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Lucknow: Protests broke out at several places in the state after the Friday prayers over now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s controversial remark on Prophet Mohammad recently. A senior official at the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters in Lucknow said sloganeering took place in Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur and Lucknow. People raised slogans and pelted stones in the […]
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Ranchi: Some policemen were injured here on Friday while trying to control an irate mob near Hanuman Temple, situated on Ranchi’s Main Road, after protests erupted with hundreds of people demanding the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, police said. Police fired in air besides resorted to lathi-charge […]
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New Delhi: Protests erupted across several parts of the nation on Friday against the Prophet row, with the agitators demanding action and arrest of the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her former party colleague Naveen Jindal. The said leaders had allegedly made controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed. Protests were witnessed in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, […]
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Hyderabad: Protests demanding the arrest of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal for their alleged derogatory statements against Prophet Mohammed were held across the city on Friday. A group of youngsters, after attending prayers at Mecca Masjid, took out a rally till Moghalpura fire station. They raised slogans demanding the arrest of Nupur Sharma and Naveen […]
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Hyderabad: More than a week after a complaint was lodged by the victim’s father in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case and nine days after the incident, one of the five suspects is still at large. At the same time, there are indications emerging now that the suspects had misbehaved with another minor girl too while […]
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday. Ali Sabry was speaking to Parliament after returning to Sri Lanka from talks with the International Monetary Fund. He said any IMF rescue program, including a rapid financing instrument needed […]
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Karimnagar: Congress party leaders and workers staged protest demonstrations in all constituency headquarters across the erstwhile Karimnagar district against a rise in prices of diesel, petrol, cooking gas, electricity and bus fares. They demanded that the State and Central governments purchase paddy produced by farmers in the State. As part of State-wide call given by […]
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after his appointment. Sabry said he had accepted the portfolio only as an interim measure, reports Xinhua news agency. He said he was also willing to step down from his parliamentary seat if the President wished to appoint a suitable […]
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Hyderabad: In a clear ultimatum to Central Government, Telangana Ministers warned that after Ugadi festival, severe agitations and protests would be staged across the State, if the Centre did not consider the State Government’s appeal to procure entire paddy produced in the Yasangi season. Till April 1, all the Gram Panchayats and other local bodies […]
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Karimnagar: Protests erupted in many areas in the erstwhile Karimangar district in protest against hike in price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. Except the BJP, leaders of various political parties including women activists registered their protest in different ways. While some of the activists registered their protest by carrying the empty gas cylinders and […]
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Suryapet: Tribal associations took out rallies across the district and burnt effigies symbolising the Centre protesting against statement of the union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu in Lok Sabha saying that the Centre did not receive any proposal from Telangana government seeking an increase in reservation for Schedule Tribes to 12 per […]
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Hyderabad: People from barber and washermen community are up in arms against the BJP government at the Centre, demanding that it withdraw the power reforms. They also decided to stage State-wide protests on Sunday. Leaders from both the communities held meetings at different places in the city on Monday and opposed the BJP government’s plans […]
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Visakhapatnam: Huge protests on Saturday, followed by Jail Bharo programme are planned to mark one-year of agitation against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel plant on Sunday.Thousands of people are expected to take part in the two-day intensive agitation and the struggle would continue till the Central Government withdraws its decision of a strategic sale of […]
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Warangal: The remarks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the creation of Telangana have enraged the party activists as well as people of erstwhile Warangal district. People and party workers in large numbers participated in the protests including rallies and events of burning of Modi’s effigies. Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao participated in bike rallies wearing […]
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The latest incident that prompted the Minister to come out against the practice was after activists of the National Federation of Indian Women threw an LPG cylinder into the Hussain Sagar.
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Myanmar has been roiled by protests, strikes and other acts of civil disobedience since the coup toppled Suu Kyi's government on February 1 just as it was to start its second term.
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The February 1 coup has brought an abrupt halt to Myanmar's fragile progress toward democracy, as Suu Kyi's party was about to begin a second five-year term.
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One of the farmers died of cardiac arrest, another was suffering from fever while the cause of the death of the third farmer could only be ascertained after post-mortem
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Citing a media report alleging the new laws used to dupe farmers, Rahul Gandhi tweeted, and "Farmers in India are agitating against anti-agricultural laws to avoid such a tragedy. In this Satyagraha, we all have to support the annadata of the country."
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TS Agriculture Minister termed the Centre's decision not to withdraw the new farm laws or make changes to meet the demands of farmers as unfortunate
