Bangkok, Nov 7 (IANS) A British labour rights activist on Monday left Thailand after facing harassment from companies he had denounced for abuses against migrant workers, prompting a series of lawsuits accusing him of defamation….
Sydney, Nov 7 (IANS) More than 50 wildfires raging through Australia’s New South Wales on Monday have already burnt some 6,600 hectares and are threatening to affect urban areas, a fire service official said. Firefighters…
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) The four-day Chhath festival ended peacefully in Bihar on Monday morning with millions of people, mostly women, ignoring the morning chill and taking a dip in the river to offer prayers…
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Jaywantiben Mehta, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former union minister passed away early on Monday at her residence following a brief illness. She was 78 and had served as a…
Kotgarh (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 6 (IANS) Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday celebrated a hundred years of fruitful efforts of cultivating delicious and luscious varieties of the fruit in the state, while the state…
Karachi, Nov 6 (IANS) Every second woman in Pakistan suffers from some form of domestic violence, an expert said in remarks published on Sunday. The violence has an extremely damaging effect on her physical and…
Washington, Nov 6 (IANS) A ceremony honouring the World War II veterans was held at the American and Chinese World War II Memorial Monument in front of the Monterey Park City Hall in Los Angeles….
Islamabad, Nov 6 (IANS) A Pakistani provincial government may urge the federal government not to extradite NatGeo’s famed “Afghan Girl” Sharbat Gula, and instead award her the status of a refugee in the country, the…
New York, Nov 6 (IANS) A dictator’s death may not lead to regime change in a country, according to a study. The researchers studied all 79 cases of dictators dying in office between 1946 and…
Islamabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Nat Geo’s famed “Afghan Girl” Sharbat Gula will not be deported from Pakistan, a Pakistani government official Shaukat Yousafzai has said, it was reported on Sunday. The Afghan woman known worldwide…
Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) With Food For Life Vrindavan (FFLV) kicks off a fundraiser with Tuk Tuk Challenge 2016, Bollywood actor and FFLV’s international brand ambassador Vivek Oberoi said that working for social cause gives…
Madrid, Nov 5 (IANS) Members of Spain’s Maritime Safety Agency early on Saturday rescued a third group of migrants from a small boat in the Strait of Gibraltar. The news comes after two other small…
Gurgaon, Nov 5 (IANS) A few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Haryana government for improving the girl sex ratio in the state, a nearly five-month-old girl was found dead near here, police…
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) In a shocking incident, two minor girls were sexually abused by their neighbour and his minor son for over a year with the alleged support of the victims’ parents. Police have…
By Charu Bahri In 2008, Arti Chauhan (name changed to protect identity), mother of a 12-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and a 6-year old girl, became aware that two pills — mifepristone and misoprostol –…
Kozhikode ( Kerala) Nov 5 (IANS) After the arrest of a newborn’s father, Kerala Police took a Muslim religious preacher into custody early on Saturday for advising against breast milk for a child until the…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Britain has constantly suffered from “deliberate historical amnesia” about their wrong-doings during their colonial rule in India, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said here on Friday. The former Union minister also…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Union Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Friday held a live Q & A session on Facebook for the third time to discuss issues like domestic violence,…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday condoled the death of West Bengal Congress leader Prasanta Nandi, calling it a loss of a great leader and a social worker. “I am saddened…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Friday urged IIT students to be a part of his ‘100 million for 100 million’ campaign and bring a change in the lives…