Category: Rights

Contempt notice against McD as NCLT declines to hear plea on franchise termination

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday declined to hear a plea by Vikram…

8 years ago

Modi in Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis

Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to…

8 years ago

Rohingyas illegal migrants, need to go: Rijiju

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday defended the government's decision to…

8 years ago

Court seeks ED response on Wani bail plea

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file its reply on…

8 years ago

IDBI seeks vacation of stay of insolvency proceedings against Jaypee

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on September 11, state-run IDBI's plea seeking restoration of insolvency…

8 years ago

NIA arrests two stone-pelters in terror funding case

Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) The NIA on Tuesday said it has arrested two stone-pelters in Kashmir in connection with an…

8 years ago

Women drivers give Rajnath, Yogi inaugural Lucknow Metro ride

Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Two women loco pilots Pooja and Priyanka on Tuesday gave Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar…

8 years ago

Central, Assam ministers say Rohingyas must go back

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Centre and the Assam government on Tuesday made it clear that Rohingya immigrants from…

8 years ago

Hearing begins on Australian same-sex marriage postal survey

Canberra, Sep 5 (IANS) The High Court of Australia on Tuesday began a two-day hearing on the legality of a…

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Hong Kong replaces BBC with Chinese state radio

Hong Kong, Sep 5 (IANS) Authorities in Hong Kong on Tuesday replaced a 24-hours BBC World Service radio channel, that…

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Protests in Kashmir in support of Rohingya Muslims

Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) Students in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam and Pulwama districts took to the streets on Tuesday to…

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123,000 Rohingyas have crossed into Bangladesh: UN

Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 123,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state,…

8 years ago

When ‘mafi’ meant certain rape in Dera’s ‘gufa’

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Sep 5 (IANS) Female disciples or 'sadhvis' of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect were forced…

8 years ago

Doctors go on mass leave in UP’s Farrukhabad

Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Upset over charges brought against senior doctors of a state-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad, where…

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Australian court hears challenges to same-sex marriage vote

Canberra, Sep 5 (IANS) Australia's highest court on Tuesday began hearing legal challenges against a national vote on same-sex marriage.…

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New York to sue Trump if he scraps young immigrants program

New York, Sep 5 (IANS) The US state of New York will sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a…

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S. Africa refutes claims about mass killing of Somalians

Cape Town, Sep 5 (IANS) The South African government refuted claims that foreign nationals in South Africa, and in particular…

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Kenya to hold new presidential election on October 17

Nairobi, Sep 5 (IANS) Kenya's electoral body on Monday set October 17 for a repeat of presidential elections following the…

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SC seeks details of complaints to Google, FB, WhatsApp on objectionable content

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of complaints received by internet majors like Google,…

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SC to hear plea against deportation of Rohingya Muslim refugees

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, on September 11, a plea seeking direction to the Central…

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