Category: Rights

SC asks trial court for daily hearings in Saibaba’s case

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked a Maharashtra court to hold daily hearings into the…

9 years ago

No gang rapes in Murthal during Jat stir, Haryana tells HC

Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Submitting a status report on the alleged Murthal gang rapes, the Haryana government on Monday told…

9 years ago

No video of Kanhaiya shouting anti-national slogans: Delhi Police to HC

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Monday admitted on Monday before the Delhi High Court that "it…

9 years ago

Manipur court releases Irom Sharmila

Imphal, Feb 29 (IANS) A court here on Monday released Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike…

9 years ago

JNU students Umar, Anirban’s police custody extended

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The police custody of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for…

9 years ago

Ex-CJI Dattu takes over NHRC chief

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former chief justice of India H.L. Dattu on Monday took over as the National Human…

9 years ago

Malala lauds Pakistan’s Sharmeen on getting Oscar

Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen…

9 years ago

Withdraw FIR against Yechury, scrap sedition clause in IPC: CPI-M

Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday demanded the withdrawal of sedition cases registered against its general secretary…

9 years ago

HC order on Kanhaiya’s bail on Wednesday, slams police

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court said it will pass an order on Wednesday on the bail…

9 years ago

Pakistan hangs Punjab governor Taseer’s killer

Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A self-confessed killer of the then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was hanged on Monday in Rawalpindi,…

9 years ago

Two to die in Pakistan for honour killing

Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A Pakistani court sentenced two brothers to death on Monday for killing their sister and her…

9 years ago

Greece needs EU help to avoid chaos over migrant crisis: Merkel

Berlin, Feb 29 (IANS) Europe cannot allow Greece to fall into "chaos", German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, amid sharp…

9 years ago

Withdraw sedition case against Yechury, others: CPI-M

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday condemned the registration of a sedition case against its general secretary…

9 years ago

US student detained in North Korea confesses to theft

Seoul, Feb 29 (IANS) An American student detained in North Korea confessed at a press conference in Pyongyang on Monday…

9 years ago

One more scheme for holders of black money

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced a new amnesty scheme for those having…

9 years ago

Australian man jailed for ‘attempted murder’ of corpse

Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead…

9 years ago

Former executives charged over Fukushima accident

Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese prosecutors on Monday charged three former directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) -- that…

9 years ago

HC upholds TRAI’s call drop compensation order

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi High Court on Monday upheld the order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India…

9 years ago

Stop using term ‘Asian’ to describe Rotherham gang: Sikh group

London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham…

9 years ago

Indo-Canadian policeman charged with drunken driving

Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been…

9 years ago



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