New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday ordered the grant of Permanent Commission in the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to over 50 women officers who had accused the government of discrimination vis-a-vis their male counterparts.
A division bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P.
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Washington, March 12 (IANS) The US has expressed concern over reported extra-judicial killings of people in custody and torture and rape by police and other security forces in India.
The Congressionally mandated Annual Report on Human Rights for 2009 covering 194 countries said: 'Major problems included reported extra-judicial killings of persons
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Patna, March 12 (IANS) Bihar's jailbirds cannot have sex with their spouses once a month, the government said Friday.
Ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Bhim Singh raised the issue in the ongoing budget session of the state assembly and demanded that jail inmates be allowed to have sex.
But the state government
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Friday approached the Supreme Court to retain the train engine as its poll symbol for the forthcoming municipal polls in the state.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice T.S. Thakur decided to hear the
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The law ministry has no list of judges whose files for being elevated to the Supreme Court were returned at least once by the president. Nor is it aware of who might have this information, a reply under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), approached by counsel of the accused in the Aarushi murder case alleging torture by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said they 'may or may not' take a view on the case.
'The commission will take its due course of
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday ordered the granting of permanent commissions to women officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF).
A division bench of Justices S.K Kaul and M.P. Garg also ordered the reinstatement of all the short service commission women officers who had retired and
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Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) The Pakistani Supreme Court Friday expressed unhappiness over the lack of action in reopening a Swiss money laundering case involving President Asif Ali Zardari. It has asked the country's anti-corruption watchdog to speed up matters.
At a hearing, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted that it was
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday granted permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces.
A division bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg ordered the defence forces to reinstate all the women officers who had approached the court seeking permanent
Washington, March 12 (IANS) The US has praised the Indian government for its human rights record, but expressed concern over reported extra-judicial killings of people in custody, disappearances, and torture and rape by police and other security forces.
'The (Indian) government generally respected the rights of its citizens and made progress
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