Tag: rights
Pakistan Adopts Hindu Marriage Law
The Pakistani parliament has adopted the landmark Hindu Marriage Law to regulate the community's marriages in the country. ....
Toll Rises To 44 In Damascus Blasts
At least 44 people were killed on Saturday and scores injured in a double bombing attack on buses of Shia pilgrims parked outside a cemetery here, a war monitor based in Britain said.....
Irom Sharmila Reaches Kerala On 45th Birthday
Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila on Tuesday reached Kerala here from Coimbatore on her 45th birthday.....
UK Parliament Passes Brexit Bill
Theresa Mays Brexit bill has cleared all hurdles in the Houses of Parliament, opening the way for the Prime Minister to trigger Article 50 by this March-end.....
Uniform Code Won't Help, Says Women's Jamaat Founder
The uniform civil code won't help Muslim women as majority of them won't approach a court if it's violated, the founder of Women's Jamaat Sharifa Khanum has said.....
16 Killed In Syria Airstrikes
At least 16 civilians were killed and 50 injured in airstrikes on a Syrian town on the outskirts of the country's capital, according to a war monitoring group. ....
AAP Complains To EC About Alleged EVM Tampering
The AAP on Monday approached the Election Commission over alleged EVM tampering in Punjab and demanded that slips generated by VVPAT machines be matched with the election result.....
Russian Opposition Leader Jailed Over Anti-graft Protests
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been jailed for 15 days for his role in mass anti-corruption protests in Moscow. ....
Warplanes Target Syria's Euphrates Dam Workers
Warplanes targeted maintenance workers of the Euphrates Dam in Syria's Raqqa province, a monitor group has said.....
Over 11,000 Killed In Russian Airstrikes In Syria
At least 11,612 people have been killed in Syria in Russian raids, which began in September 2015, a UK-war monitor reported on Thursday.....
