Russia frees Greenpeace`s Arctic activist

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 22:31

Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell, the last of the 30 Arctic detainees, was granted bail Thursday by a court in Russia`s St. Petersburg, the group said in a statement here.

Bihar RTI activist told to cough up Rs 1.34 crore

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:05

Shiv Prakash Rai, who has been using the Right to Information to access government documents for scrutiny, was shocked when officials in Bihar told him that he would have to cough up Rs 1.34 crore to inspect documents on land registration.

Tiananmen activist tries to surrender to China

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 13:59

The second most wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was trying again today to surrender to Chinese authorities.

War is US`s biggest export: Susan Sarandon

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 13:38

War is the biggest export of the US, followed by films, according to Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon.

Amit Jethwa murder case: BJP MP Solanki sent in CBI custody

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 20:20

BJP MP from Junagadh, Dinu Bogha Solanki, was on Thursday remanded in CBI custody till November 11 in RTI activist Amit Jethwa murder case by a special CBI court.

Gujarat BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki arrested for murdering Amit Jethwa

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 20:25

In a major development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki in connection with murder of Gujarat RTI activist and `green crusader` Amit Jethwa.

Lawyer, RTI activist accused of extortion in Nagpur

Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 13:56

Nagpur city police has registered a complaint of extortion against a lawyer and a RTI activist for allegedly demanding Rs 30 lakh from the owner of an advertising agency.

Democracy most alive in rural India: Aruna Roy

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 09:37

Noted social activist Aruna Roy has said that rural India, which suffers the worst aspects of democracy, is also where democracy is most alive.

Sri Lanka detains international media rights activist

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 21:21

Immigration authorities raided a meeting of journalists in Sri Lanka`s capital today and detained an Australian activist on charge of working without a visa, a local rights group said.

Iran gives activist actress 18-month sentence

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 11:01

An Iranian court has sentenced an actress known for her reformist political activism to 18 months in prison on security charges, newspapers reported in another sign of the underlying tensions between Iran`s hard-liners and calls for greater openness by new President Hasan Rowhani.

Greenpeace activist hangs briefly off Eiffel Tower in protest

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 18:27

A Greenpeace activist today staged a two-hour protest in a tent suspended from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower against Russia`s detention of 30 members of the environmental lobby group.