NCHRO Resolution Condemning the Repeal of Article 370 New Delhi, Aug 08, 2019 Courtesy : The Hindu 08-Aug-2019 - Cartoon by Satwik Gade The National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations strongly condemns the removal of…
Haryana declares 2006 as Girl Child Year
State Chief Minister Hooda announces a host of schemes on the eve of International Women's Day CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has decided to provide loans to 10,000 women every year through the State Women Development…
Are our Security personnel a threat to themselves?
300 suicides and 110 incidents of assault were recorded in the past four years, most of which were attributed to work-related stress New Delhi: With over 300 suicides among the men in uniform in the…
UP Haj Minister issued court notice
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 (Meerut): A court in Meerut has sent a notice to Uttar Pradesh Haj and Minority Minister Yaqoob Qureshi. Qureshi had announced a reward for killing the Danish cartoonist behind the Prophet…
Coca-Cola and Water – An Unsustainable Relationship
by Amit Srivastava Water is essential to life and the lifeblood of our planet. Without water, we cannot sustain life. Lack of access to clean drinking water is a reality for over 1.2 billion…
20 million face threat of famine in Africa
Duncan CampbellWednesday March 8, 2006THE GUARDIAN More than 20 million people in the Horn of Africa are at risk of famine in conditions which the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) described yesterday as…
The terrorist who wasn't
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Metropolitan police travelled to Israel, Russia and Sri Lanka to learn how to deal with possible suicide attackers. Yet when London was faced with a genuine threat, an innocent man…
Zaheera sentenced to one year in prison
NDTV Correspondent Wednesday, March 8, 2006 (New Delhi): Zaheera Sheikh, the key witness in the Best Bakery case, has been sentenced to a year in prison for perjury. The Supreme Court has also asked her…
Indian police shoot dead bomb blast suspect
LUCKNOW, India - Indian counter-terrorism police shot dead on Wednesday a man suspected of involvement in three blasts in Hinduism’s holiest city of Varanasi which killed 23 people, an official said. “Probably he was involved…