Category: Rights

Facebook suspending accounts of Rohingya activists: Report

San Francisco/New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Facebook is reportedly removing posts and suspending accounts of activists who are documenting the…

8 years ago

Will move SC for change in order on Chakma refugees: Rijiju

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Centre will move the Supreme Court to seek modification of its order to grant…

8 years ago

HC seeks Centre’s steps against Blue Whale game

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to submit a list of steps…

8 years ago

BJD MLA held in Odisha scam, sent in 5-day CBI custody

Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (IANS) Ruling Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) MLA Prabhat Biswal was on Tuesday arrested by the CBI in…

8 years ago

Rights body concerned over shootout deaths in UP

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) on Tuesday expressed concerns at the "seeming regularity of…

8 years ago

No freedom of choice for Karnataka on using allocated Cauvery water, TN to SC

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Karnataka can't have freedom of choice…

8 years ago

AgustaWestland: Hearing on ED chargesheet on October 3

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday took cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheet filed against…

8 years ago

US resumes premium processing of H-1B visas

Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) The US has resumed the premium processing of all H-1B visa petitions subject to the fiscal…

8 years ago

Governor reaches Chennai, HC to hear MLAs disqualification on Wednesday

Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) Political developments in Tamil Nadu in the wake of disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs gathered momentum…

8 years ago

Congress’ Maharashtra legislator offers to sponsor CCTVs in schools

Mumbai, Sep 19 (IANS) Congress's Maharashtra legislator Arif Naseem Khan on Monday announced plans to sponsor CCTVs in economically weak…

8 years ago

Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rohingya region, UN seeks access

Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 19 (IANS) Breaking her silence on Rohingyas, Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on…

8 years ago

Cash-for-query: Charges to be framed on September 27

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday fixed September 27 for formally framing charges against 11 former…

8 years ago

Incidence of child marriage in Bihar highest in India: Study

Patna, Sep 19 (IANS) Notwithstanding the laws, child marriage in Bihar particularly in rural areas is a reality, with the…

8 years ago

High Court to hear petition against disqualification of 18 MLAs

Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) The Madras High Court is expected to hear on Wednesday the petition of 18 legislators disqualified…

8 years ago

India welcomes Suu Kyi’s statement on Rohingyas

Yangon, Sep 19 (IANS) India on Tuesday welcomed as encouraging and positive Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's address…

8 years ago

Pintos’ bail plea referred for assigning to another HC bench

Chandigarh, Sep 19 (IANS) A Punjab and Haryana High Court judge on Tuesday refused to hear the anticipatory bail plea…

8 years ago

When picked up, Iqbal Kaskar was watching ‘KBC’, eating biryani

Thane (Maharashtra), Sep 19 (IANS) When Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, the brother of absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, was picked…

8 years ago

India stresses on restoration of normalcy in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Geneva, Sep 19 (IANS) India on Tuesday stressed on restoration of normalcy in Myanmar's Rakhine state where violence has triggered…

8 years ago

UN seeks unrestricted access in Myanmar

Geneva, Sep 19 (IANS) The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has sought unhindered access to verify reports of human rights…

8 years ago

Kerala HC posts actor Dileep’s 5th bail plea for September 26

Kochi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Tuesday posted actor Dileep's fifth bail application hearing in the Malayalam…

8 years ago



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