New Delhi, June 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notices to the Chief Secretaries and the Director Generals of Police, Governments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala over reports ofchild trafficking. The commission has asked them to inquire into the matter and submit reports within eightContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court Monday granted regular bail to two police officials in the 2003 Sadiq Jamal fake encounter killing case. Judge Z K Saiyed granted bail to J G Parmar and Irshad Ali Saiyad both of whom retired as Deputy Superintendents of Police (DYSP). It is alleged thatContinue Reading
Describing the ratification of the land swap deal betweenIndia and Bangladesh as violation of the human rights of the indigenous people, tribal villagers in Meghalaya on Monday threatened to move the United Nations if the Indian government fails to revisit the bilateral agreement. “We will petition the concerned state andContinue Reading
SHILLONG: Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Deborah Marak has expressed concern over the rise in the number of female drugs users in Meghalaya and has sought the cooperation of the Union Government in tackling the menace. Addressing the first regional workshop on ‘Prevention of Substance (Drugs) Abuse’ in the North EastContinue Reading
Out of the 187 approved fast-tract courts in Maharashtra, as on June 2014, only 92 were functioning. This is just about 49% percent of the approved number of fast-track courts.Continue Reading
New Delhi, June 15: Anti-nuclear activist S.P. Udayakumar on Monday wrote to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj requesting her help in the recovery of his impounded passport “on humanitarian grounds” in a reference to her helping former IPL chief Lalit Modi travel to Portugal. Udayakumar, who is the convenor ofContinue Reading
SHILLONG: 12 people have died in Meghlaya in landslides triggered by heavy rains in the last four days. Five people died in two separate landslides in Meghalaya this morning. The landslides were triggered by heavy rain, which have been continuing for the last two weeks. Four people of a familyContinue Reading
Nestle India is withdrawing and destroying thousands of tonnes of Maggi noodles worth more than Rs 320 crore as ordered by the Indian food regulator, but there is still quite a distance to go. The company has brought back 11,483 tonnes of Maggi from 1,400 distributors. This is less thanContinue Reading
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has had a slum rehabilitation policy since 2010, but it has not been able to accommodate hope into the lives of nearly 16.80 lakh people who live in slums. The figure is 2.48% cent of the total slum population of the country. While Ahmedabad has the second largestContinue Reading
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Principal Secretary of the Department of Energy of the Uttar Pradesh government to enquire into the inaction and delay in the payment of an additional amount of Rs.2 lakh each to next of kin of two minor dalit girlsContinue Reading
