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- India
SC orders Manipur activist’s release; calls detention ‘violation of right to life’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered for the release of Manipuri activist Erendro Leichombam, on or before 5 p.m. Monday. Leichombam was booked under the National Security Act (NSA) for a…
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Opinion: Stan Swamy, a saint of modern times
Ram Puniyani On 5th July 2021, India’s human rights movement lost one of its dogged and principled workers Fr. Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly call Stan Swamy. He breathed his last in Holy Spirit…
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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…
- World
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…
- Telangana
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…
- World
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…
- Hyderabad
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…
- India
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.…
- World
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…
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- Hyderabad
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
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…
- Hyderabad
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…
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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
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…
