Written by Abantika Ghosh | New Delhi | June 25, 2014 3:01 am Ministry of Women and Child Development under Maneka Gandhi. SUMMARY Draft of the amended Act extends panel’s jurisdiction to Jammu and Kashmir. The National Commission for… Continue Reading →
Written by Ashutosh Bhardwaj | Raipur | June 25, 2014 12:15 am Podiyami Mada’s wife waits for his body in 2012. ( Source: Express photo by Ashutosh Bhardwaj ) SUMMARY Human rights panel has awarded compensation to family of a… Continue Reading →
By MALAVIKA VYAWAHARE JUNE 23, 2014 Piyal Adhikary/European Pressphoto AgencyA sex worker receiving a condom at a health clinic in Sonagachi, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The head of the National AIDS Control Organization said condom promotion had… Continue Reading →
Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to a baby daughter in prison A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her Islamic faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC. Meriam Ibrahim’s death penalty was overturned by… Continue Reading →
By Johnlee Varghese June 19, 2014 15:44 IST U.S. President Obama meets Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Iraq at the White HouseReuters As the American government is contemplating on whether or not to launch an airstrike on ISIS… Continue Reading →
Written by Alison Saldanha , Tanushree Venkatraman | Mumbai | June 24, 2014 8:31 am Phase-1 of the demolition of illegal Campa Cola flats started on Monday with BMC officials disconnecting power, gas and water connections.( Express photo by Amit Chakravarty) SUMMARY The… Continue Reading →
His long struggle against false imprisonment transformed attitudes towards the British state, writes Shaun Doherty Gerry Conlon speaking at a rally to defend Legal Aid outside parliament last year (Pic: Guy Smallman) Gerry Conlon, who spent 15 years in prison after… Continue Reading →
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The National Fishworkers’ Forum and the Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation have accused the State government of trying to get the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms amended for the benefit of tourist resort owners at the expense… Continue Reading →
AFP | June 24, 2014, 15.06 pm IST Send by email India has been struggling to overcome its reputation for sexual violence since the fatal gang rape of a student in New Delhi in December 2012 (Photo: DC) Geneva: Indian law enforcement… Continue Reading →
Narmada Oustees converge in national capital: Warn Govt. of India Demand revocation of raise SSP height: Rehabilitation of 2.5 people PM must keep up poll promises of ‘ache din’ and ‘inclusive development’: NDA Govt. must abide by law & judicial… Continue Reading →
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