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Third child should be devoid of rights, blanket ban on cow slaughter, l
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], May 26 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev asserted that in order to contain population growth, the government should bring in a law whereby third-borns should be bereft of voting rights. He also batted for a pan-India ban on manufacturing, sale, and purchase of liqu
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Surat fire tragedy: NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of media reports
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday took suo motu cognizance of media reports on the Surat fire tragedy which claimed lives of 20 people, mostly students.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of media report on class 6 student death in
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report about the death of a class sixth student in a Himachal Pradesh school due to alleged delay in providing medical care to him on Wednesday.
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'Saudi Arabia to execute 3 scholars'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], May 22 (ANI): Saudi Arabia is expected to execute its three leading scholars last month says report. They have been convicted under multiple charges of terrorism.
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Maharashtra Congress passes resolution to give CLP appointment rights to R
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday passed a resolution to give all rights to national president Rahul Gandhi to announce a new Congress legislative party (CLP) leader in the state Assembly.
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Cannes: Sand Van Roy makes red carpet statement on violence against women
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 20 (ANI): Dutch actor Sand Van Roy walked the Cannes red carpet with a protest statement- a large temporary tattoo on her back seeking an end to violence against women.
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Anil Kapoor felicitated by European Chambers of Commerce in India
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 18 (ANI): For his continuous support in promoting the cause of children's rights, Anil Kapoor was felicitated by Council of European Chambers of Commerce in India and a European Union delegation in Mumbai.
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Neil Patrick Harris, Ashley Judd to star in anti-gay activist Anita Bryant
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 17 (ANI): Neil Patrick Harris and Ashley Judd have been roped in for "Anita," a biopic on Anita Bryant, a TV pitchwoman who lead a campaign against local anti-discrimination ordinances in Florida and in the process gave birth to a gay rights movement.
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Perpetrators of communal violence to be charged under ICCPR: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the police to charge the perpetrators of communal violence in the country on May 12 and 13 under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act.
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Hapur gang rape: NHRC asks UP Chief Secy, DGP to submit reports within 4 w
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh asking them to submit two separate detailed reports in connection with the treatment of the Hapur gang rape
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NHRC takes suo moto cognisance of missing fishermen case in Karnataka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a report that more than four months after the disappearance of fishing boat 'Suvarna Tribuja', from Udupi in Karnataka, seven fishermen on board are still missing.
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N Korea denounces US' statement on human rights abuses
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 12 (ANI): North Korea on Saturday came down heavily on the recent statement made by the US on human rights abuses in the reclusive state, claiming it was "nothing but a sophistry" and an attempt to "tarnish" Pyongyang's image.
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