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RSS chief calls for handing over Hindu temples to Hindus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday suggested that the operating rights of the Hindu temples be handed over to the Hindu community.
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US returns to UN Human Rights Council, Blinken says United States will adv
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed the return of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council, after leaving it in 2018 under then-President Trump.
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India re-elected to UNHRC for 6th term with overwhelming majority
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): India on Thursday was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a sixth term (2022-24) with an overwhelming majority as it vowed to promote and protect human rights through "Samman, Samvad and Sahyog".
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Centre trying to suppress rights of States to hide its shortcomings: AAP o
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday alleged that the Centre is trying to suppress the rights of the States to hide its own shortcomings by giving additional powers to the Border Security Force (BSF) in the border states.
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NCPCR takes cognisance of Delhi CM Kejriwal's promotional video with minor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday took cognisance of the matter where the Delhi government's promotional advertisement video is seen featuring minor school children.
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NHRO onboards founder of IREE group of companies as member on Board of Adv
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI/ThePRTree): National Human Rights Organization (NHRO), Govt of India, onboards the Founder of I REE Group of Companies, Dr Amit D. Ojha as their new member on the Board of Advisory. The term will be beginning from October 20, 2021, and will last for a lifet
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NCPCR writes to Delhi govt over COVID-19 protocol violation
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Thursday wrote to the Delhi Government on a complaint against it for 'using minor school children of Delhi for a promotion advertisement shoot.
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Centre must focus on own responsibilities, not take away rights of states,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 14 (ANI): Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Om Prakash Soni on Thursday reacting to the Centre's decision to extend the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) over a wide area in three states, including Punjab, said that Centre instead of taking away the right
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Against cooperative federalism, encroachment upon state's rights: RJD's Ma
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Thursday slammed the Centre over its decision to extend the Border Security Force (BSF)'s jurisdiction over a wider area along the borders of three states and said that it is not in the "spirit of cooperative
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Taliban isolated, silenced female population in Afghanistan and left them
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): With the Taliban back at the helm in Afghanistan and the country's humanitarian and economic crises deepening, many Afghans are living in fear, especially women and minority groups. Despite the group's claim to be more moderate, reports of violence by Taliban f
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Situation uncertain in Afghanistan, specifically for women: Former ministe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting minister for women, who fled Kabul, has said the whole situation is uncertain for all the people in her country, and specifically for women who shaped the social fabric of their society for generations.
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Arrest of pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong serious concern, says rights
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern", UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.
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