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Bihar Assembly passes unanimous resolution in favour of caste-based census
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Patna [Bihar], Feb 27 (ANI): Bihar assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution in favour of a caste-based census.
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UN calls for maximum restraint amid Delhi violence
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): After violence raged parts of North-East Delhi and claimed the lives of 28 people, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for exercising maximum restraint in dealing with the situation.
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'Pakistan allow media and political freedom' banner displayed outside UN o
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 26 (ANI): A banner bearing the slogan -- 'Pakistan allow media and political freedom' -- was displayed outside the United Nations office here with an aim to highlight Islamabad's crackdown on the press in the past two years.
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Police are complicit, call Army to restore peace in Delhi: Sitaram Yechury
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday asked the government to call in the Army to restore peace in Delhi where at least 25 persons have been killed and over 200 injured in the communal violence that has raged unabated over the last three days i
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Billboards reading 'Stop Human Rights Abuse of Pashtuns by Pakistan Army'
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 26 (ANI): Billboards have been put up across Geneva informing about an exposition on "Stop Human Rights Abuse of Pashtuns by Pakistan Army".
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Delhi violence: Kejriwal recommends calling in Army, calls for curfew in a
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said Delhi Police, despite all efforts, is "unable to control the situation and instill confidence" in view of violence in the capital and recommended calling in the Army.
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Fire at tyre market in Karawal Nagar; fire tenders yet to reach spot
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): An incident of fire has been reported at a tyre market in Karawal Nagar today at 8.24 am, but the Delhi Fire Service has not been able to reach the spot as they were unable to secure police protection. The area has been witnessing sporadic incidents of violen
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Protest outside UN office in London to seek justice for Mehak Kumari
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Feb 25 (ANI): People from the Indian diaspora on Monday gathered outside UN office in Holborn here to register their protest against the injustices done to Hindu minor girl Mehek Kumari.
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We are seeing pushback against women's rights, says UN Secretary-General
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 25 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday pinpointed the "alarming levels of femicide" while issuing a "Call to action for human rights" at the 43rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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'Pakistan Army Stop Supporting Terrorism' banner displayed during UNHRC se
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 24 (ANI): A banner with the slogan -- 'Pakistan Army Stop Supporting Terrorism' -- was displayed outside the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) headquarters here at a time when the 43rd session of the UN body was underway.
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Ram Niwas Goel re-elected unanimously as Delhi Assembly Speaker
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Senior leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Ram Niwas Goel was on Monday unanimously re-elected as the Speaker of Delhi Assembly.
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Fighting coronavirus 'a crisis and big test' for China, says Xi Jinping
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 24 (ANI): President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the coronavirus epidemic was China's most serious public health crisis and called for efforts to help overcome the "largest public emergency" and learn from "obvious shortcomings exposed" in its response, so it could impro
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