New Delhi: Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila who was acquitted by a Delhi court in a 2006 case of attempt to suicide when she was undertaking a fast until death at Jantar Mantar; in New…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called for a change in attitudes to enable people with disabilities to realise their potential in an enabling environment. He released…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Punjab and Haryana to constitute selection committees with their respective law secretaries as member- secretaries to select government law officers in a…
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that there is no law to prevent women from entering a place of worship and if men are allowed, women too should be permitted….
Imphal March 30 (IANS) The district and sessions court here on Wednesday told Chungkham Taratombi, mother of Chungkham Sanjit, a victim of an alleged extra judicial killing, that she could approach the higher court if…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that liquor baron Vijay Mallya has offered to pay Rs.4,000 crore to settle outstanding dues against the grounded Kingfisher Airlines on account of…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya has offered to pay Rs.4,000 crore to settle outstanding dues against the grounded Kingfisher Airlines on account…
Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Students and two professors of University of Hyderabad vowed after their release from jail to intensify their struggle till Appa Rao is removed as the vice chancellor. Stating that there was…
Paris, March 30 (IANS) French police on Wednesday dismantled a camp in a Paris subway station where hundreds of migrants mostly from Sudan, Eritrea and Afghanistan had been living underneath the elevated train tracks. Shortly…
Patna, March 30 (IANS) The Bihar government on Wednesday announced reservation in jobs to the third gender and set up a welfare board for them. “The third gender will be provided reservation in government jobs…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, from charges…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, March 30 (IANS) Despite an assurance by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that a chairman for the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) would be appointed soon, no such step has been…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, March 30 (IANS) Despite an assurance by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that a chairman for the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) would be appointed soon, no such step has been…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya has on Wednesday morning offered to pay Rs.4,000 crore for settling outstanding dues against the grounded Kingfisher…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Punjab and Haryana to constitute their respective search committees to be headed by their law secretaries to select government law officers in a fair…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 30 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Myanmar to put an end to “abusive restrictions” on the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority in the western Rakhine state. The statement…
Chicago, March 30 (IANS/EFE) Retired soccer great Pele has filed suit in a US federal court in Chicago against South Korean electronic giant Samsung for its use in an advertisement of the image of someone…
Vrindavan, March 29 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a new 1,000-bed widows’ home slated to come up on 3.52 acres at a cost of…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday was informed by the civic bodies that the funds were not being released by the Delhi government and corporations have no fund to pay…
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) All 25 students and two faculty members of University of Hyderabad were released from jail here Tuesday night, nearly a week after they were arrested during a police crackdown on the…