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SIMI Ban: Modi Government bans terror group Students Islamic Movement of India

SIMI Ban: Modi Government bans terror group Students Islamic Movement of India

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Jan 29 extended the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India. The Central Government banned SIMI for another five years as an 'unlawful association' under the UAPA. Ministry of Home Affairs took action by exercising the powers conferred by the provisions of UAPA. MHA had declared SIMI as unlawful association on Sept 27, 2001, and it later kept on extending the ban. SIMI “continuing to be involved in fomenting terrorism, disturbing peace, communal harmony in India”. Many criminal cases have been registered against SIMI and its members under various sections of IPC. Home Minister Amit Shah said that SIMI ban is part of PM Modi Government's 'zero tolerance' policy.

30 January,2024 04:07 PM IST
Activists Hit Back At Fadnavis For 'Will Speak To Genuine Activists' Remark

Activists Hit Back At Fadnavis For 'Will Speak To Genuine Activists' Remark

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that the Maharashtra government will discuss the concerns about building the Metro car depot inside Aarey colony only with genuine environmental activists, and not the “sponsored ones” among them. Hitting back at the BJP leader, green activists ask just how was Fadnavis going to decide the genuineness of protesters

05 July,2022 10:51 AM IST | Mumbai
Activists urge cops not to use force during Mumbai's second lockdown

Activists urge cops not to use force during Mumbai's second lockdown

Social activists and civil society organisations from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region have urged four police commissioners to ensure that cops do not use force while enforcing COVID-19 curbs. This move comes after a video went viral wherein a cop is seen making citizens do the ‘murga walk’ at Mumbai’s Marine Drive for flouting COVID protocols. Mid-Day spoke to some of the signatories of the letter. Watch this video for more. 

19 April,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
SIMI activists rearrested

SIMI activists rearrested

5 SIMI activists who were granted amnesty on Republic Day put back in jail in Ujjain, after MP government succumbs to pressure from VHP and Bajrang Dal

07 February,2011 08:38 AM IST
Euro Wash 2012 protest EuroWash 2012 videos Activists FEMEN womens rights movement dressed up international football fans

Euro Wash 2012 protest EuroWash 2012 videos Activists FEMEN womens rights movement dressed up international football fans

Activists from the FEMEN women s rights movement, dressed up as international football fans, bathe in a fountain at the Independence Square in Kiev during a "EURO-Wash-2012" protest, on July 14, 2011. The activists protested against annual summer hotwater shortages due to maintenance work in the Ukrainian capital and showed symbolically how the 200 000 fans planning to visit the EURO 2012 championship in Kiev will have to bathe.

21 July,2011 08:21 AM IST
Diplomat rape case Delay in arrest angers activists

Diplomat rape case Delay in arrest angers activists

An official in the French consulate in Bangalore, accused of raping his three-year-old daughter, has not been arrested four days after a police case was registered against him. The Bangalore Police says there is confusion about whether the official is entitled to any sort of immunity. "It is a sensitive case. We were checking his diplomat status and cannot arrest him till we get a green signal from the Ministry of Home Affairs," said Sunil Kumar, the Assistant Commissioner of Police. Video courtesy: NDTV

18 June,2012 09:19 PM IST
 MNS activists stage violent protests against Mumbai Metro III

MNS activists stage violent protests against Mumbai Metro III

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena allegedly pelted stones on the windows of a container cabin near the proposed site of Metro car depot at Aarey Milk Colony on Tuesday. Video by reporter Ranjeet Jadhav, mid-day

11 March,2015 08:04 AM IST
Bajrang Dal activists distribute pamphlets against 'Love Jihad'

Bajrang Dal activists distribute pamphlets against 'Love Jihad'

Activists of Bajrang Dal distributed pamphlets to school students warning them against 'love jihad' in Agra on Tuesday. Bajrang Dal were seen distributing pamphlets warning school girls against the menace of 'love jihad'.

21 July,2015 05:34 PM IST
Activists stage protest over soaring onion prices in J and K

Activists stage protest over soaring onion prices in J and K

Members of a local organisation in Jammu and Kashmir, Dogra Front took their protests to the streets against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government's failure to control the spiraling prices of onion.

01 September,2015 10:59 AM IST
Pataudi gang rape: Women activists demand speedy justice

Pataudi gang rape: Women activists demand speedy justice

The women activists on Monday condemned the alleged gang rape of a married woman by an army man and his accomplice in Pataudi, Gurgaon, and demanded speedy justice in such cases.

11 January,2016 08:22 PM IST

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