McDonald's, Tyson Foods drop farm after videotape shows animal cruelty

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015, 02:33

McDonald`s Corp and Tyson Foods both severed ties on Thursday with a Tennessee farm where workers were seen stabbing, beating and stomping on chickens in an undercover video shot by animal rights activists.

PIL activists should declare source of funds: Jaitley

Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015, 23:06

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said it should be mandatory for those filing PILs against the government on development projects to declare their source of funds, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned the judiciary against being influenced by "five-star activists".

New Saudi anti-terrorism law worries activists

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 21:50

Saudi Arabia`s King Abdullah has ratified a new counter-terrorism law that rights activists say criminalises speech critical of the government or society.

Syrian pro-government activists protest UN inaction

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 08:01

A group of activists here Thursday held a sit-in before the UN headquarters to express discontent to what they called "UN inaction" on the rebels` attacks in some Syrian cities.

Syrian troops kill 45 rebels in Homs: Activists

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 07:48

At least 45 rebel fighters were killed Thursday in Syria`s central province of Homs, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reportedly said.

Hindus attacked in Bangladesh, police detain Jamaat activists

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 21:04

Bangladesh police Tuesday detained two Jamaat-e-Islami activists for their suspected involvement in attacking Hindus and filed cases in this connection in Jessore and Dinajpur districts.

Social activists alleged bias against UP riot victims

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 12:44

Social activists have accused the Uttar Pradesh government of providing inadequate and slow relief to victims of communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli.

Half of refugees in govt-aided relief camp children

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:25

The only government-aided relief camp in the district here has so far seen 16 deaths after it opened to shelter victims following the September riots in the area, official sources said.

Russia drops cases against Greenpeace activists

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 10:09

Russian authorities have dropped criminal cases against 30 Greenpeace activists from the ship Arctic Sunrise, the environmental group`s lawyer said Wednesday.

SP cries foul, says conspiracy behind Mulayam`s `twisted statement`

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:52

Amid raging controversy over Mulayam Singh Yadav`s claim that those living in relief camps in Muzaffarnagar were political activists, SP went into fire fighting mode on Wednesday.

Russia closes first case against Greenpeace activists

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 12:23

Russia has closed the criminal case against one of the 30 crew of a Greenpeace ship who were charged with hooliganism over a protest against Gazprom oil drilling in the Arctic, the group said Tuesday.

Congress sends defamation notice to Ramdev over homosexuality

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 23:44

MPCC`s Legal and Human Rights Department`s general secretary sent a defamation notice to Baba Ramdev for his controversial remarks against fellow party workers on the issue of homosexuality.