Atrocities against minorities, Dalits increasing in country: Manmohan Singh
Chandigarh: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said atrocities against minorities and Dalits were increasing in the country and such incidents, if unchecked, could harm democracy. Delivering the first SB Rangnekar Memorial lecture at the Panjab University, his alma mater, in Chandigarh, Dr Singh also said a “dangerous and false binary” of choosing between freedom […]
Real education must help to build character, capacity, calibre and conduct: Vice President
New Delhi:-The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that real education must help to build the character, capacity, calibre and conduct. He was addressing the Annual Convocation 2018 of the Birla Institute of Management and Technology, in Noida, UP today. The Vice President said that India’s very young human resource capital […]
Pakistan parliament passes resolution on Kashmir, condemns ‘rights violations’
Islamabad: Pakistan’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the alleged human rights violations in Kashmir and demanding the UN Human Rights Commission to send a fact-finding mission to the Valley. The resolution moved by Pakistan’s Minister for Kashmir Affairs Barjees Tahir in the National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament, appealed to […]
Don’t cremate body of Unnao gang-rape victim’s father: HC
The Allahabad High Court today ordered that the body of the Unnao gang rape victim’s father should not be cremated, if already not done so. The man had died on Monday in custody after his 18-year-old daughter had accused a BJP MLA, his brother and his aides of raping her. A bench of Chief Justice […]
Postmortem of Unnao rape victim’s father reveals 14 severe injuries
Unnao: The postmortem report of the father of the Uttar Pradesh rape victim, who had accused a sitting BJP MLA of raping her, has revealed the brutality and severity of the attack on the 55-year-old man. Abrasions, contusions and bruises were among the 14 injuries that were mentioned in the postmortem report of rape victim’s father […]
42-yr-old Mumbai fashion designer raped teenaged daughters for 2 yrs, arrested
Mumbai: Mumbai Police has arrested a fashion designer for allegedly raping his two daughters, aged 17 and 13, for over two years, several media reports stated. News agency ANI reported that the accused has been sent to police custody till April 13. A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court on Monday remanded the accused, […]
Search on for 35-yr-old Bengaluru anthropologist, missing for week
Bengaluru: A resident of Bellandur in Bengaluru, Atreyee Majumder, has been missing for nearly a week and her friends and colleagues are desperately looking for her using a google spreadsheet to coordinate a massive search. 35-year-old anthropologist, Atreyee, has been missing since April 4 (Wednesday), the day she arrived in Bengaluru from Canada. She is currently […]
Jammu is on the brink of massive agitation
SRINAGAR:-The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (Jammu) held a protest rally against the Mehbooba Mufti government on Friday—the third day of its agitation—as they feel that the PDP-BJP coalition government was working against the interests of Jammu. Jammu is already on the brink of a massive agitation like the one witnessed in 2008 […]
Modi, Amit Shah to observe day-long fast on Thursday against parliament disruption
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah will observe a day-long fast on Thursday April 12, over disruptions during Budget session of parliament. BJP lawmakers from across the nation will join the fast in what is being seen as an attempt to turn the tables on the Congress, a day after it […]
Linking of PAN with Aadhaar does not violate right to privacy: UIDAI to SC
New Delhi: The law mandating linking of Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar does not violate the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution, argued Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Appearing for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Mehta told a bench of Chief Justice Dipak […]
