Presentation of Adv KP Muhammed Shareef, Vice-Chairperson of the NCHRO, during the International Seminar at the Government Law College in Kozhikode. Presentation of Adv KP Muhammed Shareef, Vice-Chairperson of the NCHRO at International seminar at…
Real estate brokers starts Human Rights business
CHENNAI: Real estate brokers in the city, after the fall in the business because of the meltdown, seem to be looking at alternative ways of earning money. The Peravallur police on Tuesday arrested three who,…
'Malegaon' In Hubli
(A Karnataka dacoit with links to a radical Hindu rightwing group has confessed to having carried out the Hubli district court bombing of May10, 2008.The blast took place as the first phase of polling for…
Ashes of Pakistani Hindus await India salvation
Jan 20, 2009KARACHI (AFP) — Ayaz Baloch claps his hands once and opens the door to a stale room in what was once a Karachi library, saying he needs to warn the Hindu souls inside…
HIV prevalence up in low-risk states
THE National AIDS Control Organisation’s (NACO’s) latest sentinel survey and estimation figures indicate a decline in adult HIV prevalence in India, from 0.37% in 2006 to 0.34% in 2007. Overall, the number of people with…
More than 40% of the world’s child marriages…
NEW DELHI: Indian women aren’t spacing their children well. An average Indian woman delivers her second baby within 31 months of giving birth to her first child and this is adversely affecting mothers’ health and…
Two minor girls married off to frogs
PUDUCHERRY: In a bizarre ritual, two minor girls, both seven, from the remote Pallipudupet village in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district were married off to frogs on Friday night. The ceremony, an annual feature during the…
Custodial death of Tutul Seikh, West Bengal
Alleged extrajudicial killing/ Lack of an effective investigation/ Risk of impunityThe International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in India. Read More
Karavali Ale Editor B V Sitaram Arrested in…
The police on Sunday arrested the director and chairman of Chitra Publications Pvt. Ltd. B.V. Seetaram near Karkala in Udupi district in connection with an old case.Seetharam told The Hindu that he was travelling from…