Category: Rights

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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.…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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,…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Mumbai set for noisy immersion of Lord Ganesha idols after SC order

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Mumbikars will have a noisy immersion of Lord Ganesha's idols on Tuesday as Supreme Court…

8 years ago

SC asks Bombay HC to decide on cases challenging RERA

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay High Court to decide on challenge to…

8 years ago

Delhi HC seeks government response on plea for semi-open/open prison for women

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the city government and Director General…

8 years ago

Swiftly resolve 30,000 pending cases of departments: Mamata

Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought swift resolution of 30,000 cases of different…

8 years ago

Eight hurt as Lucknow court lift crashes

Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) Eight persons, including some lawyers, were injured on Monday when an elevator at the Chief Judicial…

8 years ago



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