Global Warning Issued to PM Modi to Protect Press Freedom in India
The global media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has for the first time issued an Incident Report, on freedom of the press in India, after the murder of a fourth…
NHRC Dismisses Petition on Human Rights in Kashmir
The government-controlled National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has dismissed a petition that urged the Commission to constitute an independent team which should visit Kashmir and compile an updated…
Modi Govt to Use Social Media for Social Welfare
India’s Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Ananthkumar, said Tuesday that 21st century is the age of information, communication and knowledge, and this is the only way the people of the country…
UN Appoints New Military Observer for India and Pakistan
The UN has demanded an unconditional access to Kashmir to record the extent of human rights violations in the troubled state. By Rakesh Raman United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced…
Corruption in India: Supreme Court Asks Modi Govt to Appoint Lokpal
As corruption has been increasing exponentially under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Supreme Court today gave 10 days to the government to fix the time frame to appoint…
UN Experts Urge India to Release Human Rights Defender Saibaba
UN rights experts* urged India on Thursday to release human rights defender Dr. G.N. Saibaba, a wheelchair user with severe disabilities whose health is deteriorating and who is reportedly being…