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Parvesh Verma Emerges "Giant-Killer" After Defeating Arvind Kejriwal
The BJP's Parvesh Verma had won the national elections twice - in 2014 and 2019 - but his inflammatory remarks during the citizenship law protests in 2020 shot him back into the limelight, giving his political career a turning point.
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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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Video: Kolkata Cops Drag Away Candidates During Protest Over Teaching Jobs
Around 500 protesters, who claimed to have qualified for the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) but were still omitted from the merit list, had launched a protest on a road in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata.
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Bihar Minister, Accused In Kidnapping Case, Resigns Amid Protests
The Bihar Law Minister, a leader from the alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal, who was moved to the sugracane department over allegations that he was linked to kidnapping case of 2014 has resigned amid protests.
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Hong Kong Censors Animated Film Over A One-Second Scene
Hong Kong has banned the screening of an award-winning animated short film over a one-second depiction of the city's 2014 democracy protests, a film society said Friday, as Beijing maintains its chokehold on free speech in the finance hub.
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Protests Against Suspension Of MPs Continues At Parliament Entrance
The Opposition has chosen the entrance to theParliamentas its new protest site as it wants to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the promise he made when he entered the House for the first time in 2014, its leaders said Thursday.
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Thailand Royalist Turns Protester Amid Growing Anti-Government Movement
Often seen at the wheel of one of his supercars, Thai ultra-royalist Tanat "Nat" Thanakitamnuay became a well-known face at demonstrations that ushered in Thailand's 2014 coup. Now he is back on the streets demanding the removal of the coup leader.
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Have "Very Cordial" Relations With BJP, Always Supported PM Modi's Leadership: Chirag Paswan
Out of the NDA in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan asserted today that he enjoys "very cordial" relations with the BJP and noted that he has firmly stood by the Prime Minister since 2014 when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had left the alliance to protest against Narendra Modi's leadership.
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Charges Framed Against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Leaders For 2014 Protests
A Delhi court on Friday put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP legislator Somnath Bharti on trial for violating prohibitory orders in the national capital and obstructing public servants during an agitation in 2014.
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Pakoda Sellers In Graduation Robes Detained Before PM Modi's Chandigarh Rally
People who had gathered at the venue of an election rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chandigarh witnessed a novel protest on Tuesday, with a group of activists dressed in graduation robes turning up to sell what they termed as "Modiji ke pakode".
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Demand For 'Compensatory Attempts' For UPSC's 'CSAT Victims'
The protesters said, because of the introduction of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in 2011, which continued till 2014, they have lost four precious attempts.
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Demonstrations After Congress, TDP List Announced In Telangana
Discontent surfaced over the first list of candidates announced by Congress and TDP for the coming Telangana assembly polls with aspirants who failed to get the berth, crying foul and supporters of some staging protests today. Former PCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who had also served as a minister in Congress governments till 2014, rushed to Del...
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Chhattisgarh Congress Invokes Vajpayee, Says BJP Didn't Immerse His Ashes
The Congress in Chhattisgarh held a protest on a curious issue -- it has accused the BJP of insulting former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who died in August this year. Prime Minister Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla, who joined the Congress in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has alleged that the Chhattisgarh BJP has forgotten to im...
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Rape-Accused Bishop Gets Bail, Can Enter Kerala With Conditions
Franco Mulakkal, the senior Catholic priest accused of repeatedly raping a nun, has been granted bail by the Kerala High Court over three weeks after he was arrested.
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Manish Sisodia, AAP Lawmakers Discharged In 2014 Tihar Jail Protest Case
A Delhi court on Saturday discharged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP lawmakers Amanatullah and Sanjeev Jha and others in a case related to a protest held by them outside the Tihar jail in 2014.
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Parvesh Verma Emerges "Giant-Killer" After Defeating Arvind Kejriwal
The BJP's Parvesh Verma had won the national elections twice - in 2014 and 2019 - but his inflammatory remarks during the citizenship law protests in 2020 shot him back into the limelight, giving his political career a turning point.
-
Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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Video: Kolkata Cops Drag Away Candidates During Protest Over Teaching Jobs
Around 500 protesters, who claimed to have qualified for the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) but were still omitted from the merit list, had launched a protest on a road in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata.
-
Bihar Minister, Accused In Kidnapping Case, Resigns Amid Protests
The Bihar Law Minister, a leader from the alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal, who was moved to the sugracane department over allegations that he was linked to kidnapping case of 2014 has resigned amid protests.
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Hong Kong Censors Animated Film Over A One-Second Scene
Hong Kong has banned the screening of an award-winning animated short film over a one-second depiction of the city's 2014 democracy protests, a film society said Friday, as Beijing maintains its chokehold on free speech in the finance hub.
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Protests Against Suspension Of MPs Continues At Parliament Entrance
The Opposition has chosen the entrance to theParliamentas its new protest site as it wants to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the promise he made when he entered the House for the first time in 2014, its leaders said Thursday.
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Thailand Royalist Turns Protester Amid Growing Anti-Government Movement
Often seen at the wheel of one of his supercars, Thai ultra-royalist Tanat "Nat" Thanakitamnuay became a well-known face at demonstrations that ushered in Thailand's 2014 coup. Now he is back on the streets demanding the removal of the coup leader.
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Have "Very Cordial" Relations With BJP, Always Supported PM Modi's Leadership: Chirag Paswan
Out of the NDA in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan asserted today that he enjoys "very cordial" relations with the BJP and noted that he has firmly stood by the Prime Minister since 2014 when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had left the alliance to protest against Narendra Modi's leadership.
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Charges Framed Against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Leaders For 2014 Protests
A Delhi court on Friday put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP legislator Somnath Bharti on trial for violating prohibitory orders in the national capital and obstructing public servants during an agitation in 2014.
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Pakoda Sellers In Graduation Robes Detained Before PM Modi's Chandigarh Rally
People who had gathered at the venue of an election rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chandigarh witnessed a novel protest on Tuesday, with a group of activists dressed in graduation robes turning up to sell what they termed as "Modiji ke pakode".
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Demand For 'Compensatory Attempts' For UPSC's 'CSAT Victims'
The protesters said, because of the introduction of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in 2011, which continued till 2014, they have lost four precious attempts.
-
Demonstrations After Congress, TDP List Announced In Telangana
Discontent surfaced over the first list of candidates announced by Congress and TDP for the coming Telangana assembly polls with aspirants who failed to get the berth, crying foul and supporters of some staging protests today. Former PCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who had also served as a minister in Congress governments till 2014, rushed to Del...
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Chhattisgarh Congress Invokes Vajpayee, Says BJP Didn't Immerse His Ashes
The Congress in Chhattisgarh held a protest on a curious issue -- it has accused the BJP of insulting former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who died in August this year. Prime Minister Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla, who joined the Congress in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has alleged that the Chhattisgarh BJP has forgotten to im...
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Rape-Accused Bishop Gets Bail, Can Enter Kerala With Conditions
Franco Mulakkal, the senior Catholic priest accused of repeatedly raping a nun, has been granted bail by the Kerala High Court over three weeks after he was arrested.
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Manish Sisodia, AAP Lawmakers Discharged In 2014 Tihar Jail Protest Case
A Delhi court on Saturday discharged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP lawmakers Amanatullah and Sanjeev Jha and others in a case related to a protest held by them outside the Tihar jail in 2014.
