Tag: Activist
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Activist files petition against Santosh Gangwar for ‘insulting’ north Indians
The Union Minister said that there was no shortage of jobs but the companies wishing to recruit say that the youths here were ineligible.
September 17, 2019 -
‘Indian films are not just Bollywood films’
Actor, director and activist, Nandita Das is a voice to reckon with. In this freewheeling conversation, she speaks on what has shaped her aesthetic sensibilities and the overt bias against dark skin in our culture and cinema, among a plethora of other issues.
August 3, 2019 -
Trinamool Congress activist found dead in West Bengal’s Bhangar
A Trinamool Congress activist was found dead at Bhangar in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday after being missing since Saturday night, police said. While the relative of the deceased claimed that the state ruling party activist has been killed by opposition party workers, police said they have not found any proof of …
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September 2, 2018 -
NGO initiates unique search for state’s talented people
In an innovative activity, a newly formed NGO ‘Yes We Can’ has initiated a unique effort to search the hidden talents and the changing agents from all over the state. On Wednesday in a special function here in presence of the different dignitaries of the state and few from the corporate sectors; the NGO activist brought …
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January 25, 2018 -
Google dedicates doodle to author-activist Mahasweta Devi
Search engine Google on Sunday dedicated its doodle to noted author and social activist Mahasweta Devi on her 92nd birth anniversary. Born on January 14, 1926 in Dhaka in present day Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi was a Bengali fiction writer who was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali), Jnanpith Award and Ramon …
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January 14, 2018 -
China sentences ‘Vulgar Butcher’ activist to 8 years prison
A Chinese court has sentenced a prominent activist known as the Ultra Vulgar Butcher to eight years in prison for subversion. The Tianjin No 2 Intermediate People’s Court found activist Wu Gan guilty of subverting state power and handed down his sentence today. Wu was among the first activists and lawyers caught up in an …
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December 26, 2017 -
China sentences Taiwanese activist to five years in prison
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a Taiwanese activist to five years in prison for subversion of state power, an offence stemming from comments he made outside Chinese territory. The sentence was issued by the appellate court of Yueyang in Hunan province, where Lee Ming-che, 42, said he would not appeal the court’s decision, reports …
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November 28, 2017 -
Anna Hazare plans new campaign, solicits people’s participation
Blaming the Modi government for failing to take steps to prevent corruption, veteran activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday announced plans for a new anti-graft campaign for which he sought public participation. In a statement, Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, said that after the first movement launched in 2011, the then United Progressive …
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November 21, 2017 -
RSS activist killed by ‘CPI-M workers’ in Kerala: BJP
An RSS activist was killed here on Sunday by CPI-M workers, the state Bharatiya Janata Party office has claimed. The incident occurred at around 1.30 pm, when Anand, who was on a two-wheeler, was knocked down by a car. He was then hacked to death. Anand was pronounced dead in a hospital. The victim was …
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November 12, 2017 -
Gauri Lankesh named for Anna Politkovskaya Award
Slain journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh will be posthumously awarded the Annual Anna Politkovskaya Award, an award for women human rights defenders from war and conflict zones, for her fearless journalism, it was announced on Thursday. The award has been conferred by international human rights organisation Reach All Women in WAR (RAW in WAR) to …
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October 5, 2017 -
Journalist killed by Tribal party cadres in Tripura
A local television journalist, Shantanu Bhowmik, was allegedly killed by unidentified tribal party cadres at Mandai, some 14km east of Agartala on Wednesday. He was 29-years-old. Police said that agitated members of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) and CPI-M’s tribal wing Tripura Rajaer Upajati Ganamukti Parishad (TRUGP) gathered at Mandai in western Tripura after …
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September 20, 2017 -
US ambassador calls for release of jailed Vietnam activist
The US ambassador in Vietnam called on the Communist government on Wednesday to release an activist who was sentenced to nine years in prison on what the envoy says are vague charges of propaganda against the state. Tran Thi Nga was convicted and sentenced in a one-day trial Tuesday on charges of producing videos that defamed …
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July 26, 2017 -
Watchman arrested for French activist’s rape in Varanasi
Varanasi, Jun 30 A watchman has been arrested for allegedly raping a 65-year-old French woman who had been living for a year in a rented accommodation here, police said on Friday. Om Prakash was arrested on Thursday from his brother's house in Mirzapur district. The watchman, who worked in the survivor's rented place in Shooltankeshwar …
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June 30, 2017