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"Issue of vote chori going to be a mass movement": Congress Gen Secy KC Ve
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday hailed the response Congress party got during its "vote chor, gaddi chhod" rally in Delhi's Ramleela Maidan, saying that this is the biggest rally which the national capital has seen in a long time.
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CFU commemorates 40th anniversary of historic Uyghur student protests in U
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs marked 40 years of the 1985 Urumchi Student Movement, recalling mass protests against discrimination and nuclear testing. The group highlighted continued repression of Uyghurs, citing widespread abuses, imprisonment, forced labour, and cultural destruction recognised int
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"Responsibility to protect voting rights lies with Congress party": Himach
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said that the Congress has protected the right to vote since independence, and that the responsibility to do the same in the future also lies with the party.
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"Congress can go to any extent to protect right to vote": Gaurav Gogoi on
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Gogoi hailed Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for launching 'Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod' campaign against BJP, saying that through this a message will go that Congres can go to any extent to protect the right to vote.
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NHRC flags "proxy governance" in local bodies; summons states, UTs over 'S
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The matter arises out of complaint filed by Sushil Verma, former Member of Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, which was considered by the bench of the Commission headed by Priyank Kanoongo, member NHRC on 12.12.2025, an official statement said.
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BASC webinar highlights widespread human rights abuses against Baloch in I
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Sabiha Baloch painted a grim picture of the realities in Balochistan, Pakistan, underscoring the systematic and complex nature of the human rights violations endured by the Baloch populace. She noted the pervasive occurrence of enforced disappearances. She highlighted the escalated targeting
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"People chose you to protect rights, not snatch them": Odisha Congress Chi
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The remarks came after the Congress party is set to hold a major rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital on December 14, intensifying its campaign over alleged "vote chori" and the SIR issue, with party leaders describing the event as a crucial step in a decisive political battle
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Nobel Committee condemns arrest of former Peace Prize laureate Narges Moha
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee is deeply concerned by today's brutal arrest of Narges Mohammadi alongside a number of other activists. Ms. Mohammadi - the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate - is a staunch defender of human rights, freedom of expression and democratic participation in Iran," the
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US President removes sanctions on Brazilian judge who presided over convic
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The US government imposed sanctions against the justice, Alexandre de Moraes, in July under the Global Magnitsky Act after the case was brought against Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. The Magnitsky Act is a rarely used law that allows the United States to impose asset freezes and travel bans on for
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"Family matter, should be resolved by Lalu-Rabri": Bihar BJP chief on Rohi
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Taking aim at Tejashwi Yadav, Jaiswal questioned the feasibility of RJD's job promises, calling the claim of one job per household in Bihar unrealistic in light of the state's employment record.
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GRAP guidelines do not create enforceable work-from-home rights for Centra
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Observing that the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is a regulatory mechanism to control pollution and not a source of individual service rights, the Delhi High Court has declined to grant work-from-home relief to a central government employee who alleged non-compliance with anti-pollut
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LoP Rahul Gandhi meets workers' unions, flags labour codes concerns
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday met representatives of workers' unions from across the country at the Jan Sansad, during which they raised deep concerns about the four new Labour Codes. The interaction focused on the impact of the codes on workers' right
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