New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Bihar government to pay Rs 3 lakh compensation to a destitute woman suffering from HIV, who became pregnant after being raped and cannot…
Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ruled that triple talaq was a violation of the Indian Constitution and that the rights of women cannot be violated in the name of personal…
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday said that an Indian woman who sought refuge in the Indian High Commission here after arriving in Pakistan to marry, will be repatriated after all legalities are completed….
Kannur/Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 (IANS) Four women teachers who are believed to have asked a girl to remove her top innerwear before entering the classroom to write the NEET entrance exam at a school near Kannur…
Kannur/Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 (IANS) Four women teachers who are believed to have asked a girl student to remove her innerwear during frisking for writing the NEET medical entrance exam have been suspended for a month…
Taipei, May 9 (IANS) More than one-fifth of female Taiwanese office workers have no desire to have children, with the financial burden of having a child identified as their biggest concern, a survey indicated. The…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: CityMakers; Author: Indu Prakash Singh; Publisher: Mukul Prakashan; Pages: 608; Price: Rs 1,000 Why do the mass of homeless in city after city, the ones who build homes and castles…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) The remains of an American sailor who killed during the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbour in 1941 is set to return to his hometown in Iowa state for burial, officials…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) The wife of an American citizen detained in North Korea for suspected “hostile acts” against Pyongyang, has pleaded for his release, the media reported. The news of his arrest came on…
Agra May 8 (IANS) Agra Divisional Commissioner K. Ram Mohan Rao picked up a broomstick and cleaned up his office premises, to boost the cleanliness drive. “When we take the lead and show with example,…
Ahmedabad, May 8 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel’s son was early on Monday prevented by authorities from boarding a Qatar Airways flight to Greece after he arrived in a “heavily drunken” state at…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) A pregnant rape victim on Monday sought compensation from the Bihar government after doctors at AIIMS said in their report that her pregnancy could not be terminated due to its…
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday urged the Telangana government to help a Home Guard, who also plies auto-rickshaw, to meet expenses for education of his five children. Owaisi wrote a…
Paris, May 8 (IANS) Newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Trogneux, who is 24 years older than him, is anticipated to take on a key role championing education and working for disadvantaged children in…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) A day after a girl claimed that she had to remove her innerwear before sitting for the NEET exam in Kannur, the Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) on Monday wrote…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Refusing to compare her case with the Nirbhaya gang-rape case where the apex court upheld death penalty for the convicts, Gujarat gang-rape survivor Bilkis Bano on Monday said she was…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Festooned in fairy lights, far from the prying and judging eyes of the public, cafe “Amra Odbhuth” (We are Queer) provides space to the LGBTQ community members here to get together…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Gujarat gang-rape survivor Bilkis Bano on Monday said that after 15 years of indescribable struggle she is preparing for a new beginning after last week’s court ruling, and urged that…
Hong Kong, May 8 (IANS) The founder of Hong Kong’s independent music venue Hidden Agenda along with members of a British band and an American musician were arrested following a raid in the club by…
New Delhi/Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) An Indian woman has sought refuge at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad just two days after her marriage to a Pakistani national, informed sources said. Sources in New Delhi…