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Pakistani rights group demands justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a Chris
Updated : 1 day, 7 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group, condemned the abduction and demanded justice for 16-year-old Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian girl from Faisalabad who escaped kidnappers.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre on its treatment of protesting farmers
Updated : 1 day, 9 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Taking a veiled dig at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that, rather than using 'lathis' and firing tear gas on them, the debt of farmers should be paid by ensuring justice and rights for them.
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NAB violating human rights, says Pakistan Senate Deputy Chairman
Updated : 2 days, 21 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB), alleging that the bureau was violating human rights by blackmailing people.
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Stan Swamy's claims of seizure of his straw, sipper false: NIA
Updated : 3 days, 2 hours ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 29 (ANI): Claims made by jailed rights activist Stan Swamy, accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case, regarding the seizure of straw and sipper by National Investigation Agency (NIA) are "false and mischievous", said the central probe agency in a public
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Glenmark to divest select Anti-Allergy brands to Dr Reddy's in Rus
Updated : 3 days, 8 hours ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. to divest - subject to completion of certain precedent actions and closing activities - its brand Mo
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PM Modi says farmers got new rights, opportunities with new farm l
Updated : 3 days, 9 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): In a bid to allay fears of farmers who have been protesting against the new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the agricultural reforms have opened the doors of new opportunities for farmers and gave them more rights.
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Biden might be risky for Chinese economy, likely to impose sanctio
Updated : 3 days, 16 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], November 29 (ANI): As tensions between the US and China continue to worsen under the current President Donald Trump's administration due to Beijing's human rights violations and hiding vital information regarding COVID-19, a leading economist said that incoming Biden adminis
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Elderly farmers at the front line on Burari ground
Updated : 3 days, 23 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Age and approaching winter couldn't dither them from asking for their rights. After a stand-off with police in the last two days, facing tear gas and water cannons, crossing all barricades, the nonagenarian, octogenarian, and septuagenarian farmers are n
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NHRC seeks detailed report on deaths due to manholes, sewers
Updated : 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice seeking a comprehensive report from the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment over deaths across the country due to manholes, sewers, and potholes.
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Freed PoK activist Baba Jan thanks Gilgit Baltistan people for 'fi
Updated : 4 days, 8 hours ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], November 28 (ANI): Political activist Baba Jan, who was released on Friday after a decade of unlawful imprisonment by Pakistani authorities, thanked people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and rights activists for holding protests for his release and said he would have
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Ex-High Court judge Bijay Krishna Patel is new Odisha HRC Chairper
Updated : 4 days, 8 hours ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 28 (ANI): Former Orissa High Court judge Justice Bijay Krishna Patel has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC).
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Chandrababu Naidu pays tribute to Ambedkar on Constitution Day, al
Updated : 5 days, 21 hours ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 27 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu paid tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar and other stalwarts on the occasion of Constitution Day. He alleged that the state was undergoing unchecked a
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