Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 19:49
Muslim scholars and moulavis in Odisha`s Kendrapara district have hailed the Supreme Court verdict on homosexuality.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 12:02
The NGO, which was the first to file the petition for decriminalising section 377 of IPC, on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the Supreme Court judgement upholding the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex a punishable offence.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 23:51
Hundreds of people protested today in Sri Lanka`s capital to urge the government to reveal the fate of two activists who were allegedly abducted two years ago.
Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 16:14
Kuwait`s lower court today acquitted 70 opposition activists including nine former MPs of charges of storming the parliament building in the oil-rich Gulf state two years ago.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 15:10
A special court here on Wednesday gave 13 days remand of two SIMI activists arrested from Chhattisgarh in connection with Bodh Gaya and Patna serial blasts to NIA for questioning.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 14:31
A tea vendor, who was set on fire allegedly by pro-Inner Line Permit activists last month, died at a hospital in a Guwahati hospital early Wednesday, officials said.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 12:22
The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea has ordered Russia to immediately release the Greenpeace activists, who were detained on September 19, on receipt of a €3.6 million (£3m) bond from the Netherlands.
Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 23:25
A local court on Friday extended the police remand of four suspected SIMI activists, arrested here in connection with Patna serial blasts, till November 27.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 17:04
Greenpeace organised protests in 263 cities around the world today to mark two months since 30 of its environmental activists were jailed in Russia over a demonstration against Arctic drilling.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 23:14
Several NGOs and RTI activists supported bringing political parties in the ambit of the transparency law.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 19:36
A rocket smashed into the home of a family in the embattled Christian town of Sadad in central Syria, killing five people as al Qaeda-linked rebels and soldiers clashed for control, activists said.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 17:53
Fierce clashes raged on Saturday after Syrian Kurds seized from jihadists a crossing on the Iraqi border, a key supply route for weapons and fighters in the 31-month war, activists said.
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