Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh pursuing discriminatory family laws which...
Tweet New York, Sep.17 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Bangladesh Government to reform what it calls its discriminatory personal laws on marriage, separation, and...
View ArticleKarnataka Cabinet to decide on cut in duty on petro products
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has said that a decision on reducing Excise Duty on petroleum products would be taken after consultations with his Cabinet colleagues and officials of the Finance...
View ArticleBritain is returning Tamil refugees to be tortured in Sri Lanka
Today at 3:30pm, a specially chartered Border Agency flight using the call sign PVT030 will take off from an undisclosed London airport and head east towards Colombo. Those on board will include visa...
View ArticlePopulation with a migrant background up by 216,000 in 2011 (15921560)
(Source: Destatis - Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland) WIESBADEN- In 2011, the number of people with a migrant background who were living in Germany increased by about 216,000 from a year earlier...
View ArticleHome Affairs accused of unlawful detentions
Johannesburg - The home affairs department is unlawfully detaining refugees and migrants and forcing costly court actions to fight for their release, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) said on Wednesday....
View ArticleMr Narendra Modi, please show sadbhavana toward Hindus: VHP
In a development that spells a face-off with the Narendra Modi-ruled BJP government in the state, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that the government show sadbhavna by lifting the ban on...
View ArticlePress release - CommDH037(2012) / 18 September 2012 Italy needs to speed up...
(Source: Council of Europe) Press release - CommDH037(2012) Italy needs to speed up court proceedings and improve the treatment of Roma and migrants Strasbourg, 18/9/2012 - "Lengthy proceedings and...
View ArticlePeople supporting Sep 20 shutdown: BJP
New Delhi, September 17: The BJP Monday said its call for a nation wide shutdown Sep 20 against the UPA government's decision to hike diesel price, allow foreign equity in retail as well as corruption...
View ArticleInformation panels reviewing RTI appeals process
The Supreme Court order last week that set down new rules for Information Commissions hearing Right to Information Act appeals has had a significant effect on their functioning in several States, as a...
View ArticleWellington receives refugee recommendations post UN meeting
Monday, 17 September 2012, 10:40 am Press Release: Refugee Council of New Zealand Wellington receives refugee recommendations post UN meeting Wellington refugee organisations will be among the first...
View ArticleAnti-Islam film: 2 dead in Pak protests, PM orders blocking of video
Islamabad, September 18: Two persons died in violent protests against an anti-Islam film in Pakistan even as Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday directed authorities to block YouTube for hosting...
View ArticleRatheesh scalps five for Alkraft
J. Ratheesh Kumar (five for 19) helped Alkraft Termotech Ltd. defeat India Japan Lighting Ltd. by 57 runs in the Lucas TVS-Tiruvallur DCA trophy here on Sunday. The scores: Alkraft Termotech Ltd 112...
View ArticleTolerance and tradition
Paper Edition | Page: 21 Peaceful: A Tengger ethnic man walks along the hilly road next to vegetables fields in Bromo. (JP/Indra Harsaputra) The beauty of Mt. Bromo is inseparable from the traditional...
View ArticleAs polls near, caste equations haunt Karnataka Congress
Tweet New Delhi/Bangalore, Sep 17 (IANS) A group of 20 present and former Congress legislators from Karnataka is set to meet party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi Tuesday to urge her to replace...
View ArticleOpposition strike Thursday for FDI, diesel price hike rollback
Tweet New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The opposition parties will hold a nationwide strike Thursday demanding a rollback of the government's decision to hike diesel prices, cap subsidised cooking gas...
View ArticleOpposition-called nationwide strike tomorrow for FDI, diesel price hike...
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet NEW DELHI: The opposition parties will hold a nationwide strike on Thursday demanding a rollback of the government's decision to hike diesel prices, cap subsidized cooking gas...
View ArticleFloods hit over 3m people
ISLAMABAD ' Over three million people have been affected by current spell of heavy rains which also damaged around 2.2 million acres of crops across the four provinces ' killing a total of 369 people...
View ArticleJordan media up in arms over new online controls
AMMAN - Jordanian journalists voiced alarm on Wednesday over newly approved amendments to the press and publication law, warning that they threatened freedom of expression particularly in the online...
View ArticleBJP to consult allies on demand for special session of parliament
Tweet New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Demanding a rollback of the UPA's recent economic decisions, the BJP Wednesday said it was considering the demand for a special session of parliament over the...
View ArticleUPA in minority, BJP says countdown for poll has begun
New Delhi: Putting an end to speculations, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has finally decided to withdraw support to the UPA government, throwing the ruling coalition into minority in the...
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