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China's latest paranoia: Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug.25 (ANI): While blind activist Chen Guangcheng, lawyer Zhou Shifeng and publisher Lee Bo might have a lot in common - as persons being hounded by the Communist Party leadership in China, what do they have in common with Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift? This group has now fallen on
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Narsingh ban: NADA lawyer says 'expected this decision'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Following a four-year ban on wrestler Narsingh Yadav that quashed his hopes of competing in the Rio Olympics, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Friday said that the decision was expected.
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BJP keen to appoint lawyers linked with RSS as HC judges
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 15 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the NDA Government was delaying the appointment of judges in various High Courts as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium because the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is keen to appoint lawyers asso
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Soli Sorabjee backs CJI's 'genuine' criticism of govt.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 13 (ANI): Senior lawyer and former attorney general Soli Sorabjee on Saturday termed Chief Justice T.S Thakur's criticism of the government in an open courtroom wherein he accused the ruling dispensation of bringing the judiciary to a standstill by stalling the appointme
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63 killed in Quetta's hospital suicide blast following lawyer's
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Quetta, (Pakistan): At least 63 people were killed and over 40 others injured in Monday's suicide bomb blast at the Quetta Civil Hospital.
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India Legal conclave highlights need for justice to be made a fundamental
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi, Aug.8 (ANI):The first ever conclave of India Legal on Access to Justice held in Ranchi this fortnight was a resounding success, as it was attended by Droupadi Murmu, the Governor of Jharkhand, Justice Virender Singh, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand, Justice Anant Bij
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Akhilesh should accept 'moral responsibility' of failing to prov
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): Branding the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government's regime as 'Maha-jungle raj' after the brutal gang-rape of a woman and her daughter in Bulandshahr district, women's rights activist and eminent lawyer Abha Singh demanded that Chief Minist
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Charges levelled against Mayawati by Dayashankar must be probed: Abha Sing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 30 (ANI): Condemning the derogatory remark made by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, lawyer and social activist Abha Singh on Saturday said if there is any truth in the charges made by the former BJP leade
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U.S. unfit to lecture other countries about int'l law, has 'doub
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, July 21 (ANI): A prominent American lawyer has said the United States has no right lecture other countries on international laws as it has "double standards" in dealing with global affairs due to its "empire mentality."
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NSO Deputy Director calls for release of Indian national detained in Pakis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, July 21 (ANI): British lawyer and Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) Deputy Director Jas Uppal has been a leading campaigner in the case of missing Indian national Hamid Nehal Ansari, who has been unlawfully detained by Pakistani authorities.
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Women activists react angrily to rape, murder cases in Ahmednagar, Rohtak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata/Mumbai/New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Women's rights activist and lawyer Abha Singh on Monday said it was shocking to hear how a 14-year-old was gang raped and physically mutilated in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, saying that it reminded her of the brutal December 2012 Nirb
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NC-Maoist Centre consult lawyers' for formation of new Nepal Govt
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu, July 16 (ANI): The Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) on Saturday consulted lawyers and constitutional experts for legal complications in the process of forming a new government, after toppling the incumbent CPN-UML-led government through a no-confide
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