Category: Rights

Many Delhi schools don’t have science, commerce streams: HC notice to CBSE

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the central and state governments and…

8 years ago

WikiLeaks exposes CIA’s secret missile control system

Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) WikiLeaks has released several documents of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) secret missile control system, the…

8 years ago

Centre’s intervention helps Tripura youth’s rescue from Saudi Arabia

Agartala, Sep 8 (IANS) A Tripura youth was rescued from Saudi Arabia, where he was tortured by his employer, due…

8 years ago

‘Pakistan subverting UN peace forum to further territorial ambitions’

By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 8 (IANS) India has accused Pakistan of subverting a UN forum on peace and…

8 years ago

Search operation begins at Dera headquarters amid tight security

Sirsa/Chandigarh, Sep 8 (IANS) Security agencies and district authorities began a search operation at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near…

8 years ago

UN migration agency launches website to track missing migrants

Geneva, Sep 8 (IANS) The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, said Thursday it had launched a…

8 years ago

Trump to DACA beneficiaries: You don’t have to worry for 6 months

Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump told young undocumented migrants protected from deportation under the DACA program that…

8 years ago

EU states who shun migrants should lose funds, says Italian ruling party chief

Rome, Sep 8 (IANS/AKI) European Union countries that refuse to shelter their allotted share of asylum-seekers should see cuts to…

8 years ago

UNESCO head, journalist and human rights groups condemn Lankesh killing

By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 7 (IANS) Condemning the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and…

8 years ago

‘Limited access to capital, gender bias biggest challenges for Indian women entrepreneurs’

Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) Lack of access to capital, gender bias at work place and a weak infrastructure in capacity…

8 years ago

Madhya Pradesh gets NHRC notice over HIV+ve pregnant woman

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government…

8 years ago

SC gives Centre eight weeks time to hold discussions on SYL

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Central government eight weeks time to tell it…

8 years ago

‘Many Delhi schools don’t have science, commerce stream’

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A petition was filed on Thursday before the Delhi High Court alleging that majority of…

8 years ago

Gujarat HC reprimands IAS official for sending WhatsApp message to judge

Ahmedabad, Sep 7 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sternly rebuked Vadodara Municipal Commissioner Vinod Rao for sending a…

8 years ago

50 outfits on month-long peace walk for lynching victims

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Around 50 organisations have come together in a civil society initiative under which volunteers will…

8 years ago

Manipuri mothers felicitated for bearing more children

Imphal Sep 7 (IANS) Three Manipuri mothers were felicitated here on Thursday for bearing many children, in an attempt to…

8 years ago

Existing laws hemming EC’s wide powers under Article 324, SC told

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday told the Supreme Court that though its powers under Article…

8 years ago

Arab Parliament calls for action on Rohingya ‘genocide’

Cairo, Sep 7 (IANS/WAM) The Speaker of the Arab Parliament has called on international organisations to take immediate action to…

8 years ago

Conviction for false affidavit does not attract disqualification, EC tells SC

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a candidate who files a…

8 years ago

Thanks to extradition treaty with Portugal, Abu Salem escapes noose

By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) As expected, notorious mafia gangster Abu Salem A. Ansari, 50, was spared the…

8 years ago



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