If BJP issues whip, will be defy: Yogi Adityanath

By : Vikas Mehta | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

New Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party leader and Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath has affirmed that the current women’s reservation bill is very much uncalled for, and if the party issues whip over the bill to pass out, members could disobey it.  ... [Read Story]

Split in BJP over Women's Bill, party to issue whip

Source : Agencies | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

New Delhi: Trouble is brewing for the Women's Reservation Bill with a section of the Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Parliament in Lok Sabha expressing their opposition to the measure and threatening to vote against it and the party decided ... [Read Story]

Lalu praises Mamata Banarjee over women’s reservation bill

By : Vikas Mehta | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad Yadav has praised Mamata Banarjee for taken wise decision and spoken according to her mind over the women’s reservation bill during the vote in Rajya Sabha as his Trinamool Congress MPs were... [Read Story]

BJP turns hue over women’s reservation bill

By : Vikas Mehta | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

New Delhi: Everything went right for the women’s reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha through Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) but now it seems that all is not well over the bill in Lok Sabha.     The senior BJP leaders are meeting with l... [Read Story]

Baba Ramadev to float political party

Source : Roshan | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

New Delhi: The hidden desire surfaced when Baba Ramdev proclaimed at laying foundation of a temple in the capital that he is all set to float a new political party, and ready to lead the country.  The media-savvy guru has never felt shy of cri... [Read Story]

Indonesia: Investigation needed into police killings in Aceh

By : Ch. Narendra | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC( is deeply concerned about violence against civilians during anti-terrorist operations in Aceh. On February 23, a civilian was killed and another severely injured while the police arrested four alleged terror... [Read Story]

Migrants in Thailand face detention and imminent deportation

By : Ch. Narendra | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) expresses its deep concern regarding recent reports of detention and forced deportation of a large number of migrant workers, especially along the Thai-Burma border.According to information receive... [Read Story]

China: Scholars, Writers Press for Liu Xiaobo’s Release

By : Ch. Narendra | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

 More than one hundred leading China scholars, writers, and human rights advocates from around the world are today releasing a letter to China's National People's Congress that calls for the immediate and unconditional rele... [Read Story]

Afghanistan: Repeal Amnesty Law

By : Ch. Narendra | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today. The law was published unannounced in the official gazette, bringing it int... [Read Story]

Sri Lanka: End Witch Hunt Against the Media and NGOs

By : Ch. Narendra | Thu, 11-Mar-2010

The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making threats, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint statement today. Since the January 2010 presidential electio... [Read Story]