Category: Rights

AgustaWestland: ED chargesheets woman director of Dubai firm

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against the woman director of a…

8 years ago

Himachal Police officer held over custodial death hospitalised

Shimla, Sep 13 (IANS) A senior IPS officer arrested by the CBI, along with seven other policemen, over the custodial…

8 years ago

ICJ to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to resume on Wednesday hearing in the case…

8 years ago

379,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh: UN

Dhaka, Sep 13 (IANS) The United Nations office in Bangladesh on Wednesday raised the number of Rohingyas who have fled…

8 years ago

97 Rohingyas killed so far in bid to reach Bangladesh

Dhaka, Sep 13 (IANS) Bangladeshi authorities on Wednesday recovered the corpses of nine Rohingyas, including three women and three children,…

8 years ago

Bombay HC adjourns hearing on Ryan trustees bail plea to Thursday

Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned, till Thursday morning, the hearing in the anticipatory bail…

8 years ago

Pakistan accountability court summons Sharif, family

Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) An Islamabad-based accountability court on Wednesday issued summons for deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his…

8 years ago

Commonwealth Small States highlight challenges, call for support

Geneva, Sep 13 (IANS) Leading small states of the Commonwealth on Wednesday called for a more inclusive approach to human…

8 years ago

White House may reset refugee quota to below 50,000

Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The Trump administration is considering reducing the number of refugees admitted to the country over the…

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Bombay HC adjourns Ryan trustees bail plea till afternoon

Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned till afternoon the hearing in the anticipatory bail plea…

8 years ago

I’m sure Aadhaar will pass test of constitutionality: Jaitley

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said he was sure Aadhaar will stand the test…

8 years ago

Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN amid growing Rohingya crisis

Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 13 (IANS) Myanmar's de facto leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend…

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Ryan school seeks transfer of trial from Haryana to Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on September 18 a plea by Ryan International School seeking…

8 years ago

Ryan trustees bail plea: Victim’s father intervenes in Bombay HC

Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) The father of a seven-year-old boy murdered inside the Gurugram branch of the Ryan International School…

8 years ago

Pakistani cross-border terrorism is root of current Kashmir situation: India

By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 13 (IANS) Cross-border terrorism from Pakistan is at the root of the current situation…

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Anurag Kashyap’s ‘The Brawler’ premieres at Toronto festival

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Sep 13 (IANS) Anurag Kashyap's film "The Brawler" (Mukkabaaz), which revolves around the struggles of a…

8 years ago

Edie Windsor: Gay rights trailblazer dies at 88

New York, Sep 13 (IANS) Gay rights activist Edith Windsor, whose same-sex marriage fight led to a landmark US ruling,…

8 years ago

Help Rohingyas ‘regardless of politics’, says UN about India’s policy

By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants Rohingya refugees helped "regardless of politics," his…

8 years ago

Government should be careful, must not stereotype victims of violence: Congress

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday urged the Narendra Modi government to be "careful" on the issue…

8 years ago

Forced to shut business, meat sellers struggling for livelihood

New Delhi/Noida, Sep 12 (IANS) Small-scale meat businesses, including fish sellers, tempo drivers who transport meat, small dairies, farmers and…

8 years ago



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