Category: Rights

Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) Washington DC's top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the…

5 years ago

Brazilian chief justice reverses ruling that favored Lula

Brasilia, Dec 20 (IANS) The chief justice of Brazil's Supreme Court has revoked a ruling made hours earlier by one…

5 years ago

ED quizzes Chidambaram for first time in INX Media case

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday questioned former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX…

5 years ago

Not allowed to take lunch during ED questioning, TDP MP tells HC

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Former Union Minister and TDP MP Y. S. Chowdary on Wednesday told the Delhi High…

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CBI files charge-sheet against Muzaffarpur horror accused

Patna, Dec 19 (IANS) The CBI has filed a charge-sheet in a special court naming all accused in the infamous…

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Court sends Christian Michel to judicial custody

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday sent British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the…

5 years ago

PNB scam probe: CBI raids, nabs bank officials, 2 others

Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) In another swoop in the ongoing probe into the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, the CBI…

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HC quashes summons against Irani

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a trial court order issuing summons against…

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Indian freed by Pakistan meets Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Hamid Nehal Ansari, the man from Mumbai who was freed by Pakistan on Tuesday after…

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US: Freedom of speech principle covers Khalistani referendum campaign

Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) A US-based Sikh group's call for a referendum on Khalistan would come under the country's "bedrock…

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Banks may remain closed for 5 days due to holidays, strikes in December

Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) Ahead of the strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on December 26,…

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Lok Sabha passes Bill that prohibits commercial surrogacy

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 that ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and…

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Protest in AMU over firing in Kashmir

Lucknow, Dec 19 (IANS) Students of the Aligarh Muslim University took out a peace march on the varsity campus on…

5 years ago

Kerala actor abduction case: HC dismisses Dileep’s plea seeking CBI probe

Kochi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Kerala High Court here on Wednesday dismissed a plea by the eighth accused in the…

5 years ago

Man jailed for threatening to kill Trump

Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) A 39-year-old man living in the US state of Arizona has been sentenced to 37 months…

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Lok Sabha passes Surrogacy Bill, 2016

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 that ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and…

5 years ago

US man jailed for attacking Sikh cab driver

Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) A US man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for a brutal attack on…

5 years ago

Fate of 14 trapped in Meghalaya mine remains uncertain

Shillong, Dec 19 (IANS) The fate of 14 miners, who have been trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya's…

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Gender pay gap will take 202 years to close: Report

Davos, Dec 19 (IANS) It could take 202 years for women to earn as much as men because the global…

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US Senate approves overhaul of criminal justice system

Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping overhaul of the country's criminal justice system that…

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