Lucknow, April 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday detained BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar who has been accused with the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl, officials said. He has…
Gadag (Karnataka), April 13 (IANS) Charging the Congress with dividing the people over caste, creed and religion, BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said the ruling party in Karnataka will stoop to any level to…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Global human rights organisation Amnesty International on Thursday said executions and death sentences worldwide have fallen but several countries have regressed — like India, where death sentences fell but it…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday condemned the rape incidents in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua and Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, calling for action against the perpetrators. The Commission said…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Reminding the Supreme Court about “separation of powers” enshrined in the Constitution, the Central Government on Thursday said the court has been misled into thinking that it has the power…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the powers to make election rules under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 1951 be given to…
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) Hours after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of Telugu actress Sri Reddy’s allegations of sexual exploitation, the Movie Artists’ Association (MAA) on Thursday lifted a ban…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday said the option of moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is still open and added that it will be a very…
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed the ongoing Panchayat election process in West Bengal till further orders and asked the State Election Commission (SEC) to furnish by April 16 a…
Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Thursday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for the delay in arrest of accused BJP MLA of Unnao Kuldeep Singh Sengar despite an FIR against him in…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Human rights group Amnesty International on Thursday termed the attempts by some lawyers and a Hindu group to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of the gang-rape and murder of an…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Expressing serious concern over information surveillance taking place in the country for commercial purposes, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that individual data is a goldmine of commercial information. “Today,…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Justice Kurian Joseph — the fifth senior most judge in the Supreme Court and a member of the collegium — has told Chief Justice Dipak Misra that “history will not…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Punjab government on Thursday supported in the Supreme Court the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court convicting incumbent minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu in a…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for blocking the release of film “Nanak Shah Fakir”. The film based on…
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday sent notices to the Telangana government and the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry over a Telugu actress’ allegations of sexual exploitation. The commission…
Jammu, April 12 (IANS) As the issue of brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua assumed communal proportions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday promised that there will be…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay Friday’s release of “Nanak Shah Fakir”, a film based on Guru Nanak. The court, however, issued notice to the film producer,…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to “restore” through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that has been “diluted” by a Supreme Court order and…
London, April 12 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi, along with the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery will launch a report by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) aimed at eliminating…