Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) which has strongly opposed the Central government’s stand on the deportation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, on Wednesday said it has…
Dhaka/New York, Sep 20 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Myanmar to take back 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have taken refuge in her country and also called for an end to “propaganda” that…
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday confirmed the death sentences awarded to four “hardcore terrorists” involved in heinous offences, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. The men…
Bangkok, Sep 20 (IANS) A Thai humanitarian team on behalf of the national Islamic committee is due to travel to Cox’s Bazar in southeast Bangladesh next week to provide assistance to Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution…
Washington/New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Between January and June this year, the Indian government made 261 account information requests — a 55 per cent increase from the previous period — and asked for 102 accounts…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday adjourned the 2G spectrum allocation cases against former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and others to October 25. CBI Special Judge…
Chennai, Sep 20 (IANS) Declining a stay on the disqualification of 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs, the Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered that no floor test should be held in the assembly till further orders…
By Garima Tyagi Kuala Lumpur, Sep 20 (IANS) As Bangladesh tackles the flood of Rohingya Muslims streaming into the country from Myanmar, the head of the country’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says the situation…
Chennai, Sep 20 (IANS) Without staying the order of disqualification of 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs, the Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered that no floor test should be held in the assembly till further orders….
Chandigarh, Sep 20 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday refused to grant a stay on the arrest of the trustees of Ryan International School over the murder of seven-year-old Pradhuman at its…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) In a first of its kind order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Unitech to pay litigation cost to home buyers who have succeeded before the grievance redressal commission in…
Panaji, Sep 20 (IANS) Constant public references by MLAs and ministers about a police-drug mafia nexus in the state is denting both the morale of the police force and Goa’s image, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar…
San Francisco/New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Facebook is reportedly removing posts and suspending accounts of activists who are documenting the “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Daily Beast has reported. The activists said their…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Centre will move the Supreme Court to seek modification of its order to grant citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees since it could unbalance the social and demographic structure…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to submit a list of steps taken to ban the Blue Whale online game that has led to numerous suicides among…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (IANS) Ruling Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) MLA Prabhat Biswal was on Tuesday arrested by the CBI in the Seashore chit fund scam in Odisha. Biswal was picked up late Monday night from…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) on Tuesday expressed concerns at the “seeming regularity of encounter deaths” of alleged criminals in Uttar Pradesh. It said the state police is mandated…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Karnataka can’t have freedom of choice on the use of its share of Cauvery water as it would alter the 2007…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday took cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheet filed against woman director of a Dubai-based company in a money-laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VVIP…
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) The US has resumed the premium processing of all H-1B visa petitions subject to the fiscal 2018 cap, five months after it was suspended to check the rush of work visas…