook ban in Pakistan
May 21st, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) The web is abuzz over the ban on social networking site Facebook in Pakistan following the Prophet cartoon row. While some favour a clamp down, others say: ... Read more...
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Christians protest against Pak lawmaker for occupying church
May 3rd, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Apr 3 (ANI): People belonging to the Christian community held a protest demonstration against a Pakistani lawmaker Malik Iftikhar belonging to PML-N for occupying a church with the help of armed ... Read more...
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7 killed as protests against Khyber-Pakhtoonkhawa turn violent
April 12th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 12 (IANS) Seven people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in Abbotabad city as protests against renaming of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as Khyber-Pakhtoonkhawa turned violent on Monday, ... Read more...
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Farmers’ leader arrested in Uttar Pradesh
April 4th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Pilibhit, April 4 (IANS) Congress leader and Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan chief V.M. Singh, who has been leading a farmers' movement in Uttar Pradesh over the past few years, was arrested ... Read more...
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Civilians of unit run canteens of defence forces allege mismanagement
March 19th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Civilians of Unit Run Canteens (URCs) functioning under the three wings of India's defence forces - Army, Navy and Air Force have sought parity in pay and ... Read more...
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Several trade unions come together to protest hike in prices
March 5th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): Activists and supporters of various trade unions converged in the national capital to protest against soaring prices and even volunteered for Jail Bhaaro Andolan (court arrest) ... Read more...
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