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On CCTV, Narrow Escape For Man Attacked With Knife In Karnataka
A deadly attack on a Bajrang Dal worker was captured on security camera in Karnataka's Shivamogga district today, prompting a police case and a hunt for the accused. The reason behind the attack is not yet known.
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3 Men On Bike Attack Activist, Shout Slogans Against Hindus In Karnataka
The Superintendent of Police of Shivamogga, GK Mithun Kumar, said that the victim was returning home when he was waylaid by three bike-borne miscreants who shouted slogans against the Hindu community. They also threw stones at him.
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2 Arrested For Murder Attempt On Anti-Corruption Activist In Meghalaya
Two people were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder attempt on a women's rights activist and two other persons in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, police said.
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Anti-Corruption Activist Agnes Kharshiing Attacked In Meghalaya, Critical
Noted anti-corruption and women's rights activist of Meghalaya, Agnes Kharshiing, is said to be critical after she was brutally attacked by unidentified persons this afternoon in East Jaintia Hills, about 120 kilometres from state capital Shillong.
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RSS Worker Injured In Attack By Suspected Left Activists In Kerala: Cops
An activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was brutally attacked, allegedly by supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM, at Muzhuppilangad near Thalassery in the politically volatile Kannur district of Kerala.
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Activist Bela Bhatia Attacked At Home In Chhattisgarh's Bastar, Asked To Leave In 24 Hours
An activist was threatened in Chhattisgarh's Bastar today by some 30 men who allegedly barged into her home and gave her 24 hours to leave. Bela Bhatia, a researcher and social activist, was allegedly told by the goons that she would be killed and her home would be burnt down if she didn't leave immediately.
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RTI Activist Attacked For Seeking Information On Illegal Mining In Gujarat
A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.
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12 Injured In Attack Led By Rajasthan BJP Legislator: Aruna Roy's Group
A drive to raise awareness on government accountability was attacked in the constituency of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's son, by the local BJP legislator, a rights group founded by noted activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey has alleged, calling it a "sad commentary" on democracy.
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Aruna Roy's Group Says BJP Lawmaker, Mob, Attacked Activists In Rajasthan
Members of a rights organisation founded by award-winning activist Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey were allegedly attacked on Saturday evening in Rajasthan's Jhalawar by BJP legislator Kanwar Lal Meena and his supporters while police by stood watching.
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Shiv Sena Workers Attack RTI Activist With Iron Rod, Blacken His Face
Shiv Sena workers today assaulted and blackened the face of a Right to Information activist at Latur in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, after he "exposed" an illegal construction case.
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'My wife was threatened after I filed an RTI'
Back in 2010, the Bombay High Court, while hearing the murder case of Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty in Maharashtra, ordered the state government to provide police protection to the many activists who complain of threats after filing applications under the RTI Act.
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Raj Thackeray's party attacks toll posts across Maharashtra
A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray questioned the toll collection policy of the state government, hundreds of MNS activists on Wednesday attacked and damaged toll posts in various parts of the state, police said. The activists attacked toll posts in Thane district's Virar and Vasai towns, district headquarters of Nashi...
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RTI activist attacked with knife
An RTI activist was attacked by four persons, two of them believed to be cricket bookies, with a knife and a hammer in suburban Kandivali, police said today. According to police, Mehul Kataria (39) was walking on the road last night in Kandivali when four persons, started thrashing him with knife and hammer.
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Protect RTI activists, Central Information Commission tells state govts
Concerned over a string of recent attacks on RTI activists across the country, the Central Information Commission (CIC) today stepped in, saying it is the duty of respective governments to take "urgent" steps to safeguard the life and liberty of the activists.
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RTI activist stabbed in Porbandar
An RTI activist, Bhagu Devani, has been attacked in Porbandar in Gujarat. Seventy-two-year-old Devani was stabbed on Friday morning. According to his complaint to the police, around five to six people stopped his car, and after an altercation stabbed him thrice. The activist has accused a former BJP minister and two others for the attack. He a...
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On CCTV, Narrow Escape For Man Attacked With Knife In Karnataka
A deadly attack on a Bajrang Dal worker was captured on security camera in Karnataka's Shivamogga district today, prompting a police case and a hunt for the accused. The reason behind the attack is not yet known.
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3 Men On Bike Attack Activist, Shout Slogans Against Hindus In Karnataka
The Superintendent of Police of Shivamogga, GK Mithun Kumar, said that the victim was returning home when he was waylaid by three bike-borne miscreants who shouted slogans against the Hindu community. They also threw stones at him.
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2 Arrested For Murder Attempt On Anti-Corruption Activist In Meghalaya
Two people were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder attempt on a women's rights activist and two other persons in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, police said.
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Anti-Corruption Activist Agnes Kharshiing Attacked In Meghalaya, Critical
Noted anti-corruption and women's rights activist of Meghalaya, Agnes Kharshiing, is said to be critical after she was brutally attacked by unidentified persons this afternoon in East Jaintia Hills, about 120 kilometres from state capital Shillong.
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RSS Worker Injured In Attack By Suspected Left Activists In Kerala: Cops
An activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was brutally attacked, allegedly by supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM, at Muzhuppilangad near Thalassery in the politically volatile Kannur district of Kerala.
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Activist Bela Bhatia Attacked At Home In Chhattisgarh's Bastar, Asked To Leave In 24 Hours
An activist was threatened in Chhattisgarh's Bastar today by some 30 men who allegedly barged into her home and gave her 24 hours to leave. Bela Bhatia, a researcher and social activist, was allegedly told by the goons that she would be killed and her home would be burnt down if she didn't leave immediately.
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RTI Activist Attacked For Seeking Information On Illegal Mining In Gujarat
A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.
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12 Injured In Attack Led By Rajasthan BJP Legislator: Aruna Roy's Group
A drive to raise awareness on government accountability was attacked in the constituency of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's son, by the local BJP legislator, a rights group founded by noted activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey has alleged, calling it a "sad commentary" on democracy.
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Aruna Roy's Group Says BJP Lawmaker, Mob, Attacked Activists In Rajasthan
Members of a rights organisation founded by award-winning activist Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey were allegedly attacked on Saturday evening in Rajasthan's Jhalawar by BJP legislator Kanwar Lal Meena and his supporters while police by stood watching.
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Shiv Sena Workers Attack RTI Activist With Iron Rod, Blacken His Face
Shiv Sena workers today assaulted and blackened the face of a Right to Information activist at Latur in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, after he "exposed" an illegal construction case.
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'My wife was threatened after I filed an RTI'
Back in 2010, the Bombay High Court, while hearing the murder case of Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty in Maharashtra, ordered the state government to provide police protection to the many activists who complain of threats after filing applications under the RTI Act.
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Raj Thackeray's party attacks toll posts across Maharashtra
A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray questioned the toll collection policy of the state government, hundreds of MNS activists on Wednesday attacked and damaged toll posts in various parts of the state, police said. The activists attacked toll posts in Thane district's Virar and Vasai towns, district headquarters of Nashi...
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RTI activist attacked with knife
An RTI activist was attacked by four persons, two of them believed to be cricket bookies, with a knife and a hammer in suburban Kandivali, police said today. According to police, Mehul Kataria (39) was walking on the road last night in Kandivali when four persons, started thrashing him with knife and hammer.
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Protect RTI activists, Central Information Commission tells state govts
Concerned over a string of recent attacks on RTI activists across the country, the Central Information Commission (CIC) today stepped in, saying it is the duty of respective governments to take "urgent" steps to safeguard the life and liberty of the activists.
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RTI activist stabbed in Porbandar
An RTI activist, Bhagu Devani, has been attacked in Porbandar in Gujarat. Seventy-two-year-old Devani was stabbed on Friday morning. According to his complaint to the police, around five to six people stopped his car, and after an altercation stabbed him thrice. The activist has accused a former BJP minister and two others for the attack. He a...
