Activists

Celebration of TMC activists

Kolkata: TMC activists celebrate their party’s winning trend during the West Bengal State Assembly polls, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Kolkata: TMC activists celebrate their party’s winning trend…

Pakistan: Women activists facing blasphemy allegations after ‘Aurat March’

Islamabad: The controversial blasphemy law in Pakistan, which have long been used to subjugate the minorities in the countries, is now being employed to silence women fighting for their rights. Recently, two…

NIA probe in Maoist case: 31 locations in T’gana, Andhra searched

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 31 locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in connection with its probe into the Munchingput maoist case and recovered cash to…

7 convicted in HK over unauthorised 2019 protest

Hong Kong: Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were convicted on Thursday for taking part in an unauthorised protest in 2019. Prominent pro-democracy activist Martin Lee and media mogul Jimmy Lai were among…

NIA raids civil liberties activist V Raghunath’s house in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency on late Wednesday evening conducted simultaneous searches at the houses of advocates, civil liberties activists and writers in seven different places in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, sources…

Activists in jail, terrorists on bail: Tharoor on Disha arrest

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has reacted sharply to the arrest of Disha Ravi, the 21-year-old activist from Bengaluru, for her alleged involvement in sharing the ‘toolkit’ related to the farmers’ protests.…

Activists urge Turkey to protect Uighurs as China ratifies extradition treaty

Uighurs fear deportation and feel threatened as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey. Human rights group warn that this could endanger Uighur families. The treaty, first signed in Beijing in 2017 was…

400-yr- old Hathyan tree closed to public; activists demand free access

Hyderabad: Activists call for public meeting to raise awareness regarding ‘Save KBR’ campaign

HYDERABAD: Activists of Hyderabad are calling on other citizens to join them for a public meeting to be held at Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) National Park in Jubilee Hills at 9 AM…

Hyderabad: Activists stage protest to express solidarity with farmers

Hyderabad: A group of social activists in Hyderabad organised a protest against the farm laws and expressed solidarity with the protesting farmers across the country. A large number of protestors gathered at…

Well-known activist Donthi seeks postponement of GHMC polls

Hyderabad: “We request you to postpone Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections in view of the severe distress caused by floods in October, 2020, in Hyderabad,” Donthi said in a letter he has written…

Swami Agnivesh passes away; used religion to end socio-political inequalities

New Delhi: Arya Samaj leader and a renowned social activist Swami Agnivesh breathed his last on Friday evening. The 80-year-old ‘secular swami’ was on the ventilator and succumbed to multiple-organ failure at New Delhi’s…

India must ask Pakistan for extradition of Dawood, says activist

Scotland: Days after Pakistan declared a list of 88 dreaded terrorists announcing sanctions on them, a human rights activist has asked India to start extradition process to bring back some of these dreaded terrorists for their…

RTI activist’s son released on bail after he was declared a minor

Patna: A 14-year old, son of a Bauxar-based right to information (RTI) activist who is currently arrested under the Arms Act, was granted bail. The local police arrested the boy in February this…

Spirit of Varavara Rao will not be broken by jail and coronavirus

Rama Sundari Guntur (AP): He was smiling all the time. In fact, his smile was quite infectious. He appeared determined, defying his age and frail health as he has been resisting the arm-twisting…

Police condemned for falsely implicating Students’ activists

By Pervez Bari New Delhi: Several Human Right activists, social & political activists, writers, academics, and citizens of India from all walks of life in a joint statement have strongly condemned the actions…

Activists urge communities to unite against dark laws

Hyderabad: Organizations like RSS, with a vested agenda, have always posed damage to DNA of India’s secularism. Addressing the seminar titled India and RSS at Media Plus Auditorium in Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon,…

Israeli spyware snooped on Indian activists, lawyers

New Delhi: As Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group this week that exploited its video calling system to snoop on 1,400 selected users globally, details emerged on Thursday that…

Charges against celebrities: Activists warn to be up in arms

After the sedition charges slapped against 49 eminent personalities for expressing concern in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over growing incidents of mob lynching, civil society activists and intellectuals…

Fast-track trials of rape accused, demand activists

Hyderabad: Social rights activists on Saturday demanded the government to fast track execution of the convict who was awarded capital punishment for raping and killing a nine-month-old girl in Warangal in June…

Bajrang dal activists burnt effigy of Akbar Owaisi at Koti

Hyderabad: Bajrangdal activists protest against MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi’s Speech in karimnagar. Huge Number of activists burnt an effigy of Akbaruddin Owaisi and they were raised slogan against Owaisi. Heavy Police was…

Pak not responsible for every missing person, says Ghafoor

Islamabad: Not every person missing is attributable to Pakistan, stated Major General Asif Ghafoor, the spokesperson of the Pakistan Armed Forces while speaking on the issue of enforced disappearances. Several human rights…

PIL in Gauhati HC against move to transport four elephants to Ahmedabad

Guwahati (Assam): A PIL has been filed in the Gauhati High Court against the decision of Assam Forest Department to send four elephants through train from Tinsukhia to Ahmedabad to take part…

Twitter suspends accounts of many China activists

San Francisco: Just days before the 30th anniversary of the crackdown on a pro-democracy demonstration in Tiananmen Square on June 4, Twitter suspended a large number of accounts, including those belonging to…

Demand to release Varavara Rao, activists of Civil Societies register protest

Hyderabad: Activists of Civil Society and Democratic Teachers’ Federation registered their protest at Telangana NGO’s Bhavan, Nampally demanding the release of revolutionary writer, Mr. Varavara Rao from prison. Police arrested the agitating…

J&K restores security cover of politicians, activists

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday restored the security cover of 400 politicians and political activists which had been withdrawn last month. Top state government sources said Governor Satya Pal…

J&K restores security cover of politicians, activists

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday restored the security cover of 400 politicians and political activists which had been withdrawn last month. Top state government sources said Governor Satya Pal…

BJP workers mercilessly thrash Muslim Youth for speaking on lack of jobs

Lucknow: People raising their voices against system or government’s failure are being forcefully silenced, beaten up, thrasher by ruling party workers, supporters bringing in a trend of Muscle power in the nation.…

Prashant Bhushan gets support from activists in contempt plea case

NEW DELHI: The contempt proceedings initiated against lawyer Prashant Bhushan appear to be an assault on freedom of speech and expression says ten social activists who have come out in support of…

Bajrang Dal activists ‘forcibly’ marry off couple in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Protesting against Valentine’s Day celebrations, activists of rightwing group Bajrang Dal on Thursday forcibly married off a young couple at a park on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The activists found a…