Asian Games: India’s surfing debut campaign ends without medal

IANS | September 29, 2026 1:05 PM

Tahara, Sep 29 (IANS) India concluded their maiden surfing campaign at the Asian Games 2026 without a medal on Tuesday, with Kishore Kumar Anbarasu being the last Indian to be knocked out after he exited in the men’s shortboard quarter-finals.

Global civil society outfits demand immediate release of human rights lawyers from Pakistan jails

IANS | September 29, 2026 1:05 PM

Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) A total of 15 international civil society organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), have voiced grave concern over the continued arbitrary detention of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, since January, despite the Supreme Court suspending their sentences and granting them bail.

Human rights abuses in PoK, PoGB by Pakistani authorities raised at UNHRC

IANS | September 29, 2026 12:38 PM

Geneva, Sep 29 (IANS) The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) drew international attention to the deteriorating human rights situation in Pakistani-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) during the ongoing 63rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.