Election Watchdog says no to foreign agent tag
byMoscow, April 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia’s Golos Association, a non-government organisation which monitors elections and campaigns for voters’ rights, has refused to register itself…
Law & Policy
Saradha boss, aides sent to 14 days’ police custody
byKolkata, April 25 (IANS) Amid protests by opposition activists, chit fund-funded Saradha Group chairman and managing director Sudipta Sen and his two aides were…
Human Rights Watch calls for shifting CHOGM from Sri Lanka
byNew York, April 25 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch said Thursday that a senior Commonwealth advisory group should recommend the organisation shift the venue…
NHRC seeks report from Haryana over Dalits
byNew Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday sought a report from Haryana after more than 100 Dalits were forced…
Domestic helps want law to protect wages, working conditions
byNew Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Domestic workers Thursday urged the central government to work out and pass a comprehensive legislation that would fix wages…
Delhi HC on child rape: Are people going mad?
byNew Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed concern over the gang-rape of the five-year-old girl in the city, saying, “something…
Delhi HC expresses concern over gang-rape of child
byNew Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed concern over the gang-rape of a five-year-old girl child saying “something somewhere is…
SC defers ruling on Italian marines till Friday
byNew Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court will pronounce Friday its order on the Italian government’s plea against the invoking of a stringent…
Society must ensure dignity of women: President
byBhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Describing as “unacceptable” the recent incidents of child rapes and brutal assaults on women in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee…
SC raps police forces over treatment of women
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would take a very serious view of another incident of police violence against a woman,…