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PIL in SC for recovery of dues from telecom companies
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for the Telecom department to take steps to recover adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues from telecom companies.
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Kerala govt thwarting growing support for CAA, says GVL Narasimha Rao
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao on Friday said that the Kerala government is trying to thwart the growing support for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state.
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Senitta Hygiene Bank takes the digital world by storm
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Jan 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a world where women are fighting for equal rights and pay parity, India is still struggling with the idea of curtailing the superstitions surrounding menstruation.
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CRY expresses concern over increase in crime against minor girls in MP
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): It is alarming that 94 per cent of minor girls who were kidnapped or abducted in the year 2018 in MP were of age group 12 to 18 years, said Regional Director, Child Rights and You (CRY) North, Soha Moitra, here on Thursday while referring to the
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UN rights expert welcomes ICJ ruling on Myanmar to protect Rohingyas
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 23 (Sputnik/ANI): UN human rights expert Yanghee Lee has welcomed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling that Myanmar must protect the Rohingya minority but emphasised that allegations of crimes against the community remain to be addressed, the Office of the Hi
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Piramal's Rs 3,650 crore rights issue over-subscribed 1.14 times
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Piramal Enterprises Ltd has announced the successful completion of its Rs 3,650 crore rights issue that saw participation from most of its existing large institutional investors as well as retail investors.
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Sikh leader forced to flee Pakistan following threats
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Pakistani Sikh politician Radesh Singh Tony was forced to flee Pakistan after he received threats and was tortured by some unidentified people last month.
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Rights group HRFP demands justice for 10 Hindu girls missing, abducted in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 22 (ANI): After at least 10 cases of girls from the minority Hindu community in Pakistan reported missing since last year in the Islamic country, either abducted and religiously converted or forcibly married, a nongovernmental human rights organisation here has u
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Ten protesters killed over past 24 hours in Iraq's anti-government agitati
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq), Jan 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Ten protesters were killed in Iraq over the past 24 hours during mass anti-government protests, the national High Commission for Human Rights has said.
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NCPCR takes cognisance of viral videos of children in anti-CAA protest at
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken cognisance of a complaint on viral videos of children participating in the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area.
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Right time for Kashmiri Pandits to return: Anurag Thakur
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Anurag Thakur on Sunday said that the time has come for Kashmiri Pandits to come back to Jammu and Kashmir and get their rights.
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Quoted out of context, apologies if I've hurt Kashmiris' feelings: NITI Aa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): A day after drawing controversy over his remark that the internet was being used just used to watch "dirty films" in Jammu and Kashmir, NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat on Sunday clarified that his statement was taken "out of context" and that he is not again
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