Shillong/Agartala, Dec 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), an apex body representing eight major students’ organisations of the northeastern states, on Tuesday demanded capital punishment for those responsible for the killing of Tripura…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Supreme Court staying the bail granted to Unnao rape convict and former UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the survivor on Monday demanded the death sentence for him, saying…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court order that had suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep…
Quetta, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rights groups, activists, lawyers and student organisations have expressed concern over rising cases of enforced disappearances of Baloch women, warning that cases reported in recent months showcase a troubling phase in…
Patna, Dec 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, on Friday, criticised the Bangladeshi government over incidents of violence against the Hindu community in the South Asian country, holding…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has set aside the compulsory retirement of a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer, holding that the disciplinary action taken against him on allegations of sexual…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Protests over the murder of Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, in Bangladesh spilled into West Bengal’s Kolkata on Tuesday after policemen clashed with members of the Hindu Jagran Manch outside the…
Chennai, Dec 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss, on Monday, urged Sri Lanka to abandon its existing unitary constitutional set-up and adopt a federal political framework that acknowledges the Tamil homeland and…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has announced the launch of ‘SHAKTI Scholars: NCW’s Young Research Fellowship’, inviting applications from young students and researchers for policy-oriented research on issues concerning…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram, on Friday, led policymakers and legal experts in firming up strategies for community forest governance and faster and more accurate recording of forest rights…
Srinagar, Dec 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iltija Mufti, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Friday, lodged a police complaint against the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar…
Kabul, Dec 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 2.17 million Afghans have been forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan, with children comprising more than 60 per cent of returnees, according to the United Nations. According to…
New Delhi, Dec 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has ordered the reinstatement of a Border Security Force (BSF) constable who was discharged from service solely on the ground that he was HIV-positive. A bench…
New Delhi, Dec 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed petitioners requesting more time for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh to submit their representations to the…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued summons to the Maharashtra Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) for failing to submit an Action Taken Report…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Commissioner of Police, Howrah, West Bengal, seeking an Action Taken Report (ATR) over allegations of sexual assault and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala Police are likely to register a case in connection with the circulation of a video on social media that allegedly revealed the identity of the survivor in the 2017 actress…
Bengaluru, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized more than 190 tonnes of subsidised urea fertiliser, intended for farmers, from the black market on the outskirts of Karnataka’s Bengaluru…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has directed BSES Rajdhani Power Limited to restore electricity supply to a tenant’s premises without insisting on a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the landlords, holding…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court has dissolved a 25-year-old marriage, holding that it had “ceased to exist in reality” and that there was no possibility of reconciliation. Allowing a petition filed by…