India

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday announced that cases registered against anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters and those booked for violation of the coronavirus lockdown norms are dropped.

A Delhi court on Friday sent 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi to three-day judicial custody in connection with the Greta Thunberg toolkit case.

Accusing the Uttar Pradesh police officials of trying to cover up the matter, relatives of two Dalit girls, who were found dead at a field in Asoha village of Unnao, demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter, as police said a preliminary autopsy found no injuries on the victims and didn’t mention sexual assault.

After a month behind bars, Nodeep Kaur, a 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab, was granted bail on Wednesday in two FIRs out of three filed against her. With one remaining FIR, Nodeep's sister, Rajvir Kaur is hopeful after weeks of dismay.

India’s decision to end autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir and restrict the participation of minorities in political and other activities sparked the concern of two UN-appointed independent human rights experts, on Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday filed an FIR against unknown persons on charges of murder and attempt to hide evidence, upon the complaint of the family of two Dalit girls, aged 13 and 16 who were found dead on their family’s field in Unnao district on Wednesday.

Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad featured in TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 “emerging leaders who are shaping the future”.

Farmers protesting against the Narendra Modi government's three contentious agri laws have called for a four-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest between 12 PM and 4 PM on Thursday.

After two minor Dalit girls aged 13 and 16, were found dead in a field in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh while another minor Dalit girl (17) is very critical, Dalit groups, activists and Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad have demanded that the Dalit girl who is struggling for survival be immediately shifted to AIIMS-Delhi for better treatment.

In a shocking incident, two minor Dalit girls were found dead in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh while another minor Dalit girl is very critical.

The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Wednesday acquitted #Metoo whistle blower Priya Ramani in criminal defamation case by former minister MJ Akbar. "Right of reputation can't be protected at the...