The fifth Monitoring Committee meeting of Special Cells for Women within Police system, supported by the National Commission for Women and implemented by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai was held today at Banquet Hall, Srinagar.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa, where two women were partially buried in murrum amid a family dispute.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala V Sivadasan, wrote a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman on Sunday regarding receiving a threatening call claiming to be from "Sikhs For Justice."
In view of the Sawan month that begins on Monday, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner, Varanasi Division, Kaushal Raj Sharma, regarding all the facilities and security arrangements to be provided to the devotees visiting Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple here.
The Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission, Arvind Panagariya, was accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour upon his arrival at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar on Sunday.
Amnesty International condemned atrocities done by Pakistani defence forces in Bannu, Pakistan, especially stressing the recent open fire incident in Bannu.
Singapore's High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong, has encouraged people to visit Ladakh, a region in northern India known for its natural beauty and spiritual significance and stated that Ladakh is a "must-make spiritual journey" in India.
The TTAP leadership passed a unanimous resolution seeking immediate release of political prisoners and demanded an empowered judicial commission to investigate firing on peaceful marchers in Bannu.
Amid the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, the High Commission of India in Dhaka and the Assistant High Commissions in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Khulna have been assisting the return of Indian nationals home following the recent developments there, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
In the statement undersigned by various leaders from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith, it said that they strongly condemn the efforts to undermine the status and identity of Madarsas in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, a