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  4 Chelsea fans given football bans up to 5 years

  Football | July 22, 2015 21:38 IST

  London:  Four Chelsea supporters involved in a racist incident in the Paris subway have been given banning orders of up to five years. Richard Barklie, a former police officer in Northern Ireland who now works as

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  National Human Rights Commission seeks report on Delhi's healthcare system

  India | July 22, 2015 19:33 IST

  New Delhi:  The national human rights watchdog on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi government over the "pathetic state of affairs" prevailing in the national capital's public healthcare system.Taking suo motu cognizance of

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  Indian origin girl to represent Australia in 'Miss Universal'

  Lifestyle | July 21, 2015 23:54 IST

  SUVA: Fiji-born Indian model Pooja Priyanka has been selected to represent Australia in the 2015 edition of "Miss Universal Peace and Humanity" pageant to be held in Dubai from August 18 to 30, a media

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  Maneka's effort to revamp National Commission for Women fails again

  Politics | July 20, 2015 23:56 IST

  New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's proposal to overhaul the National Commission for Women (NCW) drew a blank again."The proposal by the ministry to give punitive powers to the commission was sent

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  Punjab gets National Human Rights Commission notice over public health centre

  India | July 20, 2015 16:17 IST

  New Delhi: The NHRC on Monday issued notice to the Punjab government over a reported move to shut down Moga Public Health Centre due to absence of power supply and sought its response within two

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  UN accredited NGO to help 5,000 poor widows in Varanasi

  India | June 28, 2015 12:09 IST

  London: A UN accredited global NGO, the Loomba Foundation, will provide vocational skills and training to 5,000 poor widows in Varanasi in an effort to create employment opportunities for them."The Foundation will provide vocational skills and

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  US report highlights 'widespread corruption' in India

  India | June 26, 2015 7:07 IST

  Washington: Even as it praised India for holding "the largest democratic elections in history", the US on Thursday highlighted "police and security force abuses" and "widespread corruption" among its "most significant human rights problems"."India's parliamentary

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  Pope Francis calls for respect for human rights in Sri Lanka

  World | January 13, 2015 12:13 IST

  Colombo: Pope Francis today called for respect of human rights and healing of racial and religious hatred as he arrived on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, days after a new government assumed power in

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  Sri Lanka wins backing of 22 nations against UN rights probe

  World | September 27, 2014 12:33 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka has won the backing of 22 nations in its battle against the UN's war crimes probe into the country's human rights record during its brutal civil war.A government statement said the countries

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  Human rights being used as tool for motivated agenda: Sri Lankan President

  World | September 25, 2014 10:48 IST

  United Nations: Under pressure to allow an international probe, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Wednesday that "human rights are used as a tool to implement motivated agendas" and criticised what he characterised as double

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  Address human rights issues of Indian diaspora, Malaysian Hindu organisation asks Sushma

  World | August 26, 2014 6:58 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Hindraf, a coalition of 30 Hindu non-governmental organisations in Malaysia, has asked the Indian government to include human rights issues affecting the Indian diaspora in the agenda of next year's annual diaspora conclave,

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  Nearly 200,000 killed since start of Syrian crisis: UN

  World | August 23, 2014 8:10 IST

  United Nations: The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, Friday said that more than 191,000 people have been killed in Syria between March 2011 and April 2014, saying that the ongoing fighting there

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  85 Syrian soldiers killed by Islamic State militants

  World | July 26, 2014 18:59 IST

  Damascus: As many as 85 Syrian soldiers have been killed over the past two days in attacks launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) on a military base in Syria's northern al-Raqqa province, activists said

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  ISIS executed 160 captives in Tikrit: Human Rights Watch

  World | June 27, 2014 14:24 IST

  Baghdad: Human Rights Watch says Iraqi insurgents executed at least 160 captives earlier this month, based on an analysis of satellite imagery and grisly photos released by the militants.The U.S.-based rights group said on Friday

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  Know how women lived in Afghanistan before Taliban rule (watch pics)

  World | September 11, 2014 8:45 IST

  New Delhi: Women in Afghanistan were brutally repressed under Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. Now it has been  more than 10 years since the end of Taliban rule but  women and girls are still

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  Iran rejects UN draft resolution on human rights

  World | November 21, 2013 8:36 IST

  Tehran : Iranian government has rejected a UN General Assembly committee's draft resolution about the violation of human rights in the Islamic Republic.The Islamic republic "strongly rejects the definition and content of this resolution," reported

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  Madras High Court declares electricity supply a legal right

  India | October 10, 2013 9:29 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court has declared that denial of power supply to any person will be considered as violation of fundamental human rights.The declaration came in response to a petition from a group of 

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  UN human rights chief visits Sri Lanka

  World | August 28, 2013 7:03 IST

  Colombo:  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Tuesday visited parts of Sri Lanka's northern region which has been battered by 30 years of war between the Tamil Tigers and the military.Among the areas

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  PM's daughter honoured for pioneering work in human rights law

  India | June 23, 2013 16:36 IST

  New York, Jun 23: Prominent legal activist Amrit Singh has been honoured for her groundbreaking work in the field of human rights law, along with a number of other noted Indian-Americans including US Congressman Ami

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  Human Rights Watch asks Lankan govt to probe role of Col. Karuna in LTTE crimes

  World | March 28, 2013 16:19 IST

  New York, Mar 28: Sri Lanka should act on the call by a deputy minister to investigate war crimes by examining his own role in serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.Deputy Minister V. Muralitharan,