New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) In Bihar, women voters are not as silent as they are thought to be. Since the 2010 Assembly election, they have exercised their electoral rights in higher percentage than their male counterparts in respective categories in what analysts conclude as acknowledgement of the government’s inclusive policies.
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred till November 24 the hearing on the habeas corpus plea filed by Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo, challenging his detention under the National Security Act (NSA).
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) As many as 1.3 million children aged between five and 17 years are trapped in child labour in Pakistan's Sindh province, with 65 per cent of them compelled to work in the agriculture sector, local media reported, quoting a government survey.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Central government's reluctance to consider lethal injection as an alternative to hanging for executing death sentences, observing that it "is not willing to change" despite changing times.
Chandigarh, Oct 14 (IANS) Amid the controversy surrounding Haryana Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Y. Puran Kumar's suicide case in Chandigarh last week, an investigation officer on Tuesday also ended his life by leaving a three-page suicide note and a video.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 13 (IANS) A three-member team of the Odisha State Commission for Women led by Chairperson Sovana Mohanty, on Monday, visited Durgapur in West Bengal to enquire about the health condition of the Odia medical student, who was gangraped by miscreants in the neighbouring state last week.
Quetta, Oct 12 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has criticised the Pakistani authorities for holding hearing of BYC leaders Mahrang Baloch, Beebow Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, Beebarg Baloch and Sibghatullah Shahjee in prison, terming it a "grave and deliberate attempt to suppress transparency, exclude public scrutiny, and further institutionalise the criminalisation of peaceful political dissent in Balochistan".
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) The Punjab province government has launched the third phase of deporting illegal Afghan nationals from Pakistan after identifying about 123 more such people and bringing them to holding centres for their deportation, local media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday granted four weeks’ additional time to the Union government to respond to a batch of applications demanding the time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) In order to ease the voting process for electors, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a note stating that people whose names are on the voters’ list can display any one of the 12 alternative Photo IDs apart from Electors' Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to exercise their franchise.
