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Devendra Fadnavis' Chief Minister Oath Adds To Mumbai's Azad Maidan History
A new role awaits Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan Thursday evening - a decades-old silent witness to the city's turbulent political and socio-cultural history - for, at 5.30 pm, Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
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UP's Lakhimpur Kheri Incident: Congress Leaders To Participate In Silent Protests In Goa Today
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram along with other Congress leaders will participate in Maun Vrat at Goa's Azad Maidan tomorrow against the brutal killing of innocent farmers in UP and demand immediate sacking of Ajay Misra Teni
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Thousands March In Bengaluru To Support Farmers' Demand To Scrap Laws
Thousands of people hit the streets in Karnataka's capital Bengaluru in show of support for protesting farmers in Delhi, where one person died as clashes erupted after the Republic day tractor rally took a chaotic turn.
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Maharashtra Won't Implement Central Farm Laws: Speaker Nana Patole Tells Protesting Farmers
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole today told the hundreds of protesting farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan that the three new contentious agricultural laws passed by Parliament last September will not be implemented in the state. The farmers, mostly from Nashik district, have gathered in the state capital for the past two days in solidarity wit...
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"Governor Has Time To Meet Kangana Ranaut But Not Farmers": Sharad Pawar
"Is Punjab Pakistan?" NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan where they had gathered today in support of their comrades camped in protest in and around Delhi. Hailing them for having come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with those gearing up for a massive tractor ally in the national capital, the se...
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Farmers Won't Be Allowed To March To Raj Bhavan: Mumbai Police
Police have made tight security arrangements at the venue of a farmers' rally in Mumbai and protesters are not allowed to march from south Mumbai to the Raj Bhavan, a senior police official said on Monday.
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Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray To Join Farmer Protest In Mumbai On January 25
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will take part in a protest to be staged in Mumbai in support of the farmers agitating against Centre's three new farm laws on the borders of New Delhi, state Minister Nawab Malik said on Tuesday.
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"Centre Will Have To Withdraw CAA": Actor Sushant Singh At Mumbai Protest
Actor Sushant Singh, who participated in a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Saturday said that the Centre will have to withdraw the controversial law.
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Thousands Protest At Mumbai's Iconic Azad Maidan Against Citizenship Law CAA, NRC, NPR
Thousands of people, including a large number of women, on Saturday protested against the contentious citizenship law CAA, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR) at Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan.
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Mumbai's 'Occupy Gateway' Protest Ends After People Forced To Leave
Hundreds of protesters who gathered at Mumbai's iconic Gateway of India since Sunday night in anger against the mob attack in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were forced out by the police this morning and moved to Azad Maidan, 2 km away, following which the protest was called off. Kapil Agarwal, a student of TISS, said the protest was successful ...
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Protests For And Against Citizenship Act Just 4 km Apart In Mumbai
Two peaceful protests are taking place in Mumbai today over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens, not very far from each other.
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Man Arrested In Maharashtra For Allegedly Raping Daughter: Police
The police in Maharashtra's Jalna district arrested a man for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The girl alleged that her father had raped her on many occasions. She had also staged a protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai seeking justice.
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Thousands Of Dalits In Delhi Protest Against Ravidas Temple Demolition
Ravidas Temple Demolished: The stretch between Jhandewalan and Ramlila Maidan in central Delhi turned into a sea of blue as thousands of Dalits from various parts of the country hit city streets on Wednesday to protest the recent demolition of a Ravidas Mandir in the national capital.
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Maharashtra Farmers End Protest After Chief Minister's Written Assurance: 10 Points
Thousands of farmers from Maharashtra ended their agitation on Thursday evening, after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave a written assurance that most of their demands would be met within three months. The agitators -- comprising farmers as well as members of the tribal community -- had reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan that afternoon, two days afte...
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Maharashtra Farmer Protest March In Azad Maidan, To Meet Chief Minister
Thousands of farmers took the streets continuing their protest march towards Mumbai's Azad Maidain to demand loan waiver among other issues. Farmers from across Maharashtra, under Lok Sangharsh Morcha, began their march on Tuesday and reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan this afternoon.
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Devendra Fadnavis' Chief Minister Oath Adds To Mumbai's Azad Maidan History
A new role awaits Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan Thursday evening - a decades-old silent witness to the city's turbulent political and socio-cultural history - for, at 5.30 pm, Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
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UP's Lakhimpur Kheri Incident: Congress Leaders To Participate In Silent Protests In Goa Today
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram along with other Congress leaders will participate in Maun Vrat at Goa's Azad Maidan tomorrow against the brutal killing of innocent farmers in UP and demand immediate sacking of Ajay Misra Teni
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Thousands March In Bengaluru To Support Farmers' Demand To Scrap Laws
Thousands of people hit the streets in Karnataka's capital Bengaluru in show of support for protesting farmers in Delhi, where one person died as clashes erupted after the Republic day tractor rally took a chaotic turn.
-
Maharashtra Won't Implement Central Farm Laws: Speaker Nana Patole Tells Protesting Farmers
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole today told the hundreds of protesting farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan that the three new contentious agricultural laws passed by Parliament last September will not be implemented in the state. The farmers, mostly from Nashik district, have gathered in the state capital for the past two days in solidarity wit...
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"Governor Has Time To Meet Kangana Ranaut But Not Farmers": Sharad Pawar
"Is Punjab Pakistan?" NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan where they had gathered today in support of their comrades camped in protest in and around Delhi. Hailing them for having come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with those gearing up for a massive tractor ally in the national capital, the se...
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Farmers Won't Be Allowed To March To Raj Bhavan: Mumbai Police
Police have made tight security arrangements at the venue of a farmers' rally in Mumbai and protesters are not allowed to march from south Mumbai to the Raj Bhavan, a senior police official said on Monday.
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Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray To Join Farmer Protest In Mumbai On January 25
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will take part in a protest to be staged in Mumbai in support of the farmers agitating against Centre's three new farm laws on the borders of New Delhi, state Minister Nawab Malik said on Tuesday.
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"Centre Will Have To Withdraw CAA": Actor Sushant Singh At Mumbai Protest
Actor Sushant Singh, who participated in a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Saturday said that the Centre will have to withdraw the controversial law.
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Thousands Protest At Mumbai's Iconic Azad Maidan Against Citizenship Law CAA, NRC, NPR
Thousands of people, including a large number of women, on Saturday protested against the contentious citizenship law CAA, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR) at Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan.
-
Mumbai's 'Occupy Gateway' Protest Ends After People Forced To Leave
Hundreds of protesters who gathered at Mumbai's iconic Gateway of India since Sunday night in anger against the mob attack in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were forced out by the police this morning and moved to Azad Maidan, 2 km away, following which the protest was called off. Kapil Agarwal, a student of TISS, said the protest was successful ...
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Protests For And Against Citizenship Act Just 4 km Apart In Mumbai
Two peaceful protests are taking place in Mumbai today over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens, not very far from each other.
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Man Arrested In Maharashtra For Allegedly Raping Daughter: Police
The police in Maharashtra's Jalna district arrested a man for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The girl alleged that her father had raped her on many occasions. She had also staged a protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai seeking justice.
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Thousands Of Dalits In Delhi Protest Against Ravidas Temple Demolition
Ravidas Temple Demolished: The stretch between Jhandewalan and Ramlila Maidan in central Delhi turned into a sea of blue as thousands of Dalits from various parts of the country hit city streets on Wednesday to protest the recent demolition of a Ravidas Mandir in the national capital.
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Maharashtra Farmers End Protest After Chief Minister's Written Assurance: 10 Points
Thousands of farmers from Maharashtra ended their agitation on Thursday evening, after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave a written assurance that most of their demands would be met within three months. The agitators -- comprising farmers as well as members of the tribal community -- had reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan that afternoon, two days afte...
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Maharashtra Farmer Protest March In Azad Maidan, To Meet Chief Minister
Thousands of farmers took the streets continuing their protest march towards Mumbai's Azad Maidain to demand loan waiver among other issues. Farmers from across Maharashtra, under Lok Sangharsh Morcha, began their march on Tuesday and reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan this afternoon.
