New Delhi, May 2
An Air India aircraft left Delhi at 3.46 p.m. to bring back the body of Sarabjit Singh, the death row prisoner, from Lahore. Two officials from the Indian embassy in Pakistan will fly from Lahore...
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Lahore, May 1
Indian national Sarabjit Singh, severely injured in a brutal assault last week, has slipped into a “non-reversible” coma and doctors in a hospital here are struggling to save his life, official so...
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New Delhi, April 19
The Health Ministry will look into complaints on advertisements that promote sex selection on the Internet.
A delegation led by social activists Brinda Karat and Sabu George has submitted...
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New Delhi, April 12
Plans are afoot to dovetail State plans for women and child development with the larger framework provided by the 12th Plan. The Planning Commission and the Ministry of Women and Child D...
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Washington, Mar 28
Women in India are more likely to get prenatal care when pregnant with male babies, according to a ground-breaking study that has implications for girls’ health and survival in patriarchal societi...
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Washington, March 27
The US Supreme Court treaded cautiously on Tuesday as it considered gay marriage, with justices appearing hesitant to deliver a sweeping historic verdict on the emotionally charged issue.On...
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Washington, March 21
Legal experts say privacy laws urgently need to be updated to protect citizens from information-gathering by the thousands of civilian drones expected to be flying in US skies in the next decade o...
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Colombo, March 16
Sri Lanka has described the adoption of its periodic review of human rights at Geneva’s UNHRC sessions without a division as a victory and an acknowledgment of its rights progress. “We can...
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London, May 2
Prosecutors described veteran BBC television presenter Stuart Hall on Thursday as an “opportunistic predator” after he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting 13 girls aged between 9 and 17 decade...
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Greater Noida, May 2
Indians are conservative, curious and women are expected to dress modestly to avoid sexual harassment. This is the advice given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to all its delegates visiting In...
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Washington, May 1
US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that over the last decade, a number of people from the South Asian origin — particularly those from the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities — have been su...
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April 18, 2013
Some weeks ago, at a conference where I was speaking on gender diversity, I put up a slide. It showed a simple and popular board game. One that relies not on the capacity to think or strategise...
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Panaji, April 5
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday told the Assembly that state agencies will accept photocopies of Aadhar card or even the card number for making available benefits of government schem...
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March 28, 2013
A growing tribe of Indian women, many in their 30s, is choosing to either wait for the right man or remain single.
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Washington, Mar 23
Fifty-two percent of Americans favour the US Government recognizing same-sex marriages, with 42 percent opposed, a new poll showed.
The finding from the Public Religion Research Institute...
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United Nations, March 16
Conservative Muslim and Roman Catholic countries and liberal Western nations approved a UN blueprint to combat violence against women and girls, ignoring strong objections from Egypt’s Muslim Brot...
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Washington, March 12
A New York city judge has invalidated city mayor Michael Bloomberg’s planned ban on sodas, a day before it was to come into effect.Justice Milton Tingling, wrote in a ruling yesterday that...
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