Category: Rights

‘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…

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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

Abu Salem escapes noose, two get death in 1993 Mumbai blasts case

By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Gangster Abu Salem on Thursday escaped the death penalty in the 1993 Mumbai…

8 years ago

World community must find ways to prevent genocide: India

By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 7 (IANS) India has called on the international community to develop norms to protect…

8 years ago

Tolerance our culture, must protect it: Naqvi

Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Tolerance is the culture and commitment of India and Indians, and it is our constitutional duty…

8 years ago

ED opposes Wani’s bail plea in money laundering case

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed the bail plea of alleged hawala dealer Muhammad…

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Rohingyas are refugees, do not deport them: CPI-M

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday said the Rohingyas who have crossed over…

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North Goa district extends ban on Muthalik

Panaji, Sep 7 (IANS) The North Goa district administration on Thursday extended the ban on Mangalore-based Hindu outfit Sri Rama…

8 years ago

Benazir murder: Police officers challenge 17-year jail term

Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) The two senior police officers who were sentenced to 17 years in prison for negligence and…

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Madras HC restrains TN Speaker from action against DMK MLAs

Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday directed Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal not to take…

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Death for two, life term for Abu Salem, another in 1993 Mumbai blasts case

Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) A Special TADA Court on Thursday sentenced two convicts to death, gangster Abu Salem Ansari and…

8 years ago



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