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LONDON,
Friday, May 10, 2013
In a dramatic move, the radical cleric Abu Qatada on Friday offered to return to his native Jordan voluntarily to stand trial on terror charges if the Jordanian government ratified a treaty it sig...
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international relations
DHAKA,
Monday, April 8, 2013
At least 20 people have been injured in south-western Bangladesh as a hardline Islamic group enforces a general strike to back its demands for an anti-blasphemy law.
Police and Somoy TV s...
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citizens initiative and recall,
judiciary (system of justice)
Friday, April 5, 2013
Two children, found working as domestic helps, were rescued from the houses of the chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Limited Veera Reddy and industrialist Sanjay Morari, Labour Department officials said on Thursday.The children were rescued during raids conducted at MLA’s Colony, Banjara Hills
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NEW DELHI,
April 4, 2013
Amnesty International India has urged Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to repeal the Public Safety Act, which, it said, facilitated “arbitrary detentions and violates international h...
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March 13, 2013
More than 10,000 Muslim youth languish in jails across the country, some for close to eight years, without any charge-sheet filed against them
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March 11, 2013
High Court asks State government and AP Mineral Development Corporation to compensate the victims
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February 11, 2013
Demand resolution of land dispute at Kanajiguda
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January 29, 2013
A Division Bench of the AP High Court comprising Justice V. Eswariah and Justice K. G. Shankar on Monday directed the police authorities to permit Osmania University students to enter and exit the...
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MANGALORE,
January 16, 2013
A delegation of ‘I am Change’ may call on Mirji
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HYDERABAD,
January 3, 2013
A heinous act which even brutes do not resort to, rape certainly has its moors in the socio-cultural set up of the contemporary society. Devoid of the intentions of oppression and humiliation on pa...
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BANGALORE,
December 24, 2012
Alert neighbours helped a city-based child helpline to rescue a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly being tortured by her mother.
The victim, who had reportedly been brandished with a hot...
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KANCHEEPURAM,
November 28, 2012
A group of residents of Sadhanandapuram-Aalapakkam near Tambaram has sought a modification to the plan for the proposed Tambaram East by-pass road project. In a memorandum submitted to the...
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October 30, 2012
Absence of a cohesive legislation to regulate the booming surrogacy industry in villages and small towns in India is proving a bane for women’s health and rights
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GUNTUR,
March 24, 2013
‘This is largely due to lack of awareness or negligence’
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March 13, 2013
By hanging Afzal Guru secretly so that he could not approach the courts, and ignoring the pending case that could have affected his sentence, the Home Minister acted illegally
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March 2, 2013
Police bust contract marriage racket in Old City; girl’s parents taken into custody
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February 2, 2013
There has been a flurry of activity on the personal law front in our country in the recent past. An amendment seeking to add ‘irretrievable’ breakdown of marriage as a ground for divorce to the Hi...
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January 18, 2013
Work in criminal courts at Nampally came to a standstill on Friday after advocates boycotted the courts to protest against what they alleged as high-handed behaviour of Labour Minister Danam Nagend...
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Bangalore,
January 12, 2013
Dressed in colourful skirts, a group of 25 men from different walks of life gathered at the famous Cubbon Park in Bangalore, pledging support to women and their rights.
The men, including...
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HYDERABAD,
January 3, 2013
The year 2012, at its fag end, had assumed significance in terms of gender struggles due to the rallying of young people around the ghastly gang rape in the nation’s capital and subsequent death of...
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New Delhi,
December 9, 2012
After split verdict, larger Bench of Supreme Court to decide question of law
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Srinagar,
November 4, 2012
Over 500 fresh recruits were inducted as constables in the Border Security Force (BSF), after the Passing Out Parade held at its training centre in Humhama on outskirts of the city, on Sunday.
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October 22, 2012
One in eight people, or 12.5 per cent of the world’s population, is chronically undernourished today says the latest State of Food Insecurity (SOFI) report. The grave ethical and practical implica...
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