Stir in Visakhapatnam opposing steel plant sale \
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Stir in Visakhapatnam opposing steel plant sale

28-Mar-2022
Visakhapatnam Mar 28 PTI Hundreds of workers took part in protests across Visakhapatnam on Monday as part of the two-day nation-wide strike called by trade unions opposing the Centres move to privatise public sector undertakings with the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant being the epicentre of the stir The protestors also gave a call for Vizag bandh on Monday which drew a moderate response Workers under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee staged a demonstration outside the main gate of the VSP raising slogans against the Centres bid to go ahead with the strategic disinvestment of the steel plant They decried the statements made by Union Ministers in Parliament on the steel plant issue and said they were grossly misleading They vowed to thwart the Centres plans by all means and said their fight would continue till the end Trade unions AITUC CITU and others staged a rasta-roko at Maddilapalem junction in Visakhapatnam blocking traffic on the NH-16 Police took the protesting trade unionists into custody and cleared the traffic PTI DBV DBV SS SS
28-Mar-2022 National
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Pakistan: Opposition asks PM Imran Khan to quit within five days \
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Pakistan: Opposition asks PM Imran Khan to quit within five days

04-Mar-2022
Lahore [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign within five days or be ready for a no-confidence move.
04-Mar-2022 World
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‘Draconian’ law against media draws flak  in Pakistan \
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‘Draconian’ law against media draws flak in Pakistan

03-Mar-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): The "draconian" media law amendments passed by the Imran Khan government as an ordinance is drawing widespread criticism in Pakistan as it seeks to place fetters on the constitutional rights of citizens, local media reported.
03-Mar-2022 World
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Pak media bodies reject ‘oppressive’ amendments to law stifling ‘defiant voices’ \
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Pak media bodies reject ‘oppressive’ amendments to law stifling ‘defiant voices’

21-Feb-2022
Karachi [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan media bodies have rejected the oppressive amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), saying it is a flagrant move to undermine the freedom of the press, speech and defiant voices in the country, local media reported.
21-Feb-2022 World
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