Lawyers in western Uttar Pradesh strike workOctober 23rd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Thousands of lawyers in 18 districts of western Uttar Pradesh struck work for the second day Friday demanding a bench of the Allahabad High Court in the region. "We will not sit until our demand for a high court bench is not met, and will fight for it relentlessly.
Now an e-journal to fight child labour in KarnatakaOctober 20th, 2009 BANGALORE - It's not hard to find tender hands of children as young as five washing utensils at roadside dhabas or girls below 14 working as domestic helps in India's IT hub Bangalore. A new e-journal is being started in another effort to fight the menace.
Child labour ban mostly on paperOctober 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It's a familiar sight. A child, wearing clothes too big for his frame, scrubbing pots in a roadside restaurant or serving food.
Uttarakhand girls represent India at UN child rights meetOctober 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Basking in glory after representing India at the United Nations Child Rights Convention meet in Geneva last week, two teenage girls from Uttarakhand want the government to ensure implementation of child rights policies in the country. Renu Saklani and Anjana Juyal were among a group of 24 children from across the world who were invited by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the occasion of the celebration of 20th anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to which India is a signatory.
Madhya Pradesh tribals protest inaction on droughtOctober 13th, 2009 BHOPAL - Thousands of tribals, including a large number of women and children, held a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district Tuesday alleging inaction by the central and state governments on drought and high food prices. The tribals, who were protesting under the aegis of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan, said the rich and the corporate sector were being pampered with tax subsidies while they were being left to die of hunger.
Eminent rights activist Balagopal deadOctober 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Eminent human rights activist and lawyer K. Balagopal, who fought for the rights of the poor, tribals and labourers, died of cardiac arrest here, officials said Friday.
NCW concerned over rise in rape cases in Madhya PradeshOctober 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - Expressing concern over the unprecedented surge in crimes against women, National Women's Commission (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas Thursday, citing the National Crime Record Bureau figures, said Madhya Pradesh reported the highest number of rapes in the country in the last five years. Talking to reporters here, Vyas said though the state stands third in the country in the number of rape cases, as per the figures given by state government, the matter of concern was the rising incidence of rape and the lower ratio of convictions in the state rather than its statistical position.
'Pati Patni aur Woh' to stay, rules courtOctober 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - NDTV Imagine's reality show "Pati Patni Aur Woh" will continue to air, the Delhi High Court ruled Tuesday seeking an explanation from the national child rights panel as to why the show should be banned. Justice Sanjeev Khanna allowed the screening of the show and issued a notice to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as to why they want to ban the show.
Stop work on memorial sites in Lucknow: Apex court tells Uttar PradeshSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to "forthwith stop" all sorts of activities including construction, maintenance and repair work at various memorial sites in Lucknow. A bench of Justice B.N.
Supreme Court issues fresh notice to MP school on beard sporting rowSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Friday issued a fresh notice to Niramla Convent Higher Secondary School in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on a Muslim student's right to sport a beard. Earlier, Nirmala Convent Higher Secondary School a government-aided minority Institution terminated Mohd Salim a class 10th student from the school for sporting beard.
Christian school asked to admit beard-sporting Muslim studentSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday suspended a Madhya Pradesh-based Christian school's order expelling a Muslim student for sporting a beard. A bench of Justice B.N.
Three more states get relief package for 1984 riot victimsSeptember 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Thursday extended the relief package for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and the union territory of Chandigarh. These states had been left out of the relief package of Rs.714.76 crore announced in January 2006, an official explained of the decision taken at a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Apex court pulls up Uttar Pradesh over memorialsSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government over the construction of various memorials in Lucknow dedicated to Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar and Chief Minister Mayawati.
Separated for years? Then divorce, says apex courtSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court, while dissolving a marriage, has said it is "not acceptable" that a husband and wife go on living separately for years because one of them does not agree to a mutual divorce. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph gave this ruling Tuesday, while dissolving a sour marriage between a man and his wife, who neither wanted to live with him nor agreed to divorce him.
Charges framed against student for threat mail to KalamSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Thursday framed charges against a student for sending a threatening email to then president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam three years ago, paving the way for the trial.
