Category: Rights

Harvard rescinds Chelsea Manning’s visiting fellowship

Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Harvard University on Friday rescinded a visiting fellowship offered to Chelsea Manning, the transgender US soldier…

8 years ago

Rule of law solution to Rakhine crisis: Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 15 (IANS) A Myanmar government committee investigating the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state said adhering…

8 years ago

Ryan trustees must go behind bars: NGO

Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) A day after the Bombay High Court rejected the anticipatory transit bail plea of Ryan International…

8 years ago

Pakistan SC dismisses Sharifs’ review plea

Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the review petitions filed by deposed Prime Minister Nawaz…

8 years ago

Actress abduction case: Nadir Shah falls sick during questioning

Aluva (Kerala), Sep 15 (IANS) Actor-director Nadir Shah on Friday developed uneasiness soon after he appeared before the probe team…

8 years ago

Rohingya crisis: Security tightened along India-Myanmar border

Aizawl/Agartala, Sep 15 (IANS) Security has been further tightened along the borders of northeastern states with Myanmar and Bangladesh to…

8 years ago

No decision on commercial release of GM mustard, Centre tells SC

New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that no decision has been taken…

8 years ago

Tales of grit: The lives of female Nobel Peace laureates (Book Review)

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Sep 15 (IANS) It was in 1905 that the first Nobel Prize for Peace was won…

8 years ago

Google sued for discrimination against women at workplace

San Francisco, Sep 15 (IANS) Three former Google employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the tech giant accusing it…

8 years ago

Pakistan not shown in negative light in my film: Iram Haq

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Sep 15 (IANS) Pakistani-origin actress-director Iram Haq's film "What Parents Will Say", which premiered at the…

8 years ago

Mexico asks US to find solution for DACA immigrants

Mexico City, Sep 15 (IANS) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto asked the US to find a permanent solution for the…

8 years ago

Iran, Turkey warn against ‘repercussions’ of independence vote

Tehran, Sep 15 (IANS) Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri and his Turkish counterpart General…

8 years ago

NREGA workers continue their agitation

New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) MNREGA daily wagers continued their agitation for the fourth consecutive day here on Thursday in…

8 years ago

Centre says affidavit served in Rohingya case not final

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday clarified that the affidavit on Rohangiya refugees attributed to it is…

8 years ago

MP Lokayukta pronounces four-year jail each to two brothers

Jabalpur, Sep 14 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta has pronounced four-year jail term and Rs 30 lakh fine each for…

8 years ago

HC scraps Haryana judicial service exam

Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday scrapped the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial) preliminary examination…

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Hardik launches ‘sankalp yatra’ with fanfare

Ahmedabad, Sep 14 (IANS) Gujarat Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel here on Thursday launched a three-day 'sankalp yatra' to press…

8 years ago

Will not decriminalise begging, Centre tells HC

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it had dropped the proposal…

8 years ago

HC rejects bail plea, stays Ryan trustees’ arrest till Friday evening

Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed an anticipatory transit bail plea of trustees of Ryan…

8 years ago

HC asks Centre to file status report on NGT appointments

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a status report on…

8 years ago



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