Kabul, Dec 8 (IANS) Over 2,000 Afghan refugees were forcibly repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, a Taliban official said on Monday.
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The murder of a freedom fighter of the 1971 Liberation War and his wife in Bangladesh’s Rangpur proves once again that minorities are unsafe in the country.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Pakistan has been one of the largest beneficiaries of the Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status granted to its exports by the European Union. However, the Islamic nation’s poor track record on human rights constitutes a major violation of the eligibility conditions for this status.
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and the Haryana government on a petition highlighting the alleged humiliation of three female sanitation workers at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak, who were reportedly forced to furnish photographic proof of menstruation to their supervisors.
Moga (Punjab), Nov 27 (IANS) Assuring farmers that the entire produce of pulses -- tur, urad, lentils and gram -- will be procured at the minimum support price (MSP), Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Thursday, congratulated the Ransingh Kalan panchayat in Punjab's district for not burning stubble, managing crop residue, using less chemical fertilisers, and practicing water-efficient farming.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre and several state governments over their continued non-compliance with its directions mandating functional CCTV cameras in all police stations.
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) As the Supreme Court on Friday prepares to hear a plea seeking the postponement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala ahead of the upcoming Local Self-Government Institutions (LSGI) elections, Opposition leaders on Friday said the matter represents both a legal and political battle that all parties must actively engage in.
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, has once again written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the decision of the Union government to appoint former Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) and former Director General of the Border Security Force, Pankaj Kumar Singh, as an interlocutor for the tripartite talks over a permanent political solution to the longstanding demand for a separate Gorkhaland statehood, forking out the hills of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong, and the parts of the plans in the Terai and Dooars regions in north Bengal.
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Across recent state elections -- from Bihar to Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra -- parties have rolled out women‑centric welfare schemes to help them shape their future independently while blunting Opposition narratives and influencing voting behaviour.
Ahmedabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Surat on Saturday, kicking off a packed day-long visit to his home state of Gujarat.
