Category: Rights

SC allows 24 weeks pregnant woman to abort malformed foetus

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 24 weeks pregnant woman to abort as the…

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Abu Dhabi police launch campaign against fireworks

Abu Dhabi, Aug 31 (IANS/WAM) The police here on Thursday launched an awareness campaign to warn residents against risks of…

8 years ago

HC orders inspection of Gorakhpur hospital services

Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (UPSLSA) to…

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Delhi HC judges visit district courts on surprise inspection

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) In a first, six senior-most judges of the Delhi High Court on Thursday morning visited…

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Court allows Shabir Shah to appear via video-conferencing

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A court here on Thursday allowed Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah's plea seeking to appear…

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Benazir Bhutto’s children call verdict ‘disappointing, unacceptable’

Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Following the verdict in the 2007 Benazir Bhutto assassination case, the former Prime Minister's children expressed…

8 years ago

ED custody of meat exporter Moin Qureshi extended

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A court here on Thursday extended by four days the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody of…

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Benazir murder: Musharraf declared absconder, five let off

Rawalpindi, Aug 31 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday declared former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf an absconder in the…

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HC judges visit district courts on surprise inspection

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) In a first, six senior-most judges of the Delhi High Court on Thursday morning visited…

8 years ago

Ex-JDU MLC’s son convicted in road rage case

Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) A court in Bihar on Thursday convicted Rakesh Ranjan Yadav, alias Rocky Yadav, of killing a…

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20 Rohingya refugees drown fleeing Myanmar

Dhaka, Aug 31 (IANS) The bodies of 20 Rohingya refugees, including children, were recovered from Naf River on the Bangladesh-Myanmar…

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Pakistan court declares Musharraf absconder in Benazir murder case

Rawalpindi, Aug 31 (IANS) An Anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on Thursday declared former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf absconder in the…

8 years ago

US anti-vaccination activist denied Australian visa

Canberra, Aug 31 (IANS) A US author who bills himself as the "world's number one anti-vaxxer" has been denied a…

8 years ago

Google-funded think tank fires tech giant’s critic

San Francisco, Aug 31 (IANS) Already mired in several controversies, Google once again was at the receiving end of condemnation…

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Controversial Texas immigration bill temporarily blocked

Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked key provisions of a law that bans sanctuary…

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Benazir Bhutto murder case verdict on Thursday

Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) A Pakistani court is set to announce its verdict in the murder case of former Prime…

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California university offering legal aid to undocumented students

Los Angeles, Aug 31 (IANS) The California State University-Northridge (CSUN) in association with the Southwestern Law School has inaugurated a…

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Brazil’s top prosecutor to remain in Temer graft case

Brasilia, Aug 31 (IANS) Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) dismissed a motion to remove General Prosecutor Rodrigo Janot from heading…

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Egypt puts 296 Muslim Brotherhood defendants on terror list

Cairo, Aug 31 (IANS) An Egyptian court has decided to place 296 defendants loyal to the banned Muslim Brotherhood on…

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Turkey calls for UN intervention on Rohingya Muslims’ plight

Ankara, Aug 31 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to "put pressure on…

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